IXL skill plan | 1st grade Skills Strand plan for EngageNY ELA Common Core Curriculum

1	Unit 1
Unit 1		Phonics and reading 1. Choose the short a word that matches the picture 2. Choose the picture that matches the short e word 3. Choose the short i word that matches the picture 4. Choose the short o word that matches the picture 5. Choose the picture that matches the short u word 6. Blend each sound in a word together Grammar 7. Identify questions 8. Is the noun a person, animal, place, or thing? 9. Select the nouns Spelling 10. Complete the short a word 11. Complete the short e word 12. Complete the short i words 13. Complete the short o word 14. Complete the short u word 15. Complete the word with the right short vowel 16. Spell the short vowel word Writing 17. Put the sounds in order 18. Find the complete sentences
Unit 1
Phonics and reading 1. Choose the short a word that matches the picture 2. Choose the picture that matches the short e word 3. Choose the short i word that matches the picture 4. Choose the short o word that matches the picture 5. Choose the picture that matches the short u word 6. Blend each sound in a word together Grammar 7. Identify questions 8. Is the noun a person, animal, place, or thing? 9. Select the nouns Spelling 10. Complete the short a word 11. Complete the short e word 12. Complete the short i words 13. Complete the short o word 14. Complete the short u word 15. Complete the word with the right short vowel 16. Spell the short vowel word Writing 17. Put the sounds in order 18. Find the complete sentences

2	Unit 2
Unit 2		Phonics and reading 1. Match the short a and long a words to pictures 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. Choose the short o or long o word that matches the picture 5. Choose the short u or long u word that matches the picture 6. Choose the silent e word that matches the picture 7. Complete the silent e words 8. Choose the silent e sentence that matches the picture Grammar 9. Complete the sentence with a noun to match the picture 10. Sort common and proper nouns 11. Identify proper nouns Spelling 12. Use spelling patterns to sort long and short vowel words 13. Spell the silent e word Writing 14. Complete the sentence
Unit 2
Phonics and reading 1. Match the short a and long a words to pictures 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. Choose the short o or long o word that matches the picture 5. Choose the short u or long u word that matches the picture 6. Choose the silent e word that matches the picture 7. Complete the silent e words 8. Choose the silent e sentence that matches the picture Grammar 9. Complete the sentence with a noun to match the picture 10. Sort common and proper nouns 11. Identify proper nouns Spelling 12. Use spelling patterns to sort long and short vowel words 13. Spell the silent e word Writing 14. Complete the sentence

3	Unit 3
Unit 3		Phonics and reading 1. Choose the diphthong word that matches the picture 2. Complete the word with the right diphthong: oi, oy, ou, ow Grammar 3. Complete the sentence with an action verb to match the picture 4. Identify action verbs 5. Use action verbs 6. Select the sentence that tells about the present 7. Select the sentence that tells about the past 8. Identify nouns in a sentence Writing 9. Identify time-order words 10. Put the sentences in order
Unit 3
Phonics and reading 1. Choose the diphthong word that matches the picture 2. Complete the word with the right diphthong: oi, oy, ou, ow Grammar 3. Complete the sentence with an action verb to match the picture 4. Identify action verbs 5. Use action verbs 6. Select the sentence that tells about the present 7. Select the sentence that tells about the past 8. Identify nouns in a sentence Writing 9. Identify time-order words 10. Put the sentences in order

4	Unit 4
Unit 4		Phonics and reading 1. Choose the r-control word that matches the picture 2. Identify each sound in a word 3. How many syllables does the word have? 4. Sort by the number of syllables 5. Use text features Grammar 6. Match the contractions 7. Form pronoun-verb contractions 8. Form contractions with "not" 9. Complete the sentence with the correct contraction 10. Select the sentence that tells about the future 11. Place sentences on a timeline 12. Use sense words 13. Does the adjective tell you what kind or how many? Spelling 14. Put two syllables together to create a word: easier 15. Put two syllables together to create a word: harder 16. Complete the word with the right r-controlled vowel: ar, er, ir, or, ur Writing 17. Form and use the regular past tense 18. Complete the sentence with the correct short vowel word
Unit 4
Phonics and reading 1. Choose the r-control word that matches the picture 2. Identify each sound in a word 3. How many syllables does the word have? 4. Sort by the number of syllables 5. Use text features Grammar 6. Match the contractions 7. Form pronoun-verb contractions 8. Form contractions with "not" 9. Complete the sentence with the correct contraction 10. Select the sentence that tells about the future 11. Place sentences on a timeline 12. Use sense words 13. Does the adjective tell you what kind or how many? Spelling 14. Put two syllables together to create a word: easier 15. Put two syllables together to create a word: harder 16. Complete the word with the right r-controlled vowel: ar, er, ir, or, ur Writing 17. Form and use the regular past tense 18. Complete the sentence with the correct short vowel word

5	Unit 5
Unit 5		Phonics and reading 1. Complete the word to match the picture: -ss, -ll, -ff, -zz, -ck 2. Read sight words: review sets 1–7 Grammar 3. Regular plurals: select the word that matches the picture 4. Use singular and plural nouns 5. Irregular plurals: select the word that matches the picture 6. Identify statements 7. Identify questions 8. Identify exclamations 9. Statement, question, command, or exclamation? 10. Identify adjectives Writing 11. Form regular plurals with -s and -es 12. Complete the verb with the ending that you hear 13. Choose the right end mark 14. Capitalize sentences and the pronoun "I"
Unit 5
Phonics and reading 1. Complete the word to match the picture: -ss, -ll, -ff, -zz, -ck 2. Read sight words: review sets 1–7 Grammar 3. Regular plurals: select the word that matches the picture 4. Use singular and plural nouns 5. Irregular plurals: select the word that matches the picture 6. Identify statements 7. Identify questions 8. Identify exclamations 9. Statement, question, command, or exclamation? 10. Identify adjectives Writing 11. Form regular plurals with -s and -es 12. Complete the verb with the ending that you hear 13. Choose the right end mark 14. Capitalize sentences and the pronoun "I"

6	Unit 6
Unit 6		Phonics and reading 1. Sort soft and hard g words with soft and hard c words 2. Pick the soft g or soft c word that matches the picture 3. Complete the sentence with the correct sight word: review sets 1–7 Grammar 4. Choose the correct personal pronoun 5. Complete the sentence with the correct personal pronoun 6. Select the best preposition to match the picture 7. Select the best preposition to complete the sentence Spelling 8. Spell the soft g or soft c word Writing 9. Unscramble the words to make a complete sentence
Unit 6
Phonics and reading 1. Sort soft and hard g words with soft and hard c words 2. Pick the soft g or soft c word that matches the picture 3. Complete the sentence with the correct sight word: review sets 1–7 Grammar 4. Choose the correct personal pronoun 5. Complete the sentence with the correct personal pronoun 6. Select the best preposition to match the picture 7. Select the best preposition to complete the sentence Spelling 8. Spell the soft g or soft c word Writing 9. Unscramble the words to make a complete sentence

7	Unit 7
Unit 7		Phonics and reading 1. Complete the poem with a word that rhymes 2. Complete the two-syllable words 3. Complete the sentence with a two-syllable word Grammar 4. Is it the naming or action part of the sentence? 5. One or more than one? 6. Complete the sentence with the best verb 7. Complete the sentence with the best subject 8. Commas with a series 9. Use conjunctions 10. Choose the right end mark Spelling 11. Spell the sight word Writing 12. Greetings and closings of letters 13. Match the -ed and -ing sentences to the pictures
Unit 7
Phonics and reading 1. Complete the poem with a word that rhymes 2. Complete the two-syllable words 3. Complete the sentence with a two-syllable word Grammar 4. Is it the naming or action part of the sentence? 5. One or more than one? 6. Complete the sentence with the best verb 7. Complete the sentence with the best subject 8. Commas with a series 9. Use conjunctions 10. Choose the right end mark Spelling 11. Spell the sight word Writing 12. Greetings and closings of letters 13. Match the -ed and -ing sentences to the pictures

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