IXL skill plan | Reading grades K-2 plan for the Virginia NWEA MAP® Growth™

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Phonological Awareness, Print Concepts, Phonetic Principles
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Fictional and Nonfiction Texts
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Phonological Awareness, Print Concepts, Phonetic Principles
RIT Score: Less than 155
Phonological and Phonemic Awareness		Initial sounds 1. Which two words start with the same sound? 2. Find the words that begin with a given sound Final sounds 3. Which two words end with the same sound? 4. Which two words have the same ending? 5. Which word has the same ending? Short vowel sounds 6. Complete the short a word 7. Complete the short e word 8. Complete the short i words 9. Complete the short o word 10. Complete the short u word Rhyming words 11. Which word does not rhyme? 12. Choose the picture that rhymes with the word 13. Complete the rhyme 14. Complete the poem with the word that rhymes Syllables 15. How many syllables does the word have? Blending and segmenting 16. Blend each sound in a word together 17. Identify the first, second, and last sound in a word 18. Put the sounds in order
Phonological and Phonemic Awareness
Initial sounds 1. Which two words start with the same sound? 2. Find the words that begin with a given sound Final sounds 3. Which two words end with the same sound? 4. Which two words have the same ending? 5. Which word has the same ending? Short vowel sounds 6. Complete the short a word 7. Complete the short e word 8. Complete the short i words 9. Complete the short o word 10. Complete the short u word Rhyming words 11. Which word does not rhyme? 12. Choose the picture that rhymes with the word 13. Complete the rhyme 14. Complete the poem with the word that rhymes Syllables 15. How many syllables does the word have? Blending and segmenting 16. Blend each sound in a word together 17. Identify the first, second, and last sound in a word 18. Put the sounds in order

Print Concepts		1. Find a word in a sentence 2. Identify book parts and features
Print Concepts
1. Find a word in a sentence 2. Identify book parts and features

Phonetic Principles and Strategies		Sight words 1. Choose the two sight words that are the same 2. Read sight words: review sets 1–10 3. Complete the sentence with the correct sight word Letter identification 4. Find the letter in the alphabet: uppercase 5. Frequently confused letters: find all the letters 6. Choose the letter that you hear 7. Review the letters A–Z 8. Frequently confused letters: find the letter Lowercase letters 9. Choose the lowercase letter that matches: review 10. Find the lowercase letters Uppercase letters 11. Choose the uppercase letter that matches: review 12. Find the uppercase letters Consonant sounds 13. Which letter does the word start with? 14. Which letter does the word end with? Consonant blends 15. Complete the word with the right initial consonant blend 16. Complete the word with the right final consonant blend Short vowels 17. Identify the short vowel sound in a word 18. Complete the word with the right short vowel Digraphs 19. Choose the correct digraph
Phonetic Principles and Strategies
Sight words 1. Choose the two sight words that are the same 2. Read sight words: review sets 1–10 3. Complete the sentence with the correct sight word Letter identification 4. Find the letter in the alphabet: uppercase 5. Frequently confused letters: find all the letters 6. Choose the letter that you hear 7. Review the letters A–Z 8. Frequently confused letters: find the letter Lowercase letters 9. Choose the lowercase letter that matches: review 10. Find the lowercase letters Uppercase letters 11. Choose the uppercase letter that matches: review 12. Find the uppercase letters Consonant sounds 13. Which letter does the word start with? 14. Which letter does the word end with? Consonant blends 15. Complete the word with the right initial consonant blend 16. Complete the word with the right final consonant blend Short vowels 17. Identify the short vowel sound in a word 18. Complete the word with the right short vowel Digraphs 19. Choose the correct digraph
RIT Score: 155–171
Phonological and Phonemic Awareness		Rhyming words 1. Choose the picture that rhymes with the word 2. Which word does not rhyme? 3. Complete the poem with a word that rhymes 4. Complete the rhyme Blending and segmenting 5. Identify each sound in a word 6. Blend each sound in a word together 7. Put the sounds in order Consonant blends 8. Complete the word with the right initial consonant blend 9. Complete the word with the right final consonant blend 10. Fill in the missing consonant blend 11. Complete the word with a three-letter consonant blend Short vowel sounds 12. Complete the short a word 13. Complete the short e word 14. Complete the short i words 15. Complete the short o word 16. Complete the short u word Silent letters 17. Complete the words with silent letters Vowel teams 18. Complete the vowel team words Consonant l-e words 19. Complete the consonant-l-e words Syllables 20. Put two syllables together to create a word: easier 21. How many syllables does the word have? 22. Complete the two-syllable words 23. Put two syllables together to create a word: harder 24. Sort by the number of syllables
Phonological and Phonemic Awareness
Rhyming words 1. Choose the picture that rhymes with the word 2. Which word does not rhyme? 3. Complete the poem with a word that rhymes 4. Complete the rhyme Blending and segmenting 5. Identify each sound in a word 6. Blend each sound in a word together 7. Put the sounds in order Consonant blends 8. Complete the word with the right initial consonant blend 9. Complete the word with the right final consonant blend 10. Fill in the missing consonant blend 11. Complete the word with a three-letter consonant blend Short vowel sounds 12. Complete the short a word 13. Complete the short e word 14. Complete the short i words 15. Complete the short o word 16. Complete the short u word Silent letters 17. Complete the words with silent letters Vowel teams 18. Complete the vowel team words Consonant l-e words 19. Complete the consonant-l-e words Syllables 20. Put two syllables together to create a word: easier 21. How many syllables does the word have? 22. Complete the two-syllable words 23. Put two syllables together to create a word: harder 24. Sort by the number of syllables

Print Concepts		Text features 1. Identify book parts and features Sentence types 2. Identify statements 3. Identify questions 4. Identify exclamations 5. Identify commands
Print Concepts
Text features 1. Identify book parts and features Sentence types 2. Identify statements 3. Identify questions 4. Identify exclamations 5. Identify commands

Phonetic Principles and Strategies		Consonant sounds 1. Which letter does the word start with? 2. Which letter does the word end with? 3. Which two words start with the same sound? 4. Which two words end with the same sound? Consonant blends 5. Does the word start with a consonant blend? 6. Does the word end with a consonant blend? Digraphs 7. Choose the correct digraph 8. Complete the word with the right digraph Consonant blends and digraphs 9. Sort by initial consonant blend or digraph 10. Complete the word to match the picture: -ss, -ll, -ff, -zz, -ck Short a 11. Choose the short a word that matches the picture 12. Choose the short a sentence that matches the picture Short e 13. Choose the picture that matches the short e word 14. Choose the short e sentence that matches the picture Short i 15. Choose the short i word that matches the picture 16. Choose the short i sentence that matches the picture Short o 17. Choose the short o word that matches the picture 18. Choose the short o sentence that matches the picture Short u 19. Choose the picture that matches the short u word 20. Choose the short u sentence that matches the picture Short vowels 21. Identify the short vowel sound in a word 22. Complete the word with the right short vowel 23. Complete the sentence with the correct short vowel word Verb tense 24. Complete the verb with the ending that you hear Compound words 25. Form compound words with pictures Sight words 26. Read sight words: review sets 1–7 27. Complete the sentence with the correct sight word: review sets 1–7
Phonetic Principles and Strategies
Consonant sounds 1. Which letter does the word start with? 2. Which letter does the word end with? 3. Which two words start with the same sound? 4. Which two words end with the same sound? Consonant blends 5. Does the word start with a consonant blend? 6. Does the word end with a consonant blend? Digraphs 7. Choose the correct digraph 8. Complete the word with the right digraph Consonant blends and digraphs 9. Sort by initial consonant blend or digraph 10. Complete the word to match the picture: -ss, -ll, -ff, -zz, -ck Short a 11. Choose the short a word that matches the picture 12. Choose the short a sentence that matches the picture Short e 13. Choose the picture that matches the short e word 14. Choose the short e sentence that matches the picture Short i 15. Choose the short i word that matches the picture 16. Choose the short i sentence that matches the picture Short o 17. Choose the short o word that matches the picture 18. Choose the short o sentence that matches the picture Short u 19. Choose the picture that matches the short u word 20. Choose the short u sentence that matches the picture Short vowels 21. Identify the short vowel sound in a word 22. Complete the word with the right short vowel 23. Complete the sentence with the correct short vowel word Verb tense 24. Complete the verb with the ending that you hear Compound words 25. Form compound words with pictures Sight words 26. Read sight words: review sets 1–7 27. Complete the sentence with the correct sight word: review sets 1–7
RIT Score: 172–186
Phonological and Phonemic Awareness		Consonant blends 1. Complete the word with the correct initial consonant blend 2. Complete the word with the correct final consonant blend 3. Complete the word with a three-letter consonant blend Short vowels 4. Complete the word with the correct short vowel Silent letters 5. Complete the silent e words 6. Complete the words with silent letters Vowel teams 7. Complete the word with the correct vowel team R-controlled vowels 8. Complete the word with the correct r-controlled vowel: ar, er, ir, or, ur 9. Complete the word with the correct r-controlled vowel: er, ir, ur Consonant l-e 10. Complete the consonant-l-e words Syllables 11. Complete the two-syllable words 12. Put two syllables together to create a word: easier 13. Put two syllables together to create a word: harder Diphthongs 14. Complete the word with the correct diphthong: oi, oy, ou, ow Variant vowels 15. Complete words with variant vowels
Phonological and Phonemic Awareness
Consonant blends 1. Complete the word with the correct initial consonant blend 2. Complete the word with the correct final consonant blend 3. Complete the word with a three-letter consonant blend Short vowels 4. Complete the word with the correct short vowel Silent letters 5. Complete the silent e words 6. Complete the words with silent letters Vowel teams 7. Complete the word with the correct vowel team R-controlled vowels 8. Complete the word with the correct r-controlled vowel: ar, er, ir, or, ur 9. Complete the word with the correct r-controlled vowel: er, ir, ur Consonant l-e 10. Complete the consonant-l-e words Syllables 11. Complete the two-syllable words 12. Put two syllables together to create a word: easier 13. Put two syllables together to create a word: harder Diphthongs 14. Complete the word with the correct diphthong: oi, oy, ou, ow Variant vowels 15. Complete words with variant vowels

Phonetic Principles and Strategies		Consonant blends 1. Complete the sentence with a three-letter consonant blend word Digraphs 2. Complete the word with the correct digraph: ch, sh, th, ph, wh 3. Spell words with qu and x Blends and digraphs 4. Sort by initial consonant blend or digraph Short and long vowels 5. Match the short a and long a words to pictures 6. Match the short e and long e words to pictures 7. Choose the short i or long i word that matches the picture 8. Choose the short o or long o word that matches the picture 9. Choose the short u or long u word that matches the picture 10. Sort short and long vowel words 11. Use spelling patterns to sort long and short vowel words Silent e 12. Choose the silent e word that matches the picture Vowel teams 13. Choose the picture that matches the vowel team word 14. Complete the vowel team words 15. Choose the vowel team sentence that matches the picture Long vowels 16. Choose the words with a given long vowel R-controlled vowels 17. Choose the r-control word that matches the picture 18. Choose the r-control sentence that matches the picture Verb tense 19. Complete the word with the ending that you hear Syllables 20. Complete the sentence with a two-syllable word
Phonetic Principles and Strategies
Consonant blends 1. Complete the sentence with a three-letter consonant blend word Digraphs 2. Complete the word with the correct digraph: ch, sh, th, ph, wh 3. Spell words with qu and x Blends and digraphs 4. Sort by initial consonant blend or digraph Short and long vowels 5. Match the short a and long a words to pictures 6. Match the short e and long e words to pictures 7. Choose the short i or long i word that matches the picture 8. Choose the short o or long o word that matches the picture 9. Choose the short u or long u word that matches the picture 10. Sort short and long vowel words 11. Use spelling patterns to sort long and short vowel words Silent e 12. Choose the silent e word that matches the picture Vowel teams 13. Choose the picture that matches the vowel team word 14. Complete the vowel team words 15. Choose the vowel team sentence that matches the picture Long vowels 16. Choose the words with a given long vowel R-controlled vowels 17. Choose the r-control word that matches the picture 18. Choose the r-control sentence that matches the picture Verb tense 19. Complete the word with the ending that you hear Syllables 20. Complete the sentence with a two-syllable word
RIT Score: 187+
Phonetic Principles and Strategies		Long and short vowels 1. Use spelling patterns to sort long and short vowel words 2. Choose the words with a given long vowel Vowel teams 3. Long vowel digraph words and sentences Variant vowels 4. Which word has a different vowel sound? Diphthongs 5. Vowel diphthong words and sentences Syllables 6. Complete the sentence with a two-syllable word 7. Complete the two-syllable words
Phonetic Principles and Strategies
Long and short vowels 1. Use spelling patterns to sort long and short vowel words 2. Choose the words with a given long vowel Vowel teams 3. Long vowel digraph words and sentences Variant vowels 4. Which word has a different vowel sound? Diphthongs 5. Vowel diphthong words and sentences Syllables 6. Complete the sentence with a two-syllable word 7. Complete the two-syllable words

Vocabulary
RIT Score: Less than 155
Vocabulary		Nouns 1. Is the noun a person, animal, place, or thing? 2. Complete the sentence with a noun to match the picture Adjectives 3. Use number words: one to ten 4. Use color words 5. Compare pictures using adjectives Prepositions 6. Inside and outside, above and below, next to and beside 7. Choose the best location word to match the picture Action verbs 8. Find the picture that matches the action verb 9. Find the action verb 10. Complete the sentence with an action verb to match the picture
Vocabulary
Nouns 1. Is the noun a person, animal, place, or thing? 2. Complete the sentence with a noun to match the picture Adjectives 3. Use number words: one to ten 4. Use color words 5. Compare pictures using adjectives Prepositions 6. Inside and outside, above and below, next to and beside 7. Choose the best location word to match the picture Action verbs 8. Find the picture that matches the action verb 9. Find the action verb 10. Complete the sentence with an action verb to match the picture
RIT Score: 155–171
Vocabulary		Action verbs 1. Complete the sentence with an action verb to match the picture 2. Identify action verbs Context clues 3. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Nouns 4. Complete the sentence with a noun to match the picture Singular and plural nouns 5. Regular plurals: select the word that matches the picture 6. Irregular plurals: select the word that matches the picture 7. Form regular plurals with -s and -es 8. Use singular and plural nouns Adjectives 9. Compare pictures using adjectives 10. Use number words 11. Use sense words 12. Does the adjective tell you what kind or how many? 13. Identify adjectives Alphabetical order 14. Put the letters in ABC order 15. Put the words in ABC order Reference materials 16. Use dictionary entries Shades of meaning 17. Order related words based on meaning Categories 18. Which word is not like the others?
Vocabulary
Action verbs 1. Complete the sentence with an action verb to match the picture 2. Identify action verbs Context clues 3. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Nouns 4. Complete the sentence with a noun to match the picture Singular and plural nouns 5. Regular plurals: select the word that matches the picture 6. Irregular plurals: select the word that matches the picture 7. Form regular plurals with -s and -es 8. Use singular and plural nouns Adjectives 9. Compare pictures using adjectives 10. Use number words 11. Use sense words 12. Does the adjective tell you what kind or how many? 13. Identify adjectives Alphabetical order 14. Put the letters in ABC order 15. Put the words in ABC order Reference materials 16. Use dictionary entries Shades of meaning 17. Order related words based on meaning Categories 18. Which word is not like the others?
RIT Score: 172–186
Vocabulary		Homophones 1. Identify homophones Prefixes and suffixes 2. Determine the meaning of a word with pre-, re-, or mis- 3. Determine the meaning of a word with -ful or -less 4. Prefixes and suffixes: review 5. Use the prefixes pre-, re-, and mis- 6. Sort words with shared prefixes and suffixes by meaning Synonyms 7. Choose the synonym 8. Find synonyms in context 9. Which sentence has the same meaning? Antonyms 10. Choose the antonym 11. Which sentence uses an antonym? 12. Find antonyms in context Alphabetical order 13. Order alphabetically based on the first letter Reference materials 14. Use guide words 15. Use dictionary entries 16. Use thesaurus entries Homophones 17. Use the correct homophone
Vocabulary
Homophones 1. Identify homophones Prefixes and suffixes 2. Determine the meaning of a word with pre-, re-, or mis- 3. Determine the meaning of a word with -ful or -less 4. Prefixes and suffixes: review 5. Use the prefixes pre-, re-, and mis- 6. Sort words with shared prefixes and suffixes by meaning Synonyms 7. Choose the synonym 8. Find synonyms in context 9. Which sentence has the same meaning? Antonyms 10. Choose the antonym 11. Which sentence uses an antonym? 12. Find antonyms in context Alphabetical order 13. Order alphabetically based on the first letter Reference materials 14. Use guide words 15. Use dictionary entries 16. Use thesaurus entries Homophones 17. Use the correct homophone
RIT Score: 187+
Vocabulary		Homophones 1. Use the correct homophone 2. Identify homophones 3. Homophones with pictures Prefixes 4. Determine the meaning of a word with pre-, re-, or mis- 5. Use the prefixes pre-, re-, and mis- Suffixes 6. Determine the meaning of a word with -ful or -less 7. Determine the meaning of a word with -ly or -ness 8. Determine the meaning of a word with -able or -ment 9. Determine the meaning of a word with a suffix: review Prefixes and suffixes 10. Determine the meanings of words with prefixes and suffixes: review 11. Sort words with shared prefixes and suffixes by meaning Synonyms 12. Choose the synonym 13. Which sentence has the same meaning? 14. Find synonyms in context 15. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context Antonyms 16. Choose the antonym 17. Which sentence uses an antonym? 18. Find antonyms in context Vocabulary in context 19. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 20. Use academic vocabulary in context 21. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures Multiple-meaning words 22. Which definition matches the sentence? 23. Which sentence matches the definition? Reference materials 24. Use thesaurus entries 25. Use guide words 26. Use dictionary entries 27. Use dictionary definitions
Vocabulary
Homophones 1. Use the correct homophone 2. Identify homophones 3. Homophones with pictures Prefixes 4. Determine the meaning of a word with pre-, re-, or mis- 5. Use the prefixes pre-, re-, and mis- Suffixes 6. Determine the meaning of a word with -ful or -less 7. Determine the meaning of a word with -ly or -ness 8. Determine the meaning of a word with -able or -ment 9. Determine the meaning of a word with a suffix: review Prefixes and suffixes 10. Determine the meanings of words with prefixes and suffixes: review 11. Sort words with shared prefixes and suffixes by meaning Synonyms 12. Choose the synonym 13. Which sentence has the same meaning? 14. Find synonyms in context 15. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context Antonyms 16. Choose the antonym 17. Which sentence uses an antonym? 18. Find antonyms in context Vocabulary in context 19. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 20. Use academic vocabulary in context 21. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures Multiple-meaning words 22. Which definition matches the sentence? 23. Which sentence matches the definition? Reference materials 24. Use thesaurus entries 25. Use guide words 26. Use dictionary entries 27. Use dictionary definitions

Fictional and Nonfiction Texts
RIT Score: Less than 155
Fictional Texts		Main idea 1. What is the picture about? Inference and analysis 2. Which feeling matches the picture? 3. Which could happen in real life? 4. What will happen next? Reading comprehension 5. Read along with fantasy 6. Read along with realistic fiction 7. Read animal fantasy 8. Read realistic fiction Story elements 9. Choose the picture that matches the setting or character Sequence 10. Order images in a story 11. Put the sentences in order
Fictional Texts
Main idea 1. What is the picture about? Inference and analysis 2. Which feeling matches the picture? 3. Which could happen in real life? 4. What will happen next? Reading comprehension 5. Read along with fantasy 6. Read along with realistic fiction 7. Read animal fantasy 8. Read realistic fiction Story elements 9. Choose the picture that matches the setting or character Sequence 10. Order images in a story 11. Put the sentences in order

Nonfiction Texts		1. Read along about famous people 2. Read along about science and nature 3. Read along about food 4. Read about places
Nonfiction Texts
1. Read along about famous people 2. Read along about science and nature 3. Read along about food 4. Read about places
RIT Score: 155–171
Fictional Texts		Main idea 1. What is the picture about? Inference and analysis 2. Which feeling matches the picture? 3. Which could happen in real life? 4. What will happen next? Reading comprehension 5. Read along with fantasy 6. Read along with realistic fiction 7. Read animal fantasy 8. Read realistic fiction 9. Read myths, legends, and fables Story elements 10. Choose the picture that matches the setting or character 11. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters Sequence 12. Order images in a story 13. Identify time-order words Theme 14. Determine the themes of myths, fables, and folktales
Fictional Texts
Main idea 1. What is the picture about? Inference and analysis 2. Which feeling matches the picture? 3. Which could happen in real life? 4. What will happen next? Reading comprehension 5. Read along with fantasy 6. Read along with realistic fiction 7. Read animal fantasy 8. Read realistic fiction 9. Read myths, legends, and fables Story elements 10. Choose the picture that matches the setting or character 11. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters Sequence 12. Order images in a story 13. Identify time-order words Theme 14. Determine the themes of myths, fables, and folktales

Nonfiction Texts		Text features 1. Use text features Reading comprehension 2. Read along about science and nature 3. Read along about food 4. Read about animals 5. Read about sports and hobbies 6. Read about famous places
Nonfiction Texts
Text features 1. Use text features Reading comprehension 2. Read along about science and nature 3. Read along about food 4. Read about animals 5. Read about sports and hobbies 6. Read about famous places
RIT Score: 172–186
Fictional Texts		Story elements 1. Choose the picture that matches the setting or character 2. Identify story elements Characters 3. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters 4. Compare and contrast characters Inference and analysis 5. What will happen next? 6. Which could happen in real life? 7. Make predictions about a story 8. Draw inferences from a text Reading comprehension 9. Read along with fantasy 10. Read along with realistic fiction 11. Read science fiction 12. Read along with historical fiction 13. Read animal fantasy 14. Read realistic fiction Sequence 15. Order events in a story Theme 16. Determine the themes of myths, fables, and folktales
Fictional Texts
Story elements 1. Choose the picture that matches the setting or character 2. Identify story elements Characters 3. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters 4. Compare and contrast characters Inference and analysis 5. What will happen next? 6. Which could happen in real life? 7. Make predictions about a story 8. Draw inferences from a text Reading comprehension 9. Read along with fantasy 10. Read along with realistic fiction 11. Read science fiction 12. Read along with historical fiction 13. Read animal fantasy 14. Read realistic fiction Sequence 15. Order events in a story Theme 16. Determine the themes of myths, fables, and folktales

Nonfiction Texts		Text features 1. Use text features 2. Read graphic organizers Reading comprehension 3. Read along about art, music, and traditions 4. Read about sports and hobbies 5. Read along about famous people 6. Read about famous people 7. Read about animals Main idea 8. Use key details to determine the main idea
Nonfiction Texts
Text features 1. Use text features 2. Read graphic organizers Reading comprehension 3. Read along about art, music, and traditions 4. Read about sports and hobbies 5. Read along about famous people 6. Read about famous people 7. Read about animals Main idea 8. Use key details to determine the main idea
RIT Score: 187+
Fictional Texts		Inference and analysis 1. Make predictions about a story 2. Draw inferences from a text Story elements 3. Identify story elements Characters 4. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters 5. Compare and contrast characters Reading comprehension 6. Read realistic fiction: set 1 7. Read science fiction with illustrations 8. Read historical fiction 9. Read fantasy with illustrations 10. Read realistic fiction with illustrations 11. Read realistic fiction: set 2 12. Read drama Summary 13. Summarize a story Theme 14. Determine the themes of myths, fables, and folktales
Fictional Texts
Inference and analysis 1. Make predictions about a story 2. Draw inferences from a text Story elements 3. Identify story elements Characters 4. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters 5. Compare and contrast characters Reading comprehension 6. Read realistic fiction: set 1 7. Read science fiction with illustrations 8. Read historical fiction 9. Read fantasy with illustrations 10. Read realistic fiction with illustrations 11. Read realistic fiction: set 2 12. Read drama Summary 13. Summarize a story Theme 14. Determine the themes of myths, fables, and folktales

Nonfiction Texts		Purpose 1. Identify the author's purpose: passages Text features 2. Read graphic organizers 3. Select and use text features 4. Use text features Main idea 5. Determine the main idea of a passage 6. Use key details to determine the main idea Reading comprehension 7. Read about animals 8. Read about famous places 9. Read about sports and hobbies 10. Read about famous people 11. Read about business and technology 12. Read about science and nature 13. Read about art, music, and traditions 14. Read about food Supporting details 15. Identify supporting details in informational texts Text structure 16. Determine the order of events in informational texts
Nonfiction Texts
Purpose 1. Identify the author's purpose: passages Text features 2. Read graphic organizers 3. Select and use text features 4. Use text features Main idea 5. Determine the main idea of a passage 6. Use key details to determine the main idea Reading comprehension 7. Read about animals 8. Read about famous places 9. Read about sports and hobbies 10. Read about famous people 11. Read about business and technology 12. Read about science and nature 13. Read about art, music, and traditions 14. Read about food Supporting details 15. Identify supporting details in informational texts Text structure 16. Determine the order of events in informational texts

Writing
RIT Score: Less than 155
Writing Forms and Research		1. Find the complete sentence 2. Unscramble the words to make a complete sentence
Writing Forms and Research
1. Find the complete sentence 2. Unscramble the words to make a complete sentence

Capitalization, Punctuation, Spelling		1. Capitalize the first letter of a sentence 2. Identify and use end marks
Capitalization, Punctuation, Spelling
1. Capitalize the first letter of a sentence 2. Identify and use end marks
RIT Score: 155–171
Writing Forms and Research		Purpose 1. Identify the purpose of a text 2. Choose the text that matches the writer's purpose Organization 3. Order events in a story 4. Put the sentences in order Descriptive details 5. Add descriptive details to sentences 6. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb Facts and opinions 7. Complete the fact and opinion sentences 8. Complete the opinion passage with a reason
Writing Forms and Research
Purpose 1. Identify the purpose of a text 2. Choose the text that matches the writer's purpose Organization 3. Order events in a story 4. Put the sentences in order Descriptive details 5. Add descriptive details to sentences 6. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb Facts and opinions 7. Complete the fact and opinion sentences 8. Complete the opinion passage with a reason

Capitalization, Punctuation, Spelling		Punctuation 1. Choose the right end mark Capitalization 2. Capitalize sentences and the pronoun "I" 3. Capitalize the first letter of a sentence Spelling 4. Spell the short vowel word 5. Spell the sight word 6. Spell the digraph word 7. Spell the silent e word 8. Complete the word with the right vowel team 9. Complete the word with the right diphthong: oi, oy, ou, ow
Capitalization, Punctuation, Spelling
Punctuation 1. Choose the right end mark Capitalization 2. Capitalize sentences and the pronoun "I" 3. Capitalize the first letter of a sentence Spelling 4. Spell the short vowel word 5. Spell the sight word 6. Spell the digraph word 7. Spell the silent e word 8. Complete the word with the right vowel team 9. Complete the word with the right diphthong: oi, oy, ou, ow

Standard English		1. Find the complete sentences 2. Complete the sentence 3. Unscramble the words to make a complete sentence
Standard English
1. Find the complete sentences 2. Complete the sentence 3. Unscramble the words to make a complete sentence
RIT Score: 172–186
Writing Forms and Research		Purpose 1. Identify the purpose of a text 2. Choose the text that matches the writer's purpose Organization 3. Organize information by topic Sequence 4. Put the sentences in order 5. Identify time-order words 6. Use time-order words Facts and opinions 7. Complete the fact and opinion sentences 8. Identify an author's statement of opinion Opinions, reasons, and examples 9. Complete the opinion-reason-example table 10. Complete the opinion passage with a reason 11. Complete the opinion passage with an example Descriptive details 12. Choose the sensory details that match the picture 13. Add descriptive details to sentences 14. Insert dialogue into a story Adjectives 15. Use sense words Revision 16. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb
Writing Forms and Research
Purpose 1. Identify the purpose of a text 2. Choose the text that matches the writer's purpose Organization 3. Organize information by topic Sequence 4. Put the sentences in order 5. Identify time-order words 6. Use time-order words Facts and opinions 7. Complete the fact and opinion sentences 8. Identify an author's statement of opinion Opinions, reasons, and examples 9. Complete the opinion-reason-example table 10. Complete the opinion passage with a reason 11. Complete the opinion passage with an example Descriptive details 12. Choose the sensory details that match the picture 13. Add descriptive details to sentences 14. Insert dialogue into a story Adjectives 15. Use sense words Revision 16. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb

Capitalization, Punctuation, Spelling		End punctuation 1. Is the sentence a statement, question, command, or exclamation? 2. Choose the right end mark Nouns 3. Identify common and proper nouns 4. Sort common and proper nouns Capitalization 5. Capitalizing the names of people and pets 6. Capitalizing days, months, and holidays 7. Capitalizing the names of places and geographic features 8. Capitalization: review Apostrophes 9. Form the singular or plural possessive 10. Use pronoun-verb contractions 11. Use contractions with "not" 12. Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns Abbreviations 13. Abbreviate days of the week 14. Abbreviate months of the year 15. Abbreviate people's titles 16. Abbreviate street names Short vowels 17. Spell the short a word 18. Spell the short e word 19. Spell the short i word 20. Spell the short o word 21. Spell the short u word Sight words 22. Spell the sight word Compound words 23. Form compound words 24. Form and use compound words Nouns 25. Form regular plurals with -s and -es Letter format 26. Greetings and closings of letters
Capitalization, Punctuation, Spelling
End punctuation 1. Is the sentence a statement, question, command, or exclamation? 2. Choose the right end mark Nouns 3. Identify common and proper nouns 4. Sort common and proper nouns Capitalization 5. Capitalizing the names of people and pets 6. Capitalizing days, months, and holidays 7. Capitalizing the names of places and geographic features 8. Capitalization: review Apostrophes 9. Form the singular or plural possessive 10. Use pronoun-verb contractions 11. Use contractions with "not" 12. Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns Abbreviations 13. Abbreviate days of the week 14. Abbreviate months of the year 15. Abbreviate people's titles 16. Abbreviate street names Short vowels 17. Spell the short a word 18. Spell the short e word 19. Spell the short i word 20. Spell the short o word 21. Spell the short u word Sight words 22. Spell the sight word Compound words 23. Form compound words 24. Form and use compound words Nouns 25. Form regular plurals with -s and -es Letter format 26. Greetings and closings of letters

Standard English		Complete sentences 1. Unscramble the words to make a complete sentence Nouns 2. Which word is a noun? 3. Identify nouns Plural nouns 4. Use regular plurals with -s and -es 5. Is the noun singular or plural? 6. Form and use irregular plurals Pronouns 7. Identify personal pronouns 8. Replace the singular noun with a personal pronoun 9. Replace the plural noun with a personal pronoun Possessives 10. Identify plurals, singular possessives, and plural possessives Verb types 11. Identify action verbs 12. Identify helping verbs 13. Use action verbs Regular past tense 14. Which sentence is in the regular past tense? 15. Identify verbs in the regular past tense 16. Match the -ed and -ing sentences to the pictures 17. Form and use the regular past tense 18. Place sentences on a timeline Irregular past tense 19. Identify the irregular past tense I 20. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 1 21. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 2 22. Identify the irregular past tense II 23. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 3 24. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 4 25. Place sentences with irregular verbs on a timeline To be verbs 26. To be: use the correct present tense form 27. To be: use the correct past tense form 28. To have: use the correct form 29. To be: use the correct form Adjectives 30. Identify adjectives 31. Does the adjective tell you what kind or how many? 32. Identify the adjective that describes the noun Comparative and superlative adjectives 33. Identify comparative and superlative adjectives 34. Use adjectives to compare
Standard English
Complete sentences 1. Unscramble the words to make a complete sentence Nouns 2. Which word is a noun? 3. Identify nouns Plural nouns 4. Use regular plurals with -s and -es 5. Is the noun singular or plural? 6. Form and use irregular plurals Pronouns 7. Identify personal pronouns 8. Replace the singular noun with a personal pronoun 9. Replace the plural noun with a personal pronoun Possessives 10. Identify plurals, singular possessives, and plural possessives Verb types 11. Identify action verbs 12. Identify helping verbs 13. Use action verbs Regular past tense 14. Which sentence is in the regular past tense? 15. Identify verbs in the regular past tense 16. Match the -ed and -ing sentences to the pictures 17. Form and use the regular past tense 18. Place sentences on a timeline Irregular past tense 19. Identify the irregular past tense I 20. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 1 21. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 2 22. Identify the irregular past tense II 23. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 3 24. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 4 25. Place sentences with irregular verbs on a timeline To be verbs 26. To be: use the correct present tense form 27. To be: use the correct past tense form 28. To have: use the correct form 29. To be: use the correct form Adjectives 30. Identify adjectives 31. Does the adjective tell you what kind or how many? 32. Identify the adjective that describes the noun Comparative and superlative adjectives 33. Identify comparative and superlative adjectives 34. Use adjectives to compare
RIT Score: 187+
Writing Forms and Research		Purpose 1. Identify the author's purpose: passages 2. Choose the text that matches the writer's purpose Topic sentences 3. Select the detail that does not support the topic sentence 4. Choose topic sentences for narrative paragraphs 5. Choose topic sentences for expository paragraphs Text structure 6. Identify text structures Organization 7. Order items from most general to most specific 8. Organize information by topic Supporting details 9. Identify supporting details in informational texts Linking words 10. Choose the best transition Opinions, reasons, and examples 11. Identify an author's statement of opinion 12. Choose reasons to support an opinion 13. Complete the opinion passage with an example 14. Complete the opinion passage with a reason 15. Complete the opinion-reason-example table Sequence 16. Put the sentences in order 17. Use time-order words Revision 18. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb Descriptive details 19. Show character emotions and traits
Writing Forms and Research
Purpose 1. Identify the author's purpose: passages 2. Choose the text that matches the writer's purpose Topic sentences 3. Select the detail that does not support the topic sentence 4. Choose topic sentences for narrative paragraphs 5. Choose topic sentences for expository paragraphs Text structure 6. Identify text structures Organization 7. Order items from most general to most specific 8. Organize information by topic Supporting details 9. Identify supporting details in informational texts Linking words 10. Choose the best transition Opinions, reasons, and examples 11. Identify an author's statement of opinion 12. Choose reasons to support an opinion 13. Complete the opinion passage with an example 14. Complete the opinion passage with a reason 15. Complete the opinion-reason-example table Sequence 16. Put the sentences in order 17. Use time-order words Revision 18. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb Descriptive details 19. Show character emotions and traits

Capitalization, Punctuation, Spelling		Commas 1. Commas with a series 2. Commas: review Abbreviations 3. Abbreviate days of the week 4. Abbreviate months of the year 5. Abbreviate people's titles 6. Abbreviate customary units of measurement 7. Abbreviate street names 8. Abbreviate state names 9. Abbreviate street names and state names: review 10. Abbreviate metric units of measurement Apostrophes 11. Pronoun-verb contractions 12. Contractions with "not" Short vowels 13. Spell the short a word 14. Spell the short e word 15. Spell the short i word 16. Spell the short o word 17. Spell the short u word Long vowels 18. Spell the long a word: silent e, ai, ay, ea, ey, eigh 19. Spell the long e word: silent e, ee, ea, ie 20. Spell the long i word: silent e, ie, y, igh, ind, ild 21. Spell the long o word: silent e, oa, ow, old, ost, olt 22. Spell the long u word: silent e, ue, oo, ew, ui Silent e 23. Spell the silent e word Soft g and c 24. Spell the soft g or soft c word 25. Sort soft and hard g words and soft and hard c words Consonant l-e words 26. Spell consonant-l-e words Sight words 27. Spell the sight word: easier Compound words 28. Form compound words 29. Form and use compound words Plural nouns 30. Form regular plurals with -s, -es, and -ies 31. Use regular plurals with -s, -es, and -ies 32. Form and use irregular plurals Comparative adjectives 33. Spell adjectives that compare Digraphs 34. Spell words with consonant digraphs 35. Spell the digraph word: ph, qu, wh
Capitalization, Punctuation, Spelling
Commas 1. Commas with a series 2. Commas: review Abbreviations 3. Abbreviate days of the week 4. Abbreviate months of the year 5. Abbreviate people's titles 6. Abbreviate customary units of measurement 7. Abbreviate street names 8. Abbreviate state names 9. Abbreviate street names and state names: review 10. Abbreviate metric units of measurement Apostrophes 11. Pronoun-verb contractions 12. Contractions with "not" Short vowels 13. Spell the short a word 14. Spell the short e word 15. Spell the short i word 16. Spell the short o word 17. Spell the short u word Long vowels 18. Spell the long a word: silent e, ai, ay, ea, ey, eigh 19. Spell the long e word: silent e, ee, ea, ie 20. Spell the long i word: silent e, ie, y, igh, ind, ild 21. Spell the long o word: silent e, oa, ow, old, ost, olt 22. Spell the long u word: silent e, ue, oo, ew, ui Silent e 23. Spell the silent e word Soft g and c 24. Spell the soft g or soft c word 25. Sort soft and hard g words and soft and hard c words Consonant l-e words 26. Spell consonant-l-e words Sight words 27. Spell the sight word: easier Compound words 28. Form compound words 29. Form and use compound words Plural nouns 30. Form regular plurals with -s, -es, and -ies 31. Use regular plurals with -s, -es, and -ies 32. Form and use irregular plurals Comparative adjectives 33. Spell adjectives that compare Digraphs 34. Spell words with consonant digraphs 35. Spell the digraph word: ph, qu, wh

Standard English		Complete sentences 1. Unscramble the words to make a complete sentence Pronouns 2. Compound subjects and objects with "I" and "me" Regular past tense 3. Which sentence is in the regular past tense? 4. Identify verbs in the regular past tense 5. Form and use the regular past tense Irregular past tense 6. Identify the irregular past tense I 7. Identify the irregular past tense II 8. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 1 9. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 2 10. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 3 11. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 4 12. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 5 To be verbs 13. To be: use the correct form 14. To have: use the correct form Comparative adjectives 15. Use adjectives to compare Adjectives 16. Identify the adjective that describes the noun 17. Identify adjectives 18. Does the adjective tell you what kind or how many? Articles 19. Use the correct article: a or an 20. Use the correct article: a, an, or the 21. Identify articles
Standard English
Complete sentences 1. Unscramble the words to make a complete sentence Pronouns 2. Compound subjects and objects with "I" and "me" Regular past tense 3. Which sentence is in the regular past tense? 4. Identify verbs in the regular past tense 5. Form and use the regular past tense Irregular past tense 6. Identify the irregular past tense I 7. Identify the irregular past tense II 8. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 1 9. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 2 10. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 3 11. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 4 12. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 5 To be verbs 13. To be: use the correct form 14. To have: use the correct form Comparative adjectives 15. Use adjectives to compare Adjectives 16. Identify the adjective that describes the noun 17. Identify adjectives 18. Does the adjective tell you what kind or how many? Articles 19. Use the correct article: a or an 20. Use the correct article: a, an, or the 21. Identify articles

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