IXL skill plan | 2nd grade plan for Core Knowledge Language Arts

1	Unit 1
Fairy Tales and Tall Tales
Unit 1: Listening & Learning		Reading comprehension 1. Which could happen in real life? 2. Read along with fantasy Grammar 3. Form regular plurals with -s and -es
Unit 1: Listening & Learning
Reading comprehension 1. Which could happen in real life? 2. Read along with fantasy Grammar 3. Form regular plurals with -s and -es

Unit 1: Skills		Reading foundations 1. Sort short and long vowel words 2. Complete the word with the correct short vowel 3. Complete the word to match the picture: -ss, -ll, -ff, -zz, -ck 4. Choose the silent e word that matches the picture 5. Spell words with final consonant patterns: ng, nk 6. Spell words with qu and x 7. Sort soft and hard g words and soft and hard c words Reading comprehension 8. Who, what, when, where, or why? 9. Order events in a story Word work 10. Form compound words with pictures Writing 11. Put the sentences in order Grammar 12. Is the sentence a statement, question, command, or exclamation? 13. Capitalizing the names of people and pets 14. Match the -ed and -ing sentences to the pictures
Unit 1: Skills
Reading foundations 1. Sort short and long vowel words 2. Complete the word with the correct short vowel 3. Complete the word to match the picture: -ss, -ll, -ff, -zz, -ck 4. Choose the silent e word that matches the picture 5. Spell words with final consonant patterns: ng, nk 6. Spell words with qu and x 7. Sort soft and hard g words and soft and hard c words Reading comprehension 8. Who, what, when, where, or why? 9. Order events in a story Word work 10. Form compound words with pictures Writing 11. Put the sentences in order Grammar 12. Is the sentence a statement, question, command, or exclamation? 13. Capitalizing the names of people and pets 14. Match the -ed and -ing sentences to the pictures

2	Unit 2
Early Asian Civilizations
Unit 2: Listening & Learning		Reading comprehension 1. Determine the themes of myths, fables, and folktales 2. Read along about art, music, and traditions Vocabulary 3. Determine the meaning of a word with pre-, re-, or mis-
Unit 2: Listening & Learning
Reading comprehension 1. Determine the themes of myths, fables, and folktales 2. Read along about art, music, and traditions Vocabulary 3. Determine the meaning of a word with pre-, re-, or mis-

Unit 2: Skills		Reading foundations 1. Use spelling patterns to sort long and short vowel words 2. Choose the words with a given long vowel 3. Complete the silent e words 4. Choose the diphthong word that matches the picture 5. Choose the r-control word that matches the picture 6. Choose the sight word that you hear Reading comprehension 7. Read along with realistic fiction 8. Who is the narrator? Word Work 9. Choose the antonym 10. Complete the word with the ending that you hear Writing 11. Choose topic sentences for narrative paragraphs 12. Insert dialogue into a story 13. Identify time-order words Grammar 14. Which sentence is in the regular past tense? 15. Does the adjective tell you what kind or how many? 16. Match the contractions
Unit 2: Skills
Reading foundations 1. Use spelling patterns to sort long and short vowel words 2. Choose the words with a given long vowel 3. Complete the silent e words 4. Choose the diphthong word that matches the picture 5. Choose the r-control word that matches the picture 6. Choose the sight word that you hear Reading comprehension 7. Read along with realistic fiction 8. Who is the narrator? Word Work 9. Choose the antonym 10. Complete the word with the ending that you hear Writing 11. Choose topic sentences for narrative paragraphs 12. Insert dialogue into a story 13. Identify time-order words Grammar 14. Which sentence is in the regular past tense? 15. Does the adjective tell you what kind or how many? 16. Match the contractions

3	Unit 3
The Ancient Greek Civilization
Unit 3: Listening & Learning		Reading comprehension 1. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters 2. Read along with historical fiction 3. Choose the picture that matches the setting or character 4. Read along about business and technology Vocabulary 5. Find synonyms in context Grammar 6. Commas with a series
Unit 3: Listening & Learning
Reading comprehension 1. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters 2. Read along with historical fiction 3. Choose the picture that matches the setting or character 4. Read along about business and technology Vocabulary 5. Find synonyms in context Grammar 6. Commas with a series

Unit 3: Skills		Reading foundations 1. Sort by the number of syllables 2. Match the short e and long e words to pictures 3. Choose the short i or long i word that matches the picture 4. Spell the long a word: silent e, ai, ay 5. Choose the short u or long u word that matches the picture 6. Spell the long o word: silent e, oa, ow 7. Choose the picture that matches the vowel team word Reading comprehension 8. Use text features Word work 9. Which sentence uses an antonym? Writing 10. Choose the sensory details that match the picture Grammar 11. Use singular and plural nouns 12. Form regular plurals with -s and -es 13. Unscramble the words to make a complete sentence 14. Select the nouns 15. Use action verbs 16. Identify common and proper nouns
Unit 3: Skills
Reading foundations 1. Sort by the number of syllables 2. Match the short e and long e words to pictures 3. Choose the short i or long i word that matches the picture 4. Spell the long a word: silent e, ai, ay 5. Choose the short u or long u word that matches the picture 6. Spell the long o word: silent e, oa, ow 7. Choose the picture that matches the vowel team word Reading comprehension 8. Use text features Word work 9. Which sentence uses an antonym? Writing 10. Choose the sensory details that match the picture Grammar 11. Use singular and plural nouns 12. Form regular plurals with -s and -es 13. Unscramble the words to make a complete sentence 14. Select the nouns 15. Use action verbs 16. Identify common and proper nouns

4	Unit 4
Greek Myths
Unit 4: Listening & Learning		Reading comprehension 1. Read science fiction Writing 2. Add descriptive details to sentences
Unit 4: Listening & Learning
Reading comprehension 1. Read science fiction Writing 2. Add descriptive details to sentences

Unit 4: Skills		Reading foundations 1. Choose the short o or long o word that matches the picture 2. Spell the long e word: ee, ea 3. Complete the word with the correct diphthong: oi, oy, ou, ow 4. Spell the long i word: silent e, ie, y 5. Complete the word with the correct r-controlled vowel: ar, er, ir, or, ur Word work 6. Find antonyms in context 7. Similes with pictures Writing 8. Complete the fact and opinion sentences 9. Greetings and closings of letters Grammar 10. Which word is a noun? 11. Is the noun singular or plural? 12. Sort common and proper nouns 13. Capitalizing the names of people and pets 14. Identify action verbs 15. To be: use the correct present tense form 16. To be: use the correct past tense form
Unit 4: Skills
Reading foundations 1. Choose the short o or long o word that matches the picture 2. Spell the long e word: ee, ea 3. Complete the word with the correct diphthong: oi, oy, ou, ow 4. Spell the long i word: silent e, ie, y 5. Complete the word with the correct r-controlled vowel: ar, er, ir, or, ur Word work 6. Find antonyms in context 7. Similes with pictures Writing 8. Complete the fact and opinion sentences 9. Greetings and closings of letters Grammar 10. Which word is a noun? 11. Is the noun singular or plural? 12. Sort common and proper nouns 13. Capitalizing the names of people and pets 14. Identify action verbs 15. To be: use the correct present tense form 16. To be: use the correct past tense form

5	Unit 5
The War of 1812
Unit 5: Listening & Learning		Reading comprehension 1. Match problems with their solutions 2. Read about animals Writing 3. Complete the opinion passage with an example 4. Complete the opinion passage with a reason 5. Complete the poem with a word that rhymes
Unit 5: Listening & Learning
Reading comprehension 1. Match problems with their solutions 2. Read about animals Writing 3. Complete the opinion passage with an example 4. Complete the opinion passage with a reason 5. Complete the poem with a word that rhymes

Unit 5: Skills		Reading foundations 1. Is the syllable open or closed? 2. Which word has a different vowel sound? 3. Complete the words with silent letters 4. Spell the consonant-l-e word 5. Read sight words: review sets 4, 5, 6, 7 Reading comprehension 6. Read realistic fiction 7. Order events in a story Word work 8. Order alphabetically based on the first letter Writing 9. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb Grammar 10. Capitalizing days, months, and holidays 11. Form and use irregular plurals 12. Identify nouns 13. Does the adjective tell you what kind or how many? 14. Identify the subject of a sentence 15. Identify the predicate of a sentence 16. Place sentences on a timeline
Unit 5: Skills
Reading foundations 1. Is the syllable open or closed? 2. Which word has a different vowel sound? 3. Complete the words with silent letters 4. Spell the consonant-l-e word 5. Read sight words: review sets 4, 5, 6, 7 Reading comprehension 6. Read realistic fiction 7. Order events in a story Word work 8. Order alphabetically based on the first letter Writing 9. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb Grammar 10. Capitalizing days, months, and holidays 11. Form and use irregular plurals 12. Identify nouns 13. Does the adjective tell you what kind or how many? 14. Identify the subject of a sentence 15. Identify the predicate of a sentence 16. Place sentences on a timeline

6	Unit 6
Cycles in Nature
Unit 6: Listening & Learning		Reading comprehension 1. Read along about science and nature 2. Match each cause to its effect Vocabulary 3. Use academic vocabulary in context
Unit 6: Listening & Learning
Reading comprehension 1. Read along about science and nature 2. Match each cause to its effect Vocabulary 3. Use academic vocabulary in context

Unit 6: Skills		Reading foundations 1. Put two syllables together to create a word: easier 2. Complete the vowel team words 3. Spell words with ch, sh, th, ph, wh, ng, nk, qu, and x 4. Complete the word with the correct r-controlled vowel: er, ir, ur 5. Choose the correct spelling of the consonant-l-e word Word work 6. Order alphabetically based on the first two letters Writing 7. Choose topic sentences for expository paragraphs 8. Organize information by topic 9. Select the detail that does not support the topic sentence Grammar 10. Capitalizing the names of places and geographic features 11. Is it a complete sentence or a run-on? 12. Identify adjectives 13. Does the adverb tell you how, when, or where?
Unit 6: Skills
Reading foundations 1. Put two syllables together to create a word: easier 2. Complete the vowel team words 3. Spell words with ch, sh, th, ph, wh, ng, nk, qu, and x 4. Complete the word with the correct r-controlled vowel: er, ir, ur 5. Choose the correct spelling of the consonant-l-e word Word work 6. Order alphabetically based on the first two letters Writing 7. Choose topic sentences for expository paragraphs 8. Organize information by topic 9. Select the detail that does not support the topic sentence Grammar 10. Capitalizing the names of places and geographic features 11. Is it a complete sentence or a run-on? 12. Identify adjectives 13. Does the adverb tell you how, when, or where?

7	Unit 7
Westward Expansion
Unit 7: Listening & Learning		Reading comprehension 1. Use key details to determine the main idea 2. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 3. Read about famous places Vocabulary 4. Multiple-meaning words with pictures 5. Identify base words, prefixes, and suffixes 6. Choose the synonym 7. Choose the antonym Grammar 8. Combine sentences: predicates 9. Identify the irregular past tense I 10. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 1
Unit 7: Listening & Learning
Reading comprehension 1. Use key details to determine the main idea 2. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 3. Read about famous places Vocabulary 4. Multiple-meaning words with pictures 5. Identify base words, prefixes, and suffixes 6. Choose the synonym 7. Choose the antonym Grammar 8. Combine sentences: predicates 9. Identify the irregular past tense I 10. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 1

8	Unit 8
Insects
Unit 8: Listening & Learning		Reading comprehension 1. Read along about science and nature 2. Compare and contrast in informational passages Vocabulary 3. Which sentence has the same meaning? 4. Which sentence uses an antonym? 5. Multiple-meaning words with pictures 6. Choose the picture that matches the idiomatic expression Writing 7. Choose topic sentences for expository paragraphs Grammar 8. Unscramble the words to make a complete sentence 9. Commas with a series
Unit 8: Listening & Learning
Reading comprehension 1. Read along about science and nature 2. Compare and contrast in informational passages Vocabulary 3. Which sentence has the same meaning? 4. Which sentence uses an antonym? 5. Multiple-meaning words with pictures 6. Choose the picture that matches the idiomatic expression Writing 7. Choose topic sentences for expository paragraphs Grammar 8. Unscramble the words to make a complete sentence 9. Commas with a series

9	Unit 9
The U.S. Civil War
Unit 9: Listening & Learning		Reading comprehension 1. Read along about famous people 2. Use text features Vocabulary 3. Find the words with related meanings 4. Find synonyms in context 5. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words 6. Sort words with shared prefixes and suffixes by meaning Grammar 7. Is it a complete sentence or a fragment?
Unit 9: Listening & Learning
Reading comprehension 1. Read along about famous people 2. Use text features Vocabulary 3. Find the words with related meanings 4. Find synonyms in context 5. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words 6. Sort words with shared prefixes and suffixes by meaning Grammar 7. Is it a complete sentence or a fragment?

10	Unit 10
The Human Body: Building Blocks and Nutrition
Unit 10: Listening & Learning		Reading comprehension 1. Read about sports and hobbies 2. Determine the topic and purpose of informational passages Vocabulary 3. Use the prefixes pre-, re-, and mis- 4. Which word is not like the others? 5. Use academic vocabulary in context
Unit 10: Listening & Learning
Reading comprehension 1. Read about sports and hobbies 2. Determine the topic and purpose of informational passages Vocabulary 3. Use the prefixes pre-, re-, and mis- 4. Which word is not like the others? 5. Use academic vocabulary in context

11	Unit 11
Immigration
Unit 11: Listening & Learning		Reading literary 1. Compare and contrast characters 2. Read animal fantasy Reading informational 3. Read along about art, music, and traditions 4. Use key details to determine the main idea Writing 5. Choose topic sentences for narrative paragraphs 6. Add descriptive details to sentences Grammar 7. Identify the adjective that describes the noun 8. Greetings and closings of letters
Unit 11: Listening & Learning
Reading literary 1. Compare and contrast characters 2. Read animal fantasy Reading informational 3. Read along about art, music, and traditions 4. Use key details to determine the main idea Writing 5. Choose topic sentences for narrative paragraphs 6. Add descriptive details to sentences Grammar 7. Identify the adjective that describes the noun 8. Greetings and closings of letters

12	Unit 12
Fighting for a Cause
Unit 12: Listening & Learning		Reading comprehension 1. Read about famous people 2. Read poetry Vocabulary 3. Choose the picture that matches the idiomatic expression 4. Order related words based on meaning Writing 5. Complete the opinion-reason-example table 6. Use time-order words 7. Use sense words Grammar 8. Commas: review 9. Capitalization: review
Unit 12: Listening & Learning
Reading comprehension 1. Read about famous people 2. Read poetry Vocabulary 3. Choose the picture that matches the idiomatic expression 4. Order related words based on meaning Writing 5. Complete the opinion-reason-example table 6. Use time-order words 7. Use sense words Grammar 8. Commas: review 9. Capitalization: review

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