IXL skill plan | 1st grade plan for Being a Writer, Third Edition

Skill plan for Being a Writer, Third Edition - 1st grade

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1	Unit 1 The Classroom Community
Week 1		1. Choose the picture that matches the setting or character
Week 1
1. Choose the picture that matches the setting or character

Week 2		Spacing 1. Choose the sentence that is spaced correctly Verbs 2. Complete the sentence with an action verb to match the picture 3. Identify action verbs
Week 2
Spacing 1. Choose the sentence that is spaced correctly Verbs 2. Complete the sentence with an action verb to match the picture 3. Identify action verbs

Week 3		Capitalization 1. Capitalize sentences and the pronoun "I" Verbs 2. Use action verbs
Week 3
Capitalization 1. Capitalize sentences and the pronoun "I" Verbs 2. Use action verbs

Week 4		Verbs 1. Select the sentence that tells about the future Nouns 2. Is the noun a person, animal, place, or thing? 3. Select the nouns 4. Identify nouns in a sentence 5. Complete the sentence with a noun to match the picture
Week 4
Verbs 1. Select the sentence that tells about the future Nouns 2. Is the noun a person, animal, place, or thing? 3. Select the nouns 4. Identify nouns in a sentence 5. Complete the sentence with a noun to match the picture

Week 5		Verbs 1. To be: use the correct present tense form Sentences 2. Is it the naming or action part of the sentence? 3. Find the complete sentences 4. Identify the subject of a sentence 5. Identify the predicate of a sentence 6. Complete the sentence 7. Unscramble the words to make a complete sentence
Week 5
Verbs 1. To be: use the correct present tense form Sentences 2. Is it the naming or action part of the sentence? 3. Find the complete sentences 4. Identify the subject of a sentence 5. Identify the predicate of a sentence 6. Complete the sentence 7. Unscramble the words to make a complete sentence

2	Unit 2 Getting Ideas
Week 1		Nonfiction text 1. Which could happen in real life? Subject-verb agreement 2. One or more than one? 3. Complete the sentence with the best verb 4. Complete the sentence with the best subject
Week 1
Nonfiction text 1. Which could happen in real life? Subject-verb agreement 2. One or more than one? 3. Complete the sentence with the best verb 4. Complete the sentence with the best subject

Week 2		High-frequency words 1. Read sight words: can, go, here, I, my, to Verb tense 2. Select the sentence that tells about the present 3. Select the sentence that tells about the past 4. Select the sentence that tells about the future 5. Place sentences on a timeline
Week 2
High-frequency words 1. Read sight words: can, go, here, I, my, to Verb tense 2. Select the sentence that tells about the present 3. Select the sentence that tells about the past 4. Select the sentence that tells about the future 5. Place sentences on a timeline

Week 3		High-frequency words 1. Read sight words: because, give, great, our, some, want, when Spelling 2. Complete the word with the right short vowel 3. Spell the short vowel word Personal pronouns 4. Choose between subject and object personal pronouns 5. Choose the correct personal pronoun Capitalization 6. Capitalize the names of people and pets
Week 3
High-frequency words 1. Read sight words: because, give, great, our, some, want, when Spelling 2. Complete the word with the right short vowel 3. Spell the short vowel word Personal pronouns 4. Choose between subject and object personal pronouns 5. Choose the correct personal pronoun Capitalization 6. Capitalize the names of people and pets

Week 4		High-frequency words 1. Read sight words: be, find, like, play, they Spelling 2. Spell the silent e word 3. Complete the vowel team words 4. Complete the word with the right vowel team Personal pronouns 5. Complete the sentence with the correct personal pronoun Possessive determiners and pronouns 6. Choose the correct possessive pronoun 7. Use the correct possessive pronoun
Week 4
High-frequency words 1. Read sight words: be, find, like, play, they Spelling 2. Spell the silent e word 3. Complete the vowel team words 4. Complete the word with the right vowel team Personal pronouns 5. Complete the sentence with the correct personal pronoun Possessive determiners and pronouns 6. Choose the correct possessive pronoun 7. Use the correct possessive pronoun

Week 5		High-frequency words 1. Read sight words: could, don't, move, only, put, read, there Spelling 2. Complete the word to match the picture: -ss, -ll, -ff, -zz, -ck Prepositions 3. Select the best preposition to match the picture 4. Select the best preposition to complete the sentence
Week 5
High-frequency words 1. Read sight words: could, don't, move, only, put, read, there Spelling 2. Complete the word to match the picture: -ss, -ll, -ff, -zz, -ck Prepositions 3. Select the best preposition to match the picture 4. Select the best preposition to complete the sentence

Week 6		High-frequency words 1. Read sight words: friend, little, school, under Spelling 2. Complete the word with the right initial consonant blend 3. Complete the word with the right final consonant blend Adjectives 4. Compare pictures using adjectives 5. Use sense words 6. Identify adjectives
Week 6
High-frequency words 1. Read sight words: friend, little, school, under Spelling 2. Complete the word with the right initial consonant blend 3. Complete the word with the right final consonant blend Adjectives 4. Compare pictures using adjectives 5. Use sense words 6. Identify adjectives

3	Unit 3 Telling More
Week 1		Spelling 1. Choose the correct digraph 2. Spell the digraph word Personal pronouns 3. Choose the correct personal pronoun Proper nouns 4. Sort common and proper nouns 5. Capitalize the names of people and pets 6. Capitalize the names of places and geographic features Descriptive details 7. Add descriptive details to sentences
Week 1
Spelling 1. Choose the correct digraph 2. Spell the digraph word Personal pronouns 3. Choose the correct personal pronoun Proper nouns 4. Sort common and proper nouns 5. Capitalize the names of people and pets 6. Capitalize the names of places and geographic features Descriptive details 7. Add descriptive details to sentences

Week 2		Fiction text 1. Which could happen in real life? Punctuation 2. Identify statements 3. Identify exclamations Proper nouns 4. Identify proper nouns
Week 2
Fiction text 1. Which could happen in real life? Punctuation 2. Identify statements 3. Identify exclamations Proper nouns 4. Identify proper nouns

Week 3		Commas 1. Commas with a series Cause and effect 2. Match each effect to its cause Opinion writing 3. Complete the opinion passage with a reason 4. Complete the fact and opinion sentences
Week 3
Commas 1. Commas with a series Cause and effect 2. Match each effect to its cause Opinion writing 3. Complete the opinion passage with a reason 4. Complete the fact and opinion sentences

Week 4		Adjectives 1. Identify adjectives Prepositions 2. Select the best preposition to match the picture 3. Select the best preposition to complete the sentence
Week 4
Adjectives 1. Identify adjectives Prepositions 2. Select the best preposition to match the picture 3. Select the best preposition to complete the sentence

4	Unit 4 Personal Narrative
Week 1		Sequence 1. Order images in a story 2. Order events in a story Possessive pronouns 3. Choose the correct possessive pronoun 4. Use the correct possessive pronoun Temporal phrases 5. Identify time-order words Verb tense 6. Form and use the regular past tense
Week 1
Sequence 1. Order images in a story 2. Order events in a story Possessive pronouns 3. Choose the correct possessive pronoun 4. Use the correct possessive pronoun Temporal phrases 5. Identify time-order words Verb tense 6. Form and use the regular past tense

Week 2		Character feelings 1. Which feeling matches the picture? Punctuation 2. Identify statements 3. Identify exclamations Temporal phrases 4. Put the sentences in order
Week 2
Character feelings 1. Which feeling matches the picture? Punctuation 2. Identify statements 3. Identify exclamations Temporal phrases 4. Put the sentences in order

Week 3		Use irregular past tense verbs 1. Identify the irregular past tense 2. Place sentences with irregular verbs on a timeline Author's purpose 3. Identify the purpose of a text Sensory details 4. Choose the sensory details that match the picture
Week 3
Use irregular past tense verbs 1. Identify the irregular past tense 2. Place sentences with irregular verbs on a timeline Author's purpose 3. Identify the purpose of a text Sensory details 4. Choose the sensory details that match the picture

Week 4		Proofreading 1. Capitalize the names of people and pets 2. Capitalize sentences and the pronoun "I" Text features 3. Choose the right book to help you learn about a topic Possessives 4. Select the possessive noun that matches the picture 5. Form the singular possessive
Week 4
Proofreading 1. Capitalize the names of people and pets 2. Capitalize sentences and the pronoun "I" Text features 3. Choose the right book to help you learn about a topic Possessives 4. Select the possessive noun that matches the picture 5. Form the singular possessive

5	Unit 5 Nonfiction
Week 1		Fiction vs. nonfiction 1. Read along with fantasy 2. Read along about science and nature Punctuation 3. Identify questions Personal pronouns 4. Choose between subject and object personal pronouns
Week 1
Fiction vs. nonfiction 1. Read along with fantasy 2. Read along about science and nature Punctuation 3. Identify questions Personal pronouns 4. Choose between subject and object personal pronouns

Week 2		Question words 1. Who, what, when, where, or why? Verbs 2. Complete the sentence with the best verb 3. Complete the sentence with the best subject Conjunctions 4. Use conjunctions
Week 2
Question words 1. Who, what, when, where, or why? Verbs 2. Complete the sentence with the best verb 3. Complete the sentence with the best subject Conjunctions 4. Use conjunctions

Week 3		Adjectives 1. Use sense words 2. Identify adjectives Prepositions 3. Select the best preposition to match the picture 4. Select the best preposition to complete the sentence Articles 5. Use the correct article: a or an 6. Identify articles
Week 3
Adjectives 1. Use sense words 2. Identify adjectives Prepositions 3. Select the best preposition to match the picture 4. Select the best preposition to complete the sentence Articles 5. Use the correct article: a or an 6. Identify articles

Week 4		1. Form the singular possessive 2. Commas with a series
Week 4
1. Form the singular possessive 2. Commas with a series

Week 5		Proofreading 1. Capitalize sentences and the pronoun "I" Compare and contrast 2. Compare and contrast in informational passages
Week 5
Proofreading 1. Capitalize sentences and the pronoun "I" Compare and contrast 2. Compare and contrast in informational passages

6	Unit 6 Poetry
Week 1		Verb agreement 1. Complete the sentence with the best verb 2. Pronoun-verb agreement: Complete the sentence with the best verb 3. Pronoun-verb agreement: Complete the sentence with the best subject Adjectives 4. Does the adjective tell you what kind or how many?
Week 1
Verb agreement 1. Complete the sentence with the best verb 2. Pronoun-verb agreement: Complete the sentence with the best verb 3. Pronoun-verb agreement: Complete the sentence with the best subject Adjectives 4. Does the adjective tell you what kind or how many?

Week 2		1. Choose the picture that rhymes with the word 2. Which word does not rhyme? 3. Complete the rhyme 4. Complete the poem with a word that rhymes
Week 2
1. Choose the picture that rhymes with the word 2. Which word does not rhyme? 3. Complete the rhyme 4. Complete the poem with a word that rhymes

Week 3		1. Which two words start with the same sound?
Week 3
1. Which two words start with the same sound?

7	Unit 7 Opinion Writing
Week 1		1. Complete the fact and opinion sentences 2. Complete the opinion passage with a reason 3. Complete the opinion passage with an example
Week 1
1. Complete the fact and opinion sentences 2. Complete the opinion passage with a reason 3. Complete the opinion passage with an example

Week 2		Sentence types 1. Identify commands 2. Choose the right end mark 3. Statement, question, command, or exclamation? Author's purpose 4. Identify the purpose of a text 5. Choose the text that matches the writer's purpose
Week 2
Sentence types 1. Identify commands 2. Choose the right end mark 3. Statement, question, command, or exclamation? Author's purpose 4. Identify the purpose of a text 5. Choose the text that matches the writer's purpose

Week 3		1. Greetings and closings of letters
Week 3
1. Greetings and closings of letters

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