IXL skill plan | 1st grade plan for Benchmark Advance 2022

1	Unit 1 Plants and Animals Grow and Change
Week 1		Comprehension 1. What is the picture about? Vocabulary 2. Complete the sentence with a noun to match the picture Foundational skills 3. Choose the picture that rhymes with the word 4. Choose the short a word that matches the picture 5. Complete the short a word Writing 6. Capitalize the first letter of a sentence Grammar and language 7. Is the noun a person, animal, place, or thing? 8. Select the nouns
Week 1
Comprehension 1. What is the picture about? Vocabulary 2. Complete the sentence with a noun to match the picture Foundational skills 3. Choose the picture that rhymes with the word 4. Choose the short a word that matches the picture 5. Complete the short a word Writing 6. Capitalize the first letter of a sentence Grammar and language 7. Is the noun a person, animal, place, or thing? 8. Select the nouns

Week 2		Comprehension 1. Identify book parts and features 2. Identify time-order words Foundational skills 3. Choose the short i word that matches the picture 4. Complete the short i words 5. Choose the short a sentence that matches the picture 6. Read sight words: and, go, little, play, see, she, the, with, you Writing 7. Choose the sentence that is spaced correctly Grammar and language 8. Regular plurals: select the word that matches the picture 9. Select the sentence that tells about the present 10. Select the sentence that tells about the past
Week 2
Comprehension 1. Identify book parts and features 2. Identify time-order words Foundational skills 3. Choose the short i word that matches the picture 4. Complete the short i words 5. Choose the short a sentence that matches the picture 6. Read sight words: and, go, little, play, see, she, the, with, you Writing 7. Choose the sentence that is spaced correctly Grammar and language 8. Regular plurals: select the word that matches the picture 9. Select the sentence that tells about the present 10. Select the sentence that tells about the past

Week 3		Vocabulary 1. Sort words into categories Foundational skills 2. Which two words start with the same sound? 3. Blend each sound in a word together 4. Choose the short o word that matches the picture 5. Complete the short o word 6. Choose the short i sentence that matches the picture 7. Read sight words: for, have, jump, no, one Writing 8. Capitalize sentences and the pronoun "I" Grammar and language 9. Use singular and plural nouns 10. Select the sentence that tells about the future 11. Place sentences on a timeline
Week 3
Vocabulary 1. Sort words into categories Foundational skills 2. Which two words start with the same sound? 3. Blend each sound in a word together 4. Choose the short o word that matches the picture 5. Complete the short o word 6. Choose the short i sentence that matches the picture 7. Read sight words: for, have, jump, no, one Writing 8. Capitalize sentences and the pronoun "I" Grammar and language 9. Use singular and plural nouns 10. Select the sentence that tells about the future 11. Place sentences on a timeline

2	Unit 2 Many Kinds of Characters
Week 1		Comprehension 1. Which could happen in real life? Vocabulary 2. Find the words with related meanings Foundational skills 3. Choose the picture that matches the short e word 4. Complete the short e word 5. Identify each sound in a word Writing 6. Identify statements Grammar and language 7. One or more than one? 8. Select the possessive noun that matches the picture
Week 1
Comprehension 1. Which could happen in real life? Vocabulary 2. Find the words with related meanings Foundational skills 3. Choose the picture that matches the short e word 4. Complete the short e word 5. Identify each sound in a word Writing 6. Identify statements Grammar and language 7. One or more than one? 8. Select the possessive noun that matches the picture

Week 2		Comprehension 1. Which feeling matches the picture? 2. Choose the picture that matches the setting or character Vocabulary 3. Describe the difference between related words Foundational skills 4. Choose the picture that matches the short u word 5. Complete the short u word 6. Choose the short e sentence that matches the picture 7. Read sight words: are, come, here, look, my, of, said, to, two Writing 8. Identify questions Grammar and language 9. Use the correct article: a or an
Week 2
Comprehension 1. Which feeling matches the picture? 2. Choose the picture that matches the setting or character Vocabulary 3. Describe the difference between related words Foundational skills 4. Choose the picture that matches the short u word 5. Complete the short u word 6. Choose the short e sentence that matches the picture 7. Read sight words: are, come, here, look, my, of, said, to, two Writing 8. Identify questions Grammar and language 9. Use the correct article: a or an

Week 3		Comprehension 1. Read along with fantasy Vocabulary 2. Put the letters in ABC order Foundational skills 3. Identify the short vowel sound in a word 4. Complete the word with the right short vowel 5. Read sight words: put, saw, this, want, what Writing 6. Identify exclamations 7. Capitalize the names of people and pets Grammar and language 8. Identify articles 9. Complete the sentence with the best verb
Week 3
Comprehension 1. Read along with fantasy Vocabulary 2. Put the letters in ABC order Foundational skills 3. Identify the short vowel sound in a word 4. Complete the word with the right short vowel 5. Read sight words: put, saw, this, want, what Writing 6. Identify exclamations 7. Capitalize the names of people and pets Grammar and language 8. Identify articles 9. Complete the sentence with the best verb

3	Unit 3 Being a Good Community Member
Week 1		Comprehension 1. What is the picture about? Foundational skills 2. Complete the sentence with the correct short vowel word 3. Put the sounds in order 4. Complete the word with the right initial consonant blend 5. Complete the rhyme Writing 6. Choose the right end mark Grammar and language 7. Complete the sentence with the best subject
Week 1
Comprehension 1. What is the picture about? Foundational skills 2. Complete the sentence with the correct short vowel word 3. Put the sounds in order 4. Complete the word with the right initial consonant blend 5. Complete the rhyme Writing 6. Choose the right end mark Grammar and language 7. Complete the sentence with the best subject

Week 2		Comprehension 1. Use text features Foundational skills 2. Which letter does the word start with? 3. Does the word start with a consonant blend? 4. Spell the short vowel word 5. Read sight words: do, now, out, then, there, was, went, which Writing 6. Find the complete sentences Grammar and language 7. Choose between subject and object personal pronouns 8. Choose the correct personal pronoun 9. Choose the correct possessive pronoun
Week 2
Comprehension 1. Use text features Foundational skills 2. Which letter does the word start with? 3. Does the word start with a consonant blend? 4. Spell the short vowel word 5. Read sight words: do, now, out, then, there, was, went, which Writing 6. Find the complete sentences Grammar and language 7. Choose between subject and object personal pronouns 8. Choose the correct personal pronoun 9. Choose the correct possessive pronoun

Week 3		Comprehension 1. Read along about famous people Vocabulary 2. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Foundational skills 3. Which letter does the word end with? 4. Complete the word with the right final consonant blend 5. Does the word end with a consonant blend? 6. Read sight words: by, good, them, who Writing 7. Complete the sentence Grammar and language 8. Sort common and proper nouns 9. Complete the sentence with the correct personal pronoun 10. Pronoun-verb agreement: Complete the sentence with the best verb
Week 3
Comprehension 1. Read along about famous people Vocabulary 2. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Foundational skills 3. Which letter does the word end with? 4. Complete the word with the right final consonant blend 5. Does the word end with a consonant blend? 6. Read sight words: by, good, them, who Writing 7. Complete the sentence Grammar and language 8. Sort common and proper nouns 9. Complete the sentence with the correct personal pronoun 10. Pronoun-verb agreement: Complete the sentence with the best verb

4	Unit 4 Stories Have a Narrator
Week 1		Comprehension 1. Who is the narrator? 2. Choose the picture that matches the setting or character Vocabulary 3. Complete the verb with the ending that you hear Foundational skills 4. Choose the picture that matches the word: ng, nk 5. Choose the correct digraph 6. Read sight words: could, our, these, were Writing 7. Complete the fact and opinion sentences Grammar and language 8. Compare pictures using adjectives 9. Use sense words 10. Does the adjective tell you what kind or how many?
Week 1
Comprehension 1. Who is the narrator? 2. Choose the picture that matches the setting or character Vocabulary 3. Complete the verb with the ending that you hear Foundational skills 4. Choose the picture that matches the word: ng, nk 5. Choose the correct digraph 6. Read sight words: could, our, these, were Writing 7. Complete the fact and opinion sentences Grammar and language 8. Compare pictures using adjectives 9. Use sense words 10. Does the adjective tell you what kind or how many?

Week 2		Comprehension 1. Order images in a story Vocabulary 2. Which word is not like the others? Foundational skills 3. How many syllables does the word have? 4. Complete the word with the right digraph 5. Spell the digraph word Writing 6. Complete the opinion passage with an example Grammar and language 7. Commas with a series
Week 2
Comprehension 1. Order images in a story Vocabulary 2. Which word is not like the others? Foundational skills 3. How many syllables does the word have? 4. Complete the word with the right digraph 5. Spell the digraph word Writing 6. Complete the opinion passage with an example Grammar and language 7. Commas with a series

Week 3		Comprehension 1. Read along with realistic fiction 2. Choose the sensory details that match the picture Foundational skills 3. Complete the word with a three-letter consonant blend 4. Complete the sentence with a three-letter consonant blend word 5. Read sight words: because, from, once, that, there, upon, when Writing 6. Use conjunctions Grammar and language 7. Commas with dates 8. Identify adjectives
Week 3
Comprehension 1. Read along with realistic fiction 2. Choose the sensory details that match the picture Foundational skills 3. Complete the word with a three-letter consonant blend 4. Complete the sentence with a three-letter consonant blend word 5. Read sight words: because, from, once, that, there, upon, when Writing 6. Use conjunctions Grammar and language 7. Commas with dates 8. Identify adjectives

5	Unit 5 Technology at Work
Week 1		Comprehension 1. What will happen next? Vocabulary 2. Sort words into categories Foundational skills 3. Match the short a and long a words to pictures Grammar and language 4. Statement, question, command, or exclamation? 5. Identify commands 6. Identify questions 7. Who, what, when, where, or why?
Week 1
Comprehension 1. What will happen next? Vocabulary 2. Sort words into categories Foundational skills 3. Match the short a and long a words to pictures Grammar and language 4. Statement, question, command, or exclamation? 5. Identify commands 6. Identify questions 7. Who, what, when, where, or why?

Week 2		Comprehension 1. Read along about science and nature Vocabulary 2. Which word is not like the others? Foundational skills 3. Choose the short o or long o word that matches the picture 4. Read sight words: find, how, new, over, under, why Grammar and language 5. Match the contractions 6. Form pronoun-verb contractions 7. Select the best preposition to match the picture 8. Select the best preposition to complete the sentence
Week 2
Comprehension 1. Read along about science and nature Vocabulary 2. Which word is not like the others? Foundational skills 3. Choose the short o or long o word that matches the picture 4. Read sight words: find, how, new, over, under, why Grammar and language 5. Match the contractions 6. Form pronoun-verb contractions 7. Select the best preposition to match the picture 8. Select the best preposition to complete the sentence

Week 3		Comprehension 1. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters Vocabulary 2. Order related words based on meaning Foundational skills 3. Sort soft and hard g words with soft and hard c words 4. Pick the soft g or soft c word that matches the picture Writing 5. Put the words in ABC order Grammar and language 6. Form contractions with "not" 7. Complete the sentence with the correct contraction 8. Complete the sentence 9. Unscramble the words to make a complete sentence
Week 3
Comprehension 1. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters Vocabulary 2. Order related words based on meaning Foundational skills 3. Sort soft and hard g words with soft and hard c words 4. Pick the soft g or soft c word that matches the picture Writing 5. Put the words in ABC order Grammar and language 6. Form contractions with "not" 7. Complete the sentence with the correct contraction 8. Complete the sentence 9. Unscramble the words to make a complete sentence

6	Unit 6 Stories Teach Many Lessons
Week 1		Comprehension 1. Order events in a story Foundational skills 2. Choose the short i or long i word that matches the picture 3. Choose the silent e word that matches the picture 4. Put two syllables together to create a word: easier 5. Read sight words: after, call, give, her, too Writing 6. Complete the fact and opinion sentences Grammar and language 7. Use conjunctions
Week 1
Comprehension 1. Order events in a story Foundational skills 2. Choose the short i or long i word that matches the picture 3. Choose the silent e word that matches the picture 4. Put two syllables together to create a word: easier 5. Read sight words: after, call, give, her, too Writing 6. Complete the fact and opinion sentences Grammar and language 7. Use conjunctions

Week 2		Comprehension 1. Read myths, legends, and fables Vocabulary 2. Use words with prefixes and suffixes Foundational skills 3. Match the short e and long e words to pictures 4. Choose the short u or long u word that matches the picture 5. Complete the silent e words Writing 6. Complete the opinion passage with an example Grammar and language 7. Is the sentence simple or compound?
Week 2
Comprehension 1. Read myths, legends, and fables Vocabulary 2. Use words with prefixes and suffixes Foundational skills 3. Match the short e and long e words to pictures 4. Choose the short u or long u word that matches the picture 5. Complete the silent e words Writing 6. Complete the opinion passage with an example Grammar and language 7. Is the sentence simple or compound?

Week 3		Comprehension 1. Determine the themes of myths, fables, and folktales Vocabulary 2. Understand words with prefixes and suffixes Foundational skills 3. Find the word with the same vowel sound 4. Use spelling patterns to sort long and short vowel words 5. Spell the silent e word 6. Read sight words: brown, house, live, long, off, work, year Writing 7. Complete the opinion passage with a reason Grammar and language 8. Use subordinating conjunctions
Week 3
Comprehension 1. Determine the themes of myths, fables, and folktales Vocabulary 2. Understand words with prefixes and suffixes Foundational skills 3. Find the word with the same vowel sound 4. Use spelling patterns to sort long and short vowel words 5. Spell the silent e word 6. Read sight words: brown, house, live, long, off, work, year Writing 7. Complete the opinion passage with a reason Grammar and language 8. Use subordinating conjunctions

7	Unit 7 Past, Present, and Future
Week 1		Comprehension 1. Read along about food Foundational skills 2. Which two words have the same vowel sound? Writing 3. Put the sentences in order Grammar and language 4. Select the possessive noun that matches the picture
Week 1
Comprehension 1. Read along about food Foundational skills 2. Which two words have the same vowel sound? Writing 3. Put the sentences in order Grammar and language 4. Select the possessive noun that matches the picture

Week 2		Comprehension 1. Use text features 2. Read about animals Vocabulary 3. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Foundational skills 4. Choose the picture that matches the vowel team word 5. Complete the vowel team words Grammar and language 6. Form regular plurals with -s and -es 7. Complete the sentence with the best verb
Week 2
Comprehension 1. Use text features 2. Read about animals Vocabulary 3. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Foundational skills 4. Choose the picture that matches the vowel team word 5. Complete the vowel team words Grammar and language 6. Form regular plurals with -s and -es 7. Complete the sentence with the best verb

Week 3		Comprehension 1. Determine the topic and purpose of informational passages Foundational skills 2. Sort short and long vowel words 3. Complete the word with the right vowel team 4. Choose the vowel team sentence that matches the picture 5. Read sight words: again, all, always, found, know, people, round, they, where, your Grammar and language 6. Form the singular possessive 7. Complete the sentence with the best subject
Week 3
Comprehension 1. Determine the topic and purpose of informational passages Foundational skills 2. Sort short and long vowel words 3. Complete the word with the right vowel team 4. Choose the vowel team sentence that matches the picture 5. Read sight words: again, all, always, found, know, people, round, they, where, your Grammar and language 6. Form the singular possessive 7. Complete the sentence with the best subject

8	Unit 8 Observing the Sky
Week 1		Comprehension 1. Read animal fantasy Vocabulary 2. Multiple-meaning words with pictures Foundational skills 3. Choose the r-control word that matches the picture 4. Form compound words with pictures Grammar and language 5. Complete the sentence with the correct personal pronoun 6. Use the correct possessive pronoun 7. Find the complete sentences
Week 1
Comprehension 1. Read animal fantasy Vocabulary 2. Multiple-meaning words with pictures Foundational skills 3. Choose the r-control word that matches the picture 4. Form compound words with pictures Grammar and language 5. Complete the sentence with the correct personal pronoun 6. Use the correct possessive pronoun 7. Find the complete sentences

Week 2		Comprehension 1. Read about sports and hobbies Foundational skills 2. Complete the word with the right r-controlled vowel: ar, er, ir, or, ur 3. Read sight words: away, change, four, great, move Writing 4. Complete the opinion-reason-example table Grammar and language 5. To be: use the correct present tense form 6. To be: use the correct past tense form 7. To be: use the correct form
Week 2
Comprehension 1. Read about sports and hobbies Foundational skills 2. Complete the word with the right r-controlled vowel: ar, er, ir, or, ur 3. Read sight words: away, change, four, great, move Writing 4. Complete the opinion-reason-example table Grammar and language 5. To be: use the correct present tense form 6. To be: use the correct past tense form 7. To be: use the correct form

Week 3		Comprehension 1. Read along about science and nature Vocabulary 2. Order related words based on meaning Foundational skills 3. Complete the word with the right r-controlled vowel: er, ir, ur Writing 4. Identify proper nouns 5. Capitalize the names of people and pets 6. Capitalize sentences and the pronoun "I" Grammar and language 7. Pronoun-verb agreement: Complete the sentence with the best verb 8. Pronoun-verb agreement: Complete the sentence with the best subject
Week 3
Comprehension 1. Read along about science and nature Vocabulary 2. Order related words based on meaning Foundational skills 3. Complete the word with the right r-controlled vowel: er, ir, ur Writing 4. Identify proper nouns 5. Capitalize the names of people and pets 6. Capitalize sentences and the pronoun "I" Grammar and language 7. Pronoun-verb agreement: Complete the sentence with the best verb 8. Pronoun-verb agreement: Complete the sentence with the best subject

9	Unit 9 We Use Goods and Services
Week 1		Comprehension 1. What am I? Foundational skills 2. Choose the diphthong word that matches the picture 3. Read sight words: about, before, done, even Grammar and language 4. Commas with a series 5. Commas with dates 6. Compare pictures using comparative and superlative adjectives 7. Identify comparative and superlative adjectives
Week 1
Comprehension 1. What am I? Foundational skills 2. Choose the diphthong word that matches the picture 3. Read sight words: about, before, done, even Grammar and language 4. Commas with a series 5. Commas with dates 6. Compare pictures using comparative and superlative adjectives 7. Identify comparative and superlative adjectives

Week 2		Comprehension 1. Read along with fantasy Vocabulary 2. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Foundational skills 3. Complete the word with the right diphthong: oi, oy, ou, ow 4. Choose the short i sentence that matches the picture Grammar and language 5. Does the adjective tell you what kind or how many? 6. Identify adjectives
Week 2
Comprehension 1. Read along with fantasy Vocabulary 2. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Foundational skills 3. Complete the word with the right diphthong: oi, oy, ou, ow 4. Choose the short i sentence that matches the picture Grammar and language 5. Does the adjective tell you what kind or how many? 6. Identify adjectives

Week 3		Comprehension 1. Read realistic fiction Vocabulary 2. Complete the verb with the ending that you hear 3. Match the -ed and -ing sentences to the pictures Foundational skills 4. Which word has a different vowel sound? 5. Complete the sentence with a two-syllable word Writing 6. Identify time-order words
Week 3
Comprehension 1. Read realistic fiction Vocabulary 2. Complete the verb with the ending that you hear 3. Match the -ed and -ing sentences to the pictures Foundational skills 4. Which word has a different vowel sound? 5. Complete the sentence with a two-syllable word Writing 6. Identify time-order words

10	Unit 10 Exploring Sound, Light, and Heat
Week 1		Comprehension 1. Who is the narrator? 2. Complete the poem with a word that rhymes Foundational skills 3. Complete the words with silent letters Writing 4. Use sense words Grammar and language 5. Irregular plurals: select the word that matches the picture
Week 1
Comprehension 1. Who is the narrator? 2. Complete the poem with a word that rhymes Foundational skills 3. Complete the words with silent letters Writing 4. Use sense words Grammar and language 5. Irregular plurals: select the word that matches the picture

Week 2		Comprehension 1. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters Foundational skills 2. Complete words with variant vowels 3. Use words with prefixes and suffixes 4. Understand words with prefixes and suffixes 5. Read sight words: another, buy, does, only, some, through, wash Grammar and language 6. Identify the irregular past tense 7. Place sentences with irregular verbs on a timeline
Week 2
Comprehension 1. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters Foundational skills 2. Complete words with variant vowels 3. Use words with prefixes and suffixes 4. Understand words with prefixes and suffixes 5. Read sight words: another, buy, does, only, some, through, wash Grammar and language 6. Identify the irregular past tense 7. Place sentences with irregular verbs on a timeline

Week 3		Comprehension 1. Read about famous places 2. Choose the text that matches the writer's purpose Foundational skills 3. Spell the long i word: silent e, ie, y 4. Choose the vowel team sentence that matches the picture Grammar and language 5. Compare pictures using adjectives 6. Use number words
Week 3
Comprehension 1. Read about famous places 2. Choose the text that matches the writer's purpose Foundational skills 3. Spell the long i word: silent e, ie, y 4. Choose the vowel team sentence that matches the picture Grammar and language 5. Compare pictures using adjectives 6. Use number words

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