IXL skill plan | Reading Level B: Low plan for the Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment Systems

Skill plan for the Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment Systems - Reading Level B: Low

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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
Phonics and word analysis skills		Silent e 1. Choose the silent e word that matches the picture Short and long vowels 2. Use spelling patterns to sort long and short vowel words Vowel teams 3. Choose the picture that matches the vowel team word Diphthongs 4. Choose the diphthong word that matches the picture R-controlled vowels 5. Choose the r-control word that matches the picture Soft and hard c and g words 6. Pick the soft g or soft c word that matches the picture Variant vowels 7. Complete words with variant vowels
Phonics and word analysis skills
Silent e 1. Choose the silent e word that matches the picture Short and long vowels 2. Use spelling patterns to sort long and short vowel words Vowel teams 3. Choose the picture that matches the vowel team word Diphthongs 4. Choose the diphthong word that matches the picture R-controlled vowels 5. Choose the r-control word that matches the picture Soft and hard c and g words 6. Pick the soft g or soft c word that matches the picture Variant vowels 7. Complete words with variant vowels

Language and Vocabulary
Punctuation and capitalization		1. Choose the right end mark 2. Commas: review 3. Capitalization: review
Punctuation and capitalization
1. Choose the right end mark 2. Commas: review 3. Capitalization: review

High-frequency words and abbreviations		Sight words 1. Complete the sentence with the correct sight word Abbreviations 2. Abbreviate days of the week 3. Abbreviate months of the year 4. Abbreviate street names and state names: review
High-frequency words and abbreviations
Sight words 1. Complete the sentence with the correct sight word Abbreviations 2. Abbreviate days of the week 3. Abbreviate months of the year 4. Abbreviate street names and state names: review

Academic and domain-specific vocabulary		1. Use academic vocabulary in context 2. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures
Academic and domain-specific vocabulary
1. Use academic vocabulary in context 2. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures

Signal words		Time-order words 1. Identify time-order words Conjunctions 2. Identify coordinating conjunctions 3. Identify subordinating conjunctions Prepositions 4. Select the best preposition to complete the sentence
Signal words
Time-order words 1. Identify time-order words Conjunctions 2. Identify coordinating conjunctions 3. Identify subordinating conjunctions Prepositions 4. 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. Determine the meanings of words with prefixes and suffixes: review Greek and Latin roots 3. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots Plurals and possessives 4. Identify plurals, singular possessives, and plural possessives 5. Is the noun singular or plural? Comparative and superlative adjectives 6. Identify comparative and superlative adjectives Verb tense 7. Is the sentence in the past, present, or future tense? Vocabulary in context 8. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 9. Find synonyms in context Multiple-meaning words 10. Which definition matches the sentence? Reference skills 11. Use dictionary entries
Word meaning
Inflectional endings 1. Match the -ed and -ing sentences to the pictures Prefixes and suffixes 2. Determine the meanings of words with prefixes and suffixes: review Greek and Latin roots 3. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots Plurals and possessives 4. Identify plurals, singular possessives, and plural possessives 5. Is the noun singular or plural? Comparative and superlative adjectives 6. Identify comparative and superlative adjectives Verb tense 7. Is the sentence in the past, present, or future tense? Vocabulary in context 8. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 9. Find synonyms in context Multiple-meaning words 10. Which definition matches the sentence? Reference skills 11. Use dictionary entries

Nuances in language		Shades of meaning 1. Describe the difference between related words 2. Positive and negative connotation Figurative language 3. Choose the picture that matches the idiomatic expression 4. Determine the meanings of similes
Nuances in language
Shades of meaning 1. Describe the difference between related words 2. Positive and negative connotation Figurative language 3. Choose the picture that matches the idiomatic expression 4. Determine the meanings of similes

Sentence structure and grammar		Sentence types 1. Is the sentence a statement, question, command, or exclamation? Simple and compound sentences 2. Is the sentence simple or compound? Subject-verb agreement 3. Is the subject singular or plural? Adjectives 4. Does the adjective tell you what kind or how many? Pronouns 5. Choose between subject and object personal pronouns 6. Choose between personal and reflexive pronouns Contractions 7. Match the contractions
Sentence structure and grammar
Sentence types 1. Is the sentence a statement, question, command, or exclamation? Simple and compound sentences 2. Is the sentence simple or compound? Subject-verb agreement 3. Is the subject singular or plural? Adjectives 4. Does the adjective tell you what kind or how many? Pronouns 5. Choose between subject and object personal pronouns 6. Choose between personal and reflexive pronouns Contractions 7. Match the contractions

Reading Comprehension Skills and Strategies
Read texts and passages		Literary texts 1. Read realistic fiction: set 1 Informational texts 2. Read about famous people
Read texts and passages
Literary texts 1. Read realistic fiction: set 1 Informational texts 2. Read about famous people

Interpet written instructions		1. Compare fractions in recipes (Math)
Interpet written instructions
1. Compare fractions in recipes (Math)

Read charts and tables		1. Read graphic organizers 2. Reading schedules (Math)
Read charts and tables
1. Read graphic organizers 2. Reading schedules (Math)

Read measurement scales		1. Read a thermometer (Math) 2. Measure using an inch ruler: nearest ¼ inch (Math)
Read measurement scales
1. Read a thermometer (Math) 2. Measure using an inch ruler: nearest ¼ inch (Math)

Read signs		1. Correct errors with signs
Read signs
1. Correct errors with signs

Make predictions		1. Make predictions about a story
Make predictions
1. Make predictions about a story

Use text features		1. Select and use text features
Use text features
1. Select and use text features

Main idea and theme		1. Determine the main idea of a passage 2. Determine the themes of myths, fables, and folktales
Main idea and theme
1. Determine the main idea of a passage 2. Determine the themes of myths, fables, and folktales

Key details		1. Use key details to determine the main idea
Key details
1. Use key details to determine the main idea

Relationships between ideas and events		1. Determine the order of events in informational texts 2. Compare and contrast in informational texts 3. Match causes and effects in informational texts 4. Match problems with their solutions
Relationships between ideas and events
1. Determine the order of events in informational texts 2. Compare and contrast in informational texts 3. Match causes and effects in informational texts 4. Match problems with their solutions

Author's purpose		1. Identify the author's purpose: passages
Author's purpose
1. Identify the author's purpose: passages

Higher Order Reading Skills and Strategies
Informational and Literary Text
Summarize ideas		1. Summarize a story 2. Read about science and nature
Summarize ideas
1. Summarize a story 2. Read about science and nature

Make inferences		Inference 1. Draw inferences from a text Text analysis 2. Read about animals
Make inferences
Inference 1. Draw inferences from a text Text analysis 2. Read about animals

Analyze arguments		1. Distinguish facts from opinions 2. Identify an author's statement of opinion
Analyze arguments
1. Distinguish facts from opinions 2. Identify an author's statement of opinion

Evaluate mixed media		1. Identify the author's purpose: mixed media
Evaluate mixed media
1. Identify the author's purpose: mixed media
Literary Text Only
Identify story elements		1. Identify story elements
Identify story elements
1. Identify story elements

Character analysis		1. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters
Character analysis
1. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters

Analyze texts		1. Read historical fiction
Analyze texts
1. Read historical fiction

Sequence		1. Order events in a story
Sequence
1. Order events in a story

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