Kindergarten language arts skills

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IXL has more than 100 kindergarten language arts skills to learn and review! As you work through a skill, questions will adapt to match your level. Keep answering questions to reach mastery!

Reading foundations Foundations

Reading strategies Reading

Vocabulary Vocab

Grammar and mechanics Grammar

Reading foundations

A. Letter identification

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Find the letter in the alphabet: uppercase

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Find the letter in the alphabet: lowercase

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Choose the letter that you hear: uppercase

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Choose the letter that you hear: lowercase

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Frequently confused letters: find the letter

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Frequently confused letters: find all the letters

B. Lowercase and uppercase letters

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New! Choose the lowercase letter that matches: c, k, o, p, s, u, v, w, x, z

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New! Choose the lowercase letter that matches: f, i, j, l, m, t, y

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New! Choose the lowercase letter that matches: a, b, d, e, g, h, n, q, r

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Choose the lowercase letter that matches: review

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Find the lowercase letters

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New! Choose the uppercase letter that matches: C, K, O, P, S, U, V, W, X, Z

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New! Choose the uppercase letter that matches: F, I, J, L, M, T, Y

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New! Choose the uppercase letter that matches: A, B, D, E, G, H, N, Q, R

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Choose the uppercase letter that matches: review

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Find the uppercase letters

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Put the letters in ABC order

C. Word recognition

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Choose the two words that are the same

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Choose the sentence that is spaced correctly

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Find a word in a sentence

D. Consonants and vowels

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Sort consonants and vowels

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Find the vowel in the word

E. Syllables

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How many syllables does the word have?

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Which word has more syllables?

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Sort by the number of syllables

F. Rhyming

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Which word has the same ending?

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Which two words have the same ending?

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Choose the picture that rhymes with the word

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Which word does not rhyme?

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Complete the rhyme

G. Blending and segmenting

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Blend onset and rime together to make a word

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Blend each sound in a word together

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Identify the first, second, and last sound in a word

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Put the sounds in order

H. Consonant sounds and letters

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Which two words start with the same sound?

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Find the words that begin with a given sound

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Which word ends with the same sound?

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Which two words end with the same sound?

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New! Choose the letter that matches the consonant sound: b, d, j, k, p, t, v, z

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New! Choose the letter that matches the consonant sound: f, l, m, n, r, s

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New! Choose the letter that matches the consonant sound: c, g, h, w

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Choose the letter that matches the consonant sound: review

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Which letter does the word start with?

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Which letter does the word end with?

I. Consonant blends and digraphs

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Which consonant blend does the word start with?

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Complete the word with the right initial consonant blend

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Does the word start with a consonant blend?

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Which consonant blend does the word end with?

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Complete the word with the right final consonant blend

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Does the word end with a consonant blend?

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Choose the word that matches the picture: -ss, -ll, -ff, -zz, -ck

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Choose the correct digraph

J. Short a

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Find the short a word

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Choose the short a word that matches the picture

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Complete the short a word

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Choose the short a sentence that matches the picture

K. Short e

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Find the short e word

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Choose the picture that matches the short e word

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Complete the short e word

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Choose the short e sentence that matches the picture

L. Short i

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Find the short i word

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Choose the short i word that matches the picture

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Complete the short i words

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Choose the short i sentence that matches the picture

M. Short o

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Find the short o word

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Choose the short o word that matches the picture

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Complete the short o word

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Choose the short o sentence that matches the picture

N. Short u

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Find the short u word

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Choose the picture that matches the short u word

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Complete the short u word

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Choose the short u sentence that matches the picture

O. Short vowels

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Identify the short vowel sound in a word

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Complete the word with the right short vowel

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Spell the short vowel word

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Complete the sentence with the correct short vowel word

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Read questions with short vowel words

P. Long vowels

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Find the word with the same vowel sound

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Which two words have the same vowel sound?

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Find the long a word

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Find the long e word

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Find the long i word

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Find the long o word

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Find the long u word

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Sort short and long vowel words

Q. Sight words

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Choose the two sight words that are the same

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Read sight words set 1: ate, he, of, that, was

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Read sight words set 2: are, green, on, please, they

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Read sight words set 3: be, have, or, pretty, this

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Read sight words: review sets 1, 2, 3

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Read sight words set 4: all, but, ride, saw, what

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Read sight words set 5: about, like, she, under, we

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Read sight words set 6: black, into, made, ran, white

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Read sight words: review sets 4, 5, 6

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Read sight words set 7: am, did, get, now, well

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Read sight words set 8: fast, good, him, take, will

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Read sight words set 9: came, going, say, too, with

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Read sight words set 10: brown, does, eat, must, went

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Read sight words: review sets 7, 8, 9, 10

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Read sight words: review sets 1–10

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Complete the sentence with the correct sight word

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Spell the sight word

Reading strategies

R. Text features

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Identify book parts and features

S. Reality vs. fiction

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Which could happen in real life?

T. Main idea

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What is the picture about?

U. Inference and analysis

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Which feeling matches the picture?

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What will happen next?

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What am I?

V. Setting and character

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Choose the picture that matches the setting or character

W. Sequence

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Order images in a story

X. Point of view

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Who is telling the story?

Y. Read-along literary texts

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Read along with fantasy

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Read along with realistic fiction

Z. Read-alone literary texts

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Read animal fantasy

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Read realistic fiction

AA. Read-along informational texts

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Read along about science and nature

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Read along about famous people

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Read along about food

BB. Read-alone informational texts

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Read about animals

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Read about places

Vocabulary

CC. Color and number words

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Use number words: one to ten

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Use color words

DD. Adjectives and verbs

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Compare pictures using adjectives

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Find the picture that matches the action verb

EE. Location words

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Inside and outside, above and below, next to and beside

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Choose the best location word to match the picture

FF. Question words

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Who, what, when, where, or why?

GG. Synonyms and antonyms

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Match antonyms to pictures

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Match synonyms

HH. Categories

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Sort objects into categories

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Which one is not like the others?

II. Multiple-meaning words

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Multiple-meaning words with pictures

Grammar and mechanics

JJ. Sentences

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Is it a telling sentence or an asking sentence?

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Identify and use end marks

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Find the complete sentence

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Unscramble the words to make a complete sentence

KK. Capitalization

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Capitalize the first letter of a sentence

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Capitalize the pronoun "I"

LL. Nouns

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Is the noun a person, animal, place, or thing?

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Choose the singular or plural noun that matches the picture

MM. Verbs

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Find the action verb with images

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Find the action verb

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Complete the sentence with an action verb to match the picture