IXL skill plan | 4th grade plan for Benchmark Advance 2022

1	Unit 1 Observing Nature
Week 1		Comprehension 1. Sort sensory details 2. Identify the narrative point of view Vocabulary 3. Determine the meaning of idioms from context: set 1 4. Identify similes and metaphors Foundational skills 5. Spell the long a word: silent e, ai, ay, ea, ey, eigh Grammar 6. Identify prepositions 7. Identify adjectives Writing and language 8. Organize information by topic
Week 1
Comprehension 1. Sort sensory details 2. Identify the narrative point of view Vocabulary 3. Determine the meaning of idioms from context: set 1 4. Identify similes and metaphors Foundational skills 5. Spell the long a word: silent e, ai, ay, ea, ey, eigh Grammar 6. Identify prepositions 7. Identify adjectives Writing and language 8. Organize information by topic

Week 2		Comprehension 1. Use key details to determine the main idea 2. Read about animals Vocabulary 3. Similes and metaphors with pictures Foundational skills 4. Spell the long e word: silent e, ee, ea, ie Grammar 5. Identify the complete subject of a sentence 6. Identify the complete predicate of a sentence 7. Is it a complete sentence or a fragment? Writing and language 8. Identify supporting details in informational texts
Week 2
Comprehension 1. Use key details to determine the main idea 2. Read about animals Vocabulary 3. Similes and metaphors with pictures Foundational skills 4. Spell the long e word: silent e, ee, ea, ie Grammar 5. Identify the complete subject of a sentence 6. Identify the complete predicate of a sentence 7. Is it a complete sentence or a fragment? Writing and language 8. Identify supporting details in informational texts

Week 3		Comprehension 1. Read realistic fiction with illustrations 2. Distinguish points of view Foundational skills 3. Spell the long o word: silent e, oa, ow, old, ost, olt Grammar 4. Identify prepositional phrases Writing and language 5. Choose the best topic sentence 6. Order adjectives
Week 3
Comprehension 1. Read realistic fiction with illustrations 2. Distinguish points of view Foundational skills 3. Spell the long o word: silent e, oa, ow, old, ost, olt Grammar 4. Identify prepositional phrases Writing and language 5. Choose the best topic sentence 6. Order adjectives

2	Unit 2 Characters' Actions and Reactions
Week 1		Comprehension 1. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters 2. Read drama Vocabulary 3. Shades of meaning with pictures Foundational skills 4. Spell the long i word: silent e, ie, y, igh, ind, ild Grammar 5. Is the sentence simple or compound? Writing and language 6. Identify an author's statement of opinion 7. Choose reasons to support an opinion
Week 1
Comprehension 1. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters 2. Read drama Vocabulary 3. Shades of meaning with pictures Foundational skills 4. Spell the long i word: silent e, ie, y, igh, ind, ild Grammar 5. Is the sentence simple or compound? Writing and language 6. Identify an author's statement of opinion 7. Choose reasons to support an opinion

Week 2		Comprehension 1. Compare and contrast characters 2. Determine the themes of myths, fables, and folktales Vocabulary 3. Describe the difference between related words Foundational skills 4. Spell the long u word: silent e, ue, oo, ew, ui Grammar 5. What does the modal verb show? Writing and language 6. Identify supporting details in literary texts
Week 2
Comprehension 1. Compare and contrast characters 2. Determine the themes of myths, fables, and folktales Vocabulary 3. Describe the difference between related words Foundational skills 4. Spell the long u word: silent e, ue, oo, ew, ui Grammar 5. What does the modal verb show? Writing and language 6. Identify supporting details in literary texts

Week 3		Comprehension 1. Identify story elements 2. Read science fiction with illustrations Vocabulary 3. Select the members of a group Foundational skills 4. Spell words with open and closed syllables Grammar 5. Use the correct subject or verb 6. Pronoun-verb agreement Writing and language 7. Choose the best concluding sentence 8. Choose the best transition 9. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb
Week 3
Comprehension 1. Identify story elements 2. Read science fiction with illustrations Vocabulary 3. Select the members of a group Foundational skills 4. Spell words with open and closed syllables Grammar 5. Use the correct subject or verb 6. Pronoun-verb agreement Writing and language 7. Choose the best concluding sentence 8. Choose the best transition 9. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb

3	Unit 3 Government in Action
Week 1		Comprehension 1. Match problems with their solutions 2. Select and use text features Vocabulary 3. Use guide words 4. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Grammar 5. Use the correct modal verb Writing and language 6. Order items from most general to most specific 7. Summarize a story
Week 1
Comprehension 1. Match problems with their solutions 2. Select and use text features Vocabulary 3. Use guide words 4. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Grammar 5. Use the correct modal verb Writing and language 6. Order items from most general to most specific 7. Summarize a story

Week 2		Comprehension 1. Determine the main idea of a passage 2. Read about art, music, and traditions Vocabulary 3. Find synonyms in context Foundational skills 4. Spell words with variant vowels: oo, ou, ow, ea Grammar 5. Use the progressive verb tenses Writing and language 6. Use linking words in paragraphs
Week 2
Comprehension 1. Determine the main idea of a passage 2. Read about art, music, and traditions Vocabulary 3. Find synonyms in context Foundational skills 4. Spell words with variant vowels: oo, ou, ow, ea Grammar 5. Use the progressive verb tenses Writing and language 6. Use linking words in paragraphs

Week 3		Comprehension 1. Draw inferences from a text 2. Label the rhyme scheme Vocabulary 3. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context Foundational skills 4. Complete the word with the correct r-controlled vowel: ar, er, ir, or, ur Grammar 5. Punctuating dialogue 6. Commas with compound and complex sentences Writing and language 7. Use subordinating conjunctions 8. Form the progressive verb tenses
Week 3
Comprehension 1. Draw inferences from a text 2. Label the rhyme scheme Vocabulary 3. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context Foundational skills 4. Complete the word with the correct r-controlled vowel: ar, er, ir, or, ur Grammar 5. Punctuating dialogue 6. Commas with compound and complex sentences Writing and language 7. Use subordinating conjunctions 8. Form the progressive verb tenses

4	Unit 4 Understanding Different Points of View
Week 1		Comprehension 1. Identify the narrative point of view 2. Read fantasy with illustrations Vocabulary 3. Find words using context Foundational skills 4. Form compound words with pictures 5. Form compound words Grammar 6. To be: use the correct form Writing and language 7. Show character emotions and traits
Week 1
Comprehension 1. Identify the narrative point of view 2. Read fantasy with illustrations Vocabulary 3. Find words using context Foundational skills 4. Form compound words with pictures 5. Form compound words Grammar 6. To be: use the correct form Writing and language 7. Show character emotions and traits

Week 2		Comprehension 1. Make predictions about a story 2. Read historical fiction 3. Distinguish points of view Grammar 4. Homophones with pictures 5. Identify homophones Writing and language 6. Put the sentences in order
Week 2
Comprehension 1. Make predictions about a story 2. Read historical fiction 3. Distinguish points of view Grammar 4. Homophones with pictures 5. Identify homophones Writing and language 6. Put the sentences in order

Week 3		Comprehension 1. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters 2. Read realistic fiction Vocabulary 3. Find antonyms in context Foundational skills 4. Spell consonant-l-e words Grammar 5. Identify prepositions and their objects Writing and language 6. Identify time-order words 7. Add imagery to stories 8. Use the correct frequently confused word
Week 3
Comprehension 1. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters 2. Read realistic fiction Vocabulary 3. Find antonyms in context Foundational skills 4. Spell consonant-l-e words Grammar 5. Identify prepositions and their objects Writing and language 6. Identify time-order words 7. Add imagery to stories 8. Use the correct frequently confused word

5	Unit 5 Technology for Tomorrow
Week 1		Comprehension 1. Match causes and effects in informational texts 2. Distinguish facts from opinions Vocabulary 3. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Foundational skills 4. Sort and spell soft c and soft g words Grammar 5. Use the progressive verb tenses Writing and language 6. Complete the opinion-reason-example table 7. Organize information by topic
Week 1
Comprehension 1. Match causes and effects in informational texts 2. Distinguish facts from opinions Vocabulary 3. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Foundational skills 4. Sort and spell soft c and soft g words Grammar 5. Use the progressive verb tenses Writing and language 6. Complete the opinion-reason-example table 7. Organize information by topic

Week 2		Comprehension 1. Read about sports and hobbies 2. Compare information from two texts Vocabulary 3. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures Foundational skills 4. Complete the word with the correct r-controlled vowel: er, ir, ur Grammar 5. Use relative adverbs Writing and language 6. Choose the best topic sentence 7. Identify and correct plagiarism 8. Use coordinating conjunctions
Week 2
Comprehension 1. Read about sports and hobbies 2. Compare information from two texts Vocabulary 3. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures Foundational skills 4. Complete the word with the correct r-controlled vowel: er, ir, ur Grammar 5. Use relative adverbs Writing and language 6. Choose the best topic sentence 7. Identify and correct plagiarism 8. Use coordinating conjunctions

Week 3		Comprehension 1. Match problems with their solutions 2. Read about famous places 3. Determine the meanings of similes and metaphors Foundational skills 4. Spell words with r vowel patterns Grammar 5. Identify relative pronouns 6. Use relative pronouns: who and whom Writing and language 7. Greetings and closings of letters 8. Form the progressive verb tenses
Week 3
Comprehension 1. Match problems with their solutions 2. Read about famous places 3. Determine the meanings of similes and metaphors Foundational skills 4. Spell words with r vowel patterns Grammar 5. Identify relative pronouns 6. Use relative pronouns: who and whom Writing and language 7. Greetings and closings of letters 8. Form the progressive verb tenses

6	Unit 6 Confronting Challenges
Week 1		Comprehension 1. Determine the themes of myths, fables, and folktales 2. Identify the meaning of idioms and adages: set 1 Vocabulary 3. Use dictionary entries 4. Use dictionary definitions Foundational skills 5. Identify base words, prefixes, and suffixes 6. Determine the meaning of a word with -ly or -ness Grammar 7. What does the modal verb show? Writing and language 8. Identify supporting details in literary texts 9. Correct errors with signs
Week 1
Comprehension 1. Determine the themes of myths, fables, and folktales 2. Identify the meaning of idioms and adages: set 1 Vocabulary 3. Use dictionary entries 4. Use dictionary definitions Foundational skills 5. Identify base words, prefixes, and suffixes 6. Determine the meaning of a word with -ly or -ness Grammar 7. What does the modal verb show? Writing and language 8. Identify supporting details in literary texts 9. Correct errors with signs

Week 2		Comprehension 1. Read science fiction with illustrations 2. Compare and contrast characters Vocabulary 3. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source Foundational skills 4. Spell the long u word: silent e, ue, oo, ew, ui Writing and language 5. Use relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which, and that 6. Remove the sentence that does not belong
Week 2
Comprehension 1. Read science fiction with illustrations 2. Compare and contrast characters Vocabulary 3. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source Foundational skills 4. Spell the long u word: silent e, ue, oo, ew, ui Writing and language 5. Use relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which, and that 6. Remove the sentence that does not belong

Week 3		Comprehension 1. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters 2. Summarize a story 3. Identify the meaning of idioms and adages: set 2 Foundational skills 4. Determine the meaning of a word with -ful or -less 5. Determine the meaning of a word with a suffix: review Writing and language 6. Choose reasons to support an opinion 7. Use the correct modal verb 8. Create compound sentences
Week 3
Comprehension 1. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters 2. Summarize a story 3. Identify the meaning of idioms and adages: set 2 Foundational skills 4. Determine the meaning of a word with -ful or -less 5. Determine the meaning of a word with a suffix: review Writing and language 6. Choose reasons to support an opinion 7. Use the correct modal verb 8. Create compound sentences

7	Unit 7 The Transcontinental Railroad
Week 1		Comprehension 1. Determine the order of events in informational texts 2. Read graphic organizers Vocabulary 3. Use academic vocabulary in context Grammar 4. Capitalizing the names of people and pets and titles of respect 5. Capitalizing the names of places and geographic features Writing and language 6. Organize information by topic
Week 1
Comprehension 1. Determine the order of events in informational texts 2. Read graphic organizers Vocabulary 3. Use academic vocabulary in context Grammar 4. Capitalizing the names of people and pets and titles of respect 5. Capitalizing the names of places and geographic features Writing and language 6. Organize information by topic

Week 2		Comprehension 1. Compare and contrast in informational texts 2. Which book title goes with the picture? 3. Combine main ideas from two texts Vocabulary 4. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context Grammar 5. Identify prepositional phrases Writing and language 6. Add imagery to stories
Week 2
Comprehension 1. Compare and contrast in informational texts 2. Which book title goes with the picture? 3. Combine main ideas from two texts Vocabulary 4. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context Grammar 5. Identify prepositional phrases Writing and language 6. Add imagery to stories

Week 3		Comprehension 1. Identify and analyze text structures 2. Read about business and technology Vocabulary 3. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Foundational skills 4. Use the correct homophone Grammar 5. Identify coordinating conjunctions Writing and language 6. Identify time-order words 7. Identify sensory details
Week 3
Comprehension 1. Identify and analyze text structures 2. Read about business and technology Vocabulary 3. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Foundational skills 4. Use the correct homophone Grammar 5. Identify coordinating conjunctions Writing and language 6. Identify time-order words 7. Identify sensory details

8	Unit 8 Earth Changes
Week 1		Comprehension 1. Identify the narrative point of view 2. Compare information from two texts 3. Identify the purpose of a text Vocabulary 4. Sort words by shared Greek or Latin roots Foundational skills 5. Words with un-, dis-, in-, im-, and non- Grammar 6. Prepositions: review Writing and language 7. Order items from most general to most specific
Week 1
Comprehension 1. Identify the narrative point of view 2. Compare information from two texts 3. Identify the purpose of a text Vocabulary 4. Sort words by shared Greek or Latin roots Foundational skills 5. Words with un-, dis-, in-, im-, and non- Grammar 6. Prepositions: review Writing and language 7. Order items from most general to most specific

Week 2		Comprehension 1. Use key details to determine the main idea 2. Read about science and nature Vocabulary 3. Multiple-meaning words with pictures 4. Which definition matches the sentence? Foundational skills 5. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words Grammar 6. Identify the complete subject of a sentence 7. Identify action verbs 8. Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on? Writing and language 9. Choose the best transition 10. Choose the best concluding sentence
Week 2
Comprehension 1. Use key details to determine the main idea 2. Read about science and nature Vocabulary 3. Multiple-meaning words with pictures 4. Which definition matches the sentence? Foundational skills 5. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words Grammar 6. Identify the complete subject of a sentence 7. Identify action verbs 8. Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on? Writing and language 9. Choose the best transition 10. Choose the best concluding sentence

Week 3		Comprehension 1. Distinguish points of view 2. Use personification Foundational skills 3. Spell words with variant vowels: oo, ou, ow, ea Grammar 4. Create compound sentences 5. Capitalizing titles Writing and language 6. Create varied sentences based on models 7. Form the singular or plural possessive 8. Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns 9. Which sentence is more formal?
Week 3
Comprehension 1. Distinguish points of view 2. Use personification Foundational skills 3. Spell words with variant vowels: oo, ou, ow, ea Grammar 4. Create compound sentences 5. Capitalizing titles Writing and language 6. Create varied sentences based on models 7. Form the singular or plural possessive 8. Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns 9. Which sentence is more formal?

9	Unit 9 Resources and Their Impact
Week 1		Comprehension 1. Read about history Vocabulary 2. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures Foundational skills 3. Determine the meaning of a word with -able or -ment 4. Determine the meanings of words with prefixes and suffixes: review Grammar 5. Capitalizing the names of historical events, periods, and documents 6. Capitalizing days, months, and holidays Writing and language 7. Distinguish facts from opinions
Week 1
Comprehension 1. Read about history Vocabulary 2. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures Foundational skills 3. Determine the meaning of a word with -able or -ment 4. Determine the meanings of words with prefixes and suffixes: review Grammar 5. Capitalizing the names of historical events, periods, and documents 6. Capitalizing days, months, and holidays Writing and language 7. Distinguish facts from opinions

Week 2		Comprehension 1. Determine the main idea of a passage 2. Match causes and effects in informational texts Vocabulary 3. Find words using context Foundational skills 4. Use the meanings of words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 5. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots Grammar 6. Positive and negative connotation Writing and language 7. Compare mythological illustrations
Week 2
Comprehension 1. Determine the main idea of a passage 2. Match causes and effects in informational texts Vocabulary 3. Find words using context Foundational skills 4. Use the meanings of words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 5. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots Grammar 6. Positive and negative connotation Writing and language 7. Compare mythological illustrations

Week 3		Comprehension 1. Read poetry 2. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone Vocabulary 3. Identify similes and metaphors Grammar 4. Use the correct subject or verb – with compound subjects 5. Identify possessive pronouns 6. Use possessive pronouns Writing and language 7. Correct errors with signs 8. Formatting and capitalizing titles
Week 3
Comprehension 1. Read poetry 2. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone Vocabulary 3. Identify similes and metaphors Grammar 4. Use the correct subject or verb – with compound subjects 5. Identify possessive pronouns 6. Use possessive pronouns Writing and language 7. Correct errors with signs 8. Formatting and capitalizing titles

10	Unit 10 The Power of Electricity
Week 1		Comprehension 1. Read about famous people Foundational skills 2. Use regular plurals with -s, -es, -ies, and -ves Grammar 3. Form the progressive verb tenses Writing and language 4. Does the adjective tell you what kind or how many? 5. Identify the adjective that describes the noun
Week 1
Comprehension 1. Read about famous people Foundational skills 2. Use regular plurals with -s, -es, -ies, and -ves Grammar 3. Form the progressive verb tenses Writing and language 4. Does the adjective tell you what kind or how many? 5. Identify the adjective that describes the noun

Week 2		Comprehension 1. Compare information from two texts 2. Select and use text features Grammar 3. Order adjectives Writing and language 4. Use action verbs 5. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb 6. Use thesaurus entries
Week 2
Comprehension 1. Compare information from two texts 2. Select and use text features Grammar 3. Order adjectives Writing and language 4. Use action verbs 5. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb 6. Use thesaurus entries

Week 3		Comprehension 1. Identify supporting details in informational texts 2. Combine main ideas from two texts 3. Identify elements of poetry Foundational skills 4. Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 5. Match words with Greek and Latin roots to their meanings Grammar 6. Describe the difference between related words
Week 3
Comprehension 1. Identify supporting details in informational texts 2. Combine main ideas from two texts 3. Identify elements of poetry Foundational skills 4. Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 5. Match words with Greek and Latin roots to their meanings Grammar 6. Describe the difference between related words

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