Pre-K language arts skills

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IXL has more than 100 pre-K 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

Reading foundations

A. Learn letters: A–H

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Learn the letter A

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Learn the letter B

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Learn the letter C

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Learn the letter D

5
Review the letters A–D

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Learn the letter E

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Learn the letter F

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Learn the letter G

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Learn the letter H

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Review the letters E–H

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Review the letters A–H

B. Learn letters: I–P

1
Learn the letter I

2
Learn the letter J

3
Learn the letter K

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Learn the letter L

5
Review the letters I–L

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Learn the letter M

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Learn the letter N

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Learn the letter O

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Learn the letter P

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Review the letters M–P

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Review the letters I–P

C. Learn letters: Q–Z

1
Learn the letter Q

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Learn the letter R

3
Learn the letter S

4
Learn the letter T

5
Learn the letter U

6
Review the letters Q–U

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Learn the letter V

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Learn the letter W

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Learn the letter X

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Learn the letter Y

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Learn the letter Z

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Review the letters V–Z

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Review the letters Q–Z

D. 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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Frequently confused letters: find the letter

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Frequently confused letters: find all the letters

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Review the letters A–Z

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Choose the letter that you hear

E. Lowercase and uppercase letters

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

2
Choose the lowercase letter that matches: f, i, j, l, m, t, y

3
Choose the lowercase letter that matches: a, b, d, e, g, h, n, q, r

4
Find all the lowercase letters

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

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

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

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Find all the uppercase letters

F. 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

3
Find a word in a sentence

G. Rhyming

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Which word has the same ending?

2
Which two words have the same ending?

3
Choose the picture that rhymes with the word

H. Blending and segmenting

1
Blend syllables together to make a word

2
Blend onset and rime together to make a word

3
Blend each sound in a word together

4
Identify the first sound in a word

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Put the sounds in order

I. Beginning and ending sounds

1
Which two words start with the same sound?

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Which word ends with the same sound?

3
Which two words end with the same sound?

J. Vowel sounds

1
Find the short a word

2
Find the short e word

3
Find the short i word

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Find the short o word

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Find the short u word

K. Letter-sound associations: uppercase

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Choose the letter that matches the consonant sound: B, D, J, K, P, T, V, Z

2
Choose the letter that matches the consonant sound: F, L, M, N, R, S

3
Choose the letter that matches the consonant sound: C, G, H, W

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Choose the uppercase letter that matches the consonant sound: review

L. Letter-sound associations: lowercase

1
Find the word that begins with a given sound

2
Choose the letter that matches the consonant sound: b, d, j, k, p, t, v, z

3
Choose the letter that matches the consonant sound: f, l, m, n, r, s

4
Choose the letter that matches the consonant sound: c, g, h, w

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Choose the lowercase letter that matches the consonant sound: review

M. Short a

1
Choose the short a word that matches the picture: uppercase

2
Choose the short a word that matches the picture: lowercase

N. Short e

1
Choose the picture that matches the short e word: uppercase

2
Choose the picture that matches the short e word: lowercase

O. Short i

1
Choose the short i word that matches the picture: uppercase

2
Choose the short i word that matches the picture: lowercase

P. Short o

1
Choose the short o word that matches the picture: uppercase

2
Choose the short o word that matches the picture: lowercase

Q. Short u

1
Choose the picture that matches the short u word: uppercase

2
Choose the picture that matches the short u word: lowercase

R. Sight words

1
Choose the two sight words that are the same

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Read sight words set 1: a, in, run, the, you

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Read sight words set 2: and, had, is, let, to

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Read sight words set 3: at, for, I, one, said

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Read sight words: review sets 1, 2, 3

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Read sight words set 4: can, it, not, up, yes

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Read sight words set 5: an, do, jump, look, make

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Read sight words set 6: down, go, out, so, two

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Read sight words: review sets 4, 5, 6

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Read sight words set 7: find, my, no, red, see

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Read sight words set 8: come, funny, little, me, sit

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Read sight words set 9: big, help, play, three, yellow

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Read sight words set 10: away, blue, here, us, where

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

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Read sight words: review sets 1–10

Reading strategies

S. Text features

1
Identify book parts and features

T. Reality vs. fiction

1
Which could happen in real life?

U. Inference and analysis

1
Which feeling matches the picture?

2
What will happen next?

Vocabulary

V. Color and number words

1
Use color words

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Use number words: one to five

3
Use number words: six to ten

4
Use number words: one to ten

W. Nouns

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Choose the singular or plural noun that matches the picture

X. Verbs

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Find the picture that matches the action verb

Y. Adjectives

1
Compare pictures using adjectives

Z. Location words

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Inside and outside

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Above and below

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Next to and beside

AA. Antonyms

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Match antonyms to pictures

BB. Categories

1
Sort objects into categories

2
Which one is not like the others?