IXL skill plan | Reading Level A plan for the Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment Systems

Skill plan for the Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment Systems - Reading Level A

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Foundational Literacy
Language and Vocabulary
Reading Comprehension Skills and Strategies
Higher Order Reading Skills and Strategies

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Foundational Literacy
Print awareness		1. Choose the sentence that is spaced correctly 2. Find a word in a sentence 3. Identify book parts and features
Print awareness
1. Choose the sentence that is spaced correctly 2. Find a word in a sentence 3. Identify book parts and features

Letters, numbers, and shapes		Letters 1. Find the letter in the alphabet: uppercase 2. Find the letter in the alphabet: lowercase Numbers 3. Identify numbers - up to 10 (Math) Shapes 4. Select two-dimensional shapes (Math)
Letters, numbers, and shapes
Letters 1. Find the letter in the alphabet: uppercase 2. Find the letter in the alphabet: lowercase Numbers 3. Identify numbers - up to 10 (Math) Shapes 4. Select two-dimensional shapes (Math)

Letter identification		Identify letters 1. Review the letters A–Z 2. Choose the letter that you hear 3. Frequently confused letters: find all the letters Match lowercase and uppercase letters 4. Choose the lowercase letter that matches: review 5. Choose the uppercase letter that matches: review
Letter identification
Identify letters 1. Review the letters A–Z 2. Choose the letter that you hear 3. Frequently confused letters: find all the letters Match lowercase and uppercase letters 4. Choose the lowercase letter that matches: review 5. Choose the uppercase letter that matches: review

Read numbers in daily life		1. Match digital clocks and times (Math)
Read numbers in daily life
1. Match digital clocks and times (Math)

Phonemic and phonological awareness		Syllables 1. Sort by the number of syllables Blending and segmenting 2. Blend each sound in a word together 3. Identify each sound in a word Rhyme 4. Complete the rhyme Consonant sounds 5. Find the words that begin with a given sound 6. Which two words end with the same sound? Short and long vowels 7. Sort short and long vowel words
Phonemic and phonological awareness
Syllables 1. Sort by the number of syllables Blending and segmenting 2. Blend each sound in a word together 3. Identify each sound in a word Rhyme 4. Complete the rhyme Consonant sounds 5. Find the words that begin with a given sound 6. Which two words end with the same sound? Short and long vowels 7. Sort short and long vowel words

Phonics and word analysis skills		Short vowels 1. Complete the word with the right short vowel Consonant blends 2. Does the word start with a consonant blend? 3. Does the word end with a consonant blend? Consonant digraphs 4. Complete the word to match the picture: -ss, -ll, -ff, -zz, -ck
Phonics and word analysis skills
Short vowels 1. Complete the word with the right short vowel Consonant blends 2. Does the word start with a consonant blend? 3. Does the word end with a consonant blend? Consonant digraphs 4. Complete the word to match the picture: -ss, -ll, -ff, -zz, -ck

Sight words		1. Read sight words: review sets 1–10
Sight words
1. Read sight words: review sets 1–10

Language and Vocabulary
Punctuation and capitalization		1. Identify and use end marks 2. Capitalize sentences and the pronoun "I"
Punctuation and capitalization
1. Identify and use end marks 2. Capitalize sentences and the pronoun "I"

High-frequency words in context		1. Complete the sentence with the correct sight word: review sets 1–7
High-frequency words in context
1. Complete the sentence with the correct sight word: review sets 1–7

Signal words		Time-order words 1. Identify time-order words Prepositions 2. Select the best preposition to complete the sentence
Signal words
Time-order words 1. Identify time-order words Prepositions 2. Select the best preposition to complete the sentence

Word meaning		Inflectional endings 1. Match the -ed and -ing sentences to the pictures Prefixes and suffixes 2. Understand words with prefixes and suffixes Plurals 3. Regular plurals: select the word that matches the picture Possessives 4. Select the possessive noun that matches the picture Comparative adjectives 5. Does the adjective compare two or more than two? Verb tense 6. Place sentences on a timeline Vocabulary in context 7. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Multiple-meaning words 8. Multiple-meaning words with pictures Reference skills 9. Use dictionary entries
Word meaning
Inflectional endings 1. Match the -ed and -ing sentences to the pictures Prefixes and suffixes 2. Understand words with prefixes and suffixes Plurals 3. Regular plurals: select the word that matches the picture Possessives 4. Select the possessive noun that matches the picture Comparative adjectives 5. Does the adjective compare two or more than two? Verb tense 6. Place sentences on a timeline Vocabulary in context 7. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Multiple-meaning words 8. Multiple-meaning words with pictures Reference skills 9. Use dictionary entries

Nuances in language		Shades of meaning 1. Find the words with related meanings 2. Describe the difference between related words 3. Order related words based on meaning Figurative language 4. Choose the picture that matches the idiomatic expression
Nuances in language
Shades of meaning 1. Find the words with related meanings 2. Describe the difference between related words 3. Order related words based on meaning Figurative language 4. Choose the picture that matches the idiomatic expression

Sentence structure and grammar		Punctuation 1. Statement, question, command, or exclamation? Subject-verb agreement 2. One or more than one? Verbs 3. Complete the sentence with an action verb to match the picture Adjectives 4. Does the adjective tell you what kind or how many? Pronouns 5. Choose the correct personal pronoun 6. Choose the correct possessive pronoun Contractions 7. Complete the sentence with the correct contraction
Sentence structure and grammar
Punctuation 1. Statement, question, command, or exclamation? Subject-verb agreement 2. One or more than one? Verbs 3. Complete the sentence with an action verb to match the picture Adjectives 4. Does the adjective tell you what kind or how many? Pronouns 5. Choose the correct personal pronoun 6. Choose the correct possessive pronoun Contractions 7. Complete the sentence with the correct contraction

Reading Comprehension Skills and Strategies
Read texts and passages		Literary texts 1. Read realistic fiction 2. Read myths, legends, and fables Informational texts 3. Read about famous places
Read texts and passages
Literary texts 1. Read realistic fiction 2. Read myths, legends, and fables Informational texts 3. Read about famous places

Read and interpret charts, tables, and graphs		1. Interpret tally charts (Math) 2. Interpret data in tables (Math) 3. Interpret picture graphs (Math)
Read and interpret charts, tables, and graphs
1. Interpret tally charts (Math) 2. Interpret data in tables (Math) 3. Interpret picture graphs (Math)

Read measurement scales		1. Read a thermometer (Math) 2. Measure using an inch ruler (Math)
Read measurement scales
1. Read a thermometer (Math) 2. Measure using an inch ruler (Math)

Make predictions		1. What will happen next?
Make predictions
1. What will happen next?

Use text features		1. Use text features
Use text features
1. Use text features

Main idea and theme		1. What is the picture about? 2. Determine the themes of myths, fables, and folktales
Main idea and theme
1. What is the picture about? 2. Determine the themes of myths, fables, and folktales

Key details		Literary texts 1. Read along with fantasy Informational texts 2. Read along about science and nature
Key details
Literary texts 1. Read along with fantasy Informational texts 2. Read along about science and nature

Relationships between ideas and events		1. Match each effect to its cause 2. Match each cause to its effect 3. Compare and contrast in informational passages
Relationships between ideas and events
1. Match each effect to its cause 2. Match each cause to its effect 3. Compare and contrast in informational passages

Author's purpose		1. Identify the purpose of a text 2. Determine the topic and purpose of informational passages
Author's purpose
1. Identify the purpose of a text 2. Determine the topic and purpose of informational passages

Higher Order Reading Skills and Strategies
Make inferences		1. Read about animals
Make inferences
1. Read about animals

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