IXL skill plan | Kindergarten plan for Core Knowledge Language Arts

1	Unit 1
Nursery Rhymes and Fables
Unit 1: Knowledge		Foundational skills 1. Which word has the same ending? Reading comprehension 2. Which could happen in real life? 3. Which feeling matches the picture? 4. Read along with fantasy 5. Order images in a story Vocabulary 6. Multiple-meaning words with pictures 7. Compare pictures using adjectives
Unit 1: Knowledge
Foundational skills 1. Which word has the same ending? Reading comprehension 2. Which could happen in real life? 3. Which feeling matches the picture? 4. Read along with fantasy 5. Order images in a story Vocabulary 6. Multiple-meaning words with pictures 7. Compare pictures using adjectives

Unit 1: Skills		Foundational skills 1. Choose the two words that are the same 2. Find a word in a sentence 3. Identify book parts and features Language 4. Inside and outside, above and below, next to and beside
Unit 1: Skills
Foundational skills 1. Choose the two words that are the same 2. Find a word in a sentence 3. Identify book parts and features Language 4. Inside and outside, above and below, next to and beside

2	Unit 2
The Five Senses
Unit 2: Knowledge		Reading comprehension 1. Read along about famous people 2. What is the picture about? Vocabulary 3. Sort objects into categories 4. Match antonyms to pictures Language 5. Use color words 6. Find the action verb with images
Unit 2: Knowledge
Reading comprehension 1. Read along about famous people 2. What is the picture about? Vocabulary 3. Sort objects into categories 4. Match antonyms to pictures Language 5. Use color words 6. Find the action verb with images

Unit 2: Skills		Foundational skills 1. Blend syllables together to make a word 2. Identify the first, second, and last sound in a word 3. Which two words start with the same sound? 4. Which two words end with the same sound? Language 5. Choose the best location word to match the picture
Unit 2: Skills
Foundational skills 1. Blend syllables together to make a word 2. Identify the first, second, and last sound in a word 3. Which two words start with the same sound? 4. Which two words end with the same sound? Language 5. Choose the best location word to match the picture

3	Unit 3
Stories
Unit 3: Knowledge		Reading comprehension 1. Read along with realistic fiction 2. Choose the picture that matches the setting or character Vocabulary 3. Compare pictures using adjectives 4. Choose the best location word to match the picture Language 5. Who, what, when, where, or why? 6. Is it a telling sentence or an asking sentence?
Unit 3: Knowledge
Reading comprehension 1. Read along with realistic fiction 2. Choose the picture that matches the setting or character Vocabulary 3. Compare pictures using adjectives 4. Choose the best location word to match the picture Language 5. Who, what, when, where, or why? 6. Is it a telling sentence or an asking sentence?

Unit 3: Skills		Foundational skills 1. Use number words: one to ten 2. Blend onset and rime together to make a word 3. Find the short a word 4. Complete the short a word 5. Find the short i word 6. Complete the short i words 7. Find the short o word 8. Complete the short o word 9. Find the words that begin with a given sound
Unit 3: Skills
Foundational skills 1. Use number words: one to ten 2. Blend onset and rime together to make a word 3. Find the short a word 4. Complete the short a word 5. Find the short i word 6. Complete the short i words 7. Find the short o word 8. Complete the short o word 9. Find the words that begin with a given sound

4	Unit 4
Plants
Unit 4: Knowledge		Reading comprehension 1. Read along about science and nature 2. Choose the right book to help you learn about a topic Vocabulary 3. Which one is not like the others? Writing 4. Identify time-order words Language 5. Find the action verb
Unit 4: Knowledge
Reading comprehension 1. Read along about science and nature 2. Choose the right book to help you learn about a topic Vocabulary 3. Which one is not like the others? Writing 4. Identify time-order words Language 5. Find the action verb

Unit 4: Skills		Foundational skills 1. Blend each sound in a word together 2. Find the short e word 3. Complete the short e word 4. Choose the picture that matches the short e word 5. Choose the short a word that matches the picture 6. Choose the short i word that matches the picture 7. Choose the short o word that matches the picture 8. Choose the letter that matches the consonant sound: b, d, j, k, p, t, v, z 9. Choose the letter that matches the consonant sound: f, l, m, n, r, s 10. Read sight words: a, an, I, the
Unit 4: Skills
Foundational skills 1. Blend each sound in a word together 2. Find the short e word 3. Complete the short e word 4. Choose the picture that matches the short e word 5. Choose the short a word that matches the picture 6. Choose the short i word that matches the picture 7. Choose the short o word that matches the picture 8. Choose the letter that matches the consonant sound: b, d, j, k, p, t, v, z 9. Choose the letter that matches the consonant sound: f, l, m, n, r, s 10. Read sight words: a, an, I, the

5	Unit 5
Farms
Unit 5: Knowledge		Reading comprehension 1. Read about animals 2. What is the picture about? Vocabulary 3. Find the complete sentence Writing 4. Put the sentences in order
Unit 5: Knowledge
Reading comprehension 1. Read about animals 2. What is the picture about? Vocabulary 3. Find the complete sentence Writing 4. Put the sentences in order

Unit 5: Skills		Foundational skills 1. Find the short u word 2. Complete the short u word 3. Choose the picture that matches the short u word 4. Choose the short o sentence that matches the picture 5. Choose the short i sentence that matches the picture 6. Choose the short e sentence that matches the picture 7. Choose the short a sentence that matches the picture 8. Choose the letter that matches the consonant sound: c, g, h, w 9. Which letter does the word start with? 10. Which letter does the word end with? Language 11. Identify and use end marks
Unit 5: Skills
Foundational skills 1. Find the short u word 2. Complete the short u word 3. Choose the picture that matches the short u word 4. Choose the short o sentence that matches the picture 5. Choose the short i sentence that matches the picture 6. Choose the short e sentence that matches the picture 7. Choose the short a sentence that matches the picture 8. Choose the letter that matches the consonant sound: c, g, h, w 9. Which letter does the word start with? 10. Which letter does the word end with? Language 11. Identify and use end marks

6	Unit 6
Native Americans
Unit 6: Knowledge		Reading comprehension 1. Read along about food Language 2. Unscramble the words to make a complete sentence 3. Complete the sentence with an action verb to match the picture 4. Use singular and plural nouns
Unit 6: Knowledge
Reading comprehension 1. Read along about food Language 2. Unscramble the words to make a complete sentence 3. Complete the sentence with an action verb to match the picture 4. Use singular and plural nouns

Unit 6: Skills		Foundational skills 1. Find the letter in the alphabet: lowercase 2. Frequently confused letters: find the letter 3. Choose the picture that rhymes with the word 4. Which consonant blend does the word start with? 5. Which consonant blend does the word end with? 6. Complete the word with the right initial consonant blend 7. Complete the word with the right final consonant blend Reading comprehension 8. Read short a stories Language 9. Choose the singular or plural noun that matches the picture
Unit 6: Skills
Foundational skills 1. Find the letter in the alphabet: lowercase 2. Frequently confused letters: find the letter 3. Choose the picture that rhymes with the word 4. Which consonant blend does the word start with? 5. Which consonant blend does the word end with? 6. Complete the word with the right initial consonant blend 7. Complete the word with the right final consonant blend Reading comprehension 8. Read short a stories Language 9. Choose the singular or plural noun that matches the picture

7	Unit 7
Kings and Queens
Unit 7: Knowledge		Foundational skills 1. Complete the rhyme Reading comprehension 2. Read animal fantasy 3. What will happen next? 4. Order images in a story Vocabulary 5. Find the words with related meanings 6. Match antonyms to pictures
Unit 7: Knowledge
Foundational skills 1. Complete the rhyme Reading comprehension 2. Read animal fantasy 3. What will happen next? 4. Order images in a story Vocabulary 5. Find the words with related meanings 6. Match antonyms to pictures

Unit 7: Skills		Foundational skills 1. Spell the short vowel word 2. Choose the correct digraph 3. Which word does not rhyme? Reading comprehension 4. Read short i stories 5. Read words with am and an Language 6. Complete the sentence 7. Who, what, when, where, or why? 8. Choose the best location word to match the picture
Unit 7: Skills
Foundational skills 1. Spell the short vowel word 2. Choose the correct digraph 3. Which word does not rhyme? Reading comprehension 4. Read short i stories 5. Read words with am and an Language 6. Complete the sentence 7. Who, what, when, where, or why? 8. Choose the best location word to match the picture

8	Unit 8
Seasons and Weather
Unit 8: Knowledge		Reading comprehension 1. Read about places 2. Match each effect to its cause Writing 3. Use sense words 4. Choose the sentence that is spaced correctly
Unit 8: Knowledge
Reading comprehension 1. Read about places 2. Match each effect to its cause Writing 3. Use sense words 4. Choose the sentence that is spaced correctly

Unit 8: Skills		Foundational skills 1. Choose the letter that you hear 2. Frequently confused letters: find all the letters 3. Identify the short vowel sound in a word 4. Read questions with short vowel words 5. Choose the word that matches the picture: -ss, -ll, -ff, -zz, -ck 6. Complete the poem with the word that rhymes Reading comprehension 7. Read short o stories Vocabulary 8. Use context to identify the meaning of a word
Unit 8: Skills
Foundational skills 1. Choose the letter that you hear 2. Frequently confused letters: find all the letters 3. Identify the short vowel sound in a word 4. Read questions with short vowel words 5. Choose the word that matches the picture: -ss, -ll, -ff, -zz, -ck 6. Complete the poem with the word that rhymes Reading comprehension 7. Read short o stories Vocabulary 8. Use context to identify the meaning of a word

9	Unit 9
Columbus and the Pilgrims
Unit 9: Knowledge		Reading comprehension 1. Read along about famous people 2. What am I?
Unit 9: Knowledge
Reading comprehension 1. Read along about famous people 2. What am I?

Unit 9: Skills		Foundational skills 1. Find the letter in the alphabet: uppercase 2. Choose the lowercase letter that matches: c, k, o, p, s, u, v, w, x, z 3. Choose the lowercase letter that matches: f, i, j, l, m, t, y 4. Choose the lowercase letter that matches: a, b, d, e, g, h, n, q, r 5. Choose the uppercase letter that matches: C, K, O, P, S, U, V, W, X, Z 6. Choose the uppercase letter that matches: F, I, J, L, M, T, Y 7. Choose the uppercase letter that matches: A, B, D, E, G, H, N, Q, R 8. Choose the lowercase letter that matches: review 9. Complete the sentence with the correct short vowel word 10. Read sight words: here, I, no, one, said, so, to, where 11. Read sight words: are, from, there, once, was, were, what, when, why Reading comprehension 12. Read short u stories Language 13. Who, what, when, where, or why? 14. Identify commands 15. Identify exclamations 16. Identify questions 17. Identify statements 18. Select the best preposition to complete the sentence
Unit 9: Skills
Foundational skills 1. Find the letter in the alphabet: uppercase 2. Choose the lowercase letter that matches: c, k, o, p, s, u, v, w, x, z 3. Choose the lowercase letter that matches: f, i, j, l, m, t, y 4. Choose the lowercase letter that matches: a, b, d, e, g, h, n, q, r 5. Choose the uppercase letter that matches: C, K, O, P, S, U, V, W, X, Z 6. Choose the uppercase letter that matches: F, I, J, L, M, T, Y 7. Choose the uppercase letter that matches: A, B, D, E, G, H, N, Q, R 8. Choose the lowercase letter that matches: review 9. Complete the sentence with the correct short vowel word 10. Read sight words: here, I, no, one, said, so, to, where 11. Read sight words: are, from, there, once, was, were, what, when, why Reading comprehension 12. Read short u stories Language 13. Who, what, when, where, or why? 14. Identify commands 15. Identify exclamations 16. Identify questions 17. Identify statements 18. Select the best preposition to complete the sentence

10	Unit 10
Colonial Towns and Townspeople
Unit 10: Knowledge		Reading comprehension 1. Read about places 2. Which could happen in real life? 3. What will happen next? Writing 4. Identify time-order words Language 5. Compare pictures using comparative and superlative adjectives
Unit 10: Knowledge
Reading comprehension 1. Read about places 2. Which could happen in real life? 3. What will happen next? Writing 4. Identify time-order words Language 5. Compare pictures using comparative and superlative adjectives

Unit 10: Skills		Foundational skills 1. Review the letters A–Z 2. Choose the uppercase letter that matches: review 3. Put the letters in ABC order 4. Complete the word with the right short vowel 5. Find the long a word 6. Find the long e word 7. Find the long i word 8. Find the long o word 9. Find the long u word 10. Find the word with the same vowel sound 11. Choose the silent e word that matches the picture 12. Complete the silent e words 13. Read sight words: be, he, they, she, we 14. Read sight words: me, my, their, which, you, your Reading comprehension 15. Choose the picture that matches the setting or character 16. Read short u stories
Unit 10: Skills
Foundational skills 1. Review the letters A–Z 2. Choose the uppercase letter that matches: review 3. Put the letters in ABC order 4. Complete the word with the right short vowel 5. Find the long a word 6. Find the long e word 7. Find the long i word 8. Find the long o word 9. Find the long u word 10. Find the word with the same vowel sound 11. Choose the silent e word that matches the picture 12. Complete the silent e words 13. Read sight words: be, he, they, she, we 14. Read sight words: me, my, their, which, you, your Reading comprehension 15. Choose the picture that matches the setting or character 16. Read short u stories

11	Unit 11
Taking Care of the Earth
Unit 11: Knowledge		Reading comprehension 1. Read about animals 2. Identify book parts and features Vocabulary 3. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Writing 4. Put the sentences in order Language 5. Select the best preposition to complete the sentence
Unit 11: Knowledge
Reading comprehension 1. Read about animals 2. Identify book parts and features Vocabulary 3. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Writing 4. Put the sentences in order Language 5. Select the best preposition to complete the sentence

12	Unit 12
Presidents and American Symbols
Unit 12: Knowledge		Reading comprehension 1. Read about places 2. Match each effect to its cause Vocabulary 3. Multiple-meaning words with pictures Language 4. Choose the right end mark
Unit 12: Knowledge
Reading comprehension 1. Read about places 2. Match each effect to its cause Vocabulary 3. Multiple-meaning words with pictures Language 4. Choose the right end mark

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