IXL skill plan | Kindergarten plan for Wonders (K-6)

1	Unit 1 Take a New Step
Week 1: Make New Friends		Reading comprehension 1. Identify book parts and features Phonics and spelling 2. Find the letter in the alphabet: uppercase 3. Find the letter in the alphabet: lowercase Grammar and mechanics 4. Is the noun a person, animal, place, or thing?
Week 1: Make New Friends
Reading comprehension 1. Identify book parts and features Phonics and spelling 2. Find the letter in the alphabet: uppercase 3. Find the letter in the alphabet: lowercase Grammar and mechanics 4. Is the noun a person, animal, place, or thing?

Week 2: Get Up and Go!		Reading comprehension 1. Who, what, when, where, or why? Phonics and spelling 2. Find the short a word 3. Choose the short a word that matches the picture 4. Blend onset and rime together to make a word 5. Blend each sound in a word together
Week 2: Get Up and Go!
Reading comprehension 1. Who, what, when, where, or why? Phonics and spelling 2. Find the short a word 3. Choose the short a word that matches the picture 4. Blend onset and rime together to make a word 5. Blend each sound in a word together

Week 3: Use Your Senses		Reading comprehension 1. Which feeling matches the picture? Phonics and spelling 2. Review the letters A–Z 3. Choose the letter that you hear 4. Which consonant blend does the word start with? 5. Which letter does the word start with?
Week 3: Use Your Senses
Reading comprehension 1. Which feeling matches the picture? Phonics and spelling 2. Review the letters A–Z 3. Choose the letter that you hear 4. Which consonant blend does the word start with? 5. Which letter does the word start with?

2	Unit 2 Let's Explore
Week 1: Tools We Use		Reading comprehension 1. Which could happen in real life? Vocabulary 2. Use color words Phonics and spelling 3. Which two words start with the same sound? 4. Which word ends with the same sound? 5. Which letter does the word end with? Writing 6. Capitalize the first letter of a sentence Grammar and mechanics 7. Find the picture that matches the action verb
Week 1: Tools We Use
Reading comprehension 1. Which could happen in real life? Vocabulary 2. Use color words Phonics and spelling 3. Which two words start with the same sound? 4. Which word ends with the same sound? 5. Which letter does the word end with? Writing 6. Capitalize the first letter of a sentence Grammar and mechanics 7. Find the picture that matches the action verb

Week 2: Shapes All Around Us		Vocabulary 1. Sort objects into categories Phonics and spelling 2. Find the words that begin with a given sound 3. Which two words end with the same sound? 4. Complete the short a word Writing 5. Choose the sentence that is spaced correctly Grammar and mechanics 6. Find the action verb with images
Week 2: Shapes All Around Us
Vocabulary 1. Sort objects into categories Phonics and spelling 2. Find the words that begin with a given sound 3. Which two words end with the same sound? 4. Complete the short a word Writing 5. Choose the sentence that is spaced correctly Grammar and mechanics 6. Find the action verb with images

Week 3: World of Bugs		Reading comprehension 1. What is the picture about? Phonics and spelling 2. How many syllables does the word have? 3. Identify the first, second, and last sound in a word 4. Find the long a word 5. Read sight words: a, down, out, see, the, two 6. Read sight words: like, there, we, will Grammar and mechanics 7. Complete the sentence with an action verb to match the picture
Week 3: World of Bugs
Reading comprehension 1. What is the picture about? Phonics and spelling 2. How many syllables does the word have? 3. Identify the first, second, and last sound in a word 4. Find the long a word 5. Read sight words: a, down, out, see, the, two 6. Read sight words: like, there, we, will Grammar and mechanics 7. Complete the sentence with an action verb to match the picture

3	Unit 3 Going Places
Week 1: Rules to Go By		Reading comprehension 1. Choose the right book to help you learn about a topic Phonics and spelling 2. Which word has the same ending? 3. Find the short i word 4. Choose the short i word that matches the picture Writing 5. Identify and use end marks 6. Find the complete sentence
Week 1: Rules to Go By
Reading comprehension 1. Choose the right book to help you learn about a topic Phonics and spelling 2. Which word has the same ending? 3. Find the short i word 4. Choose the short i word that matches the picture Writing 5. Identify and use end marks 6. Find the complete sentence

Week 2: Sounds Around Us		Reading comprehension 1. Which could happen in real life? Phonics and spelling 2. Put the sounds in order 3. Choose the short a sentence that matches the picture 4. Which word does not rhyme? 5. Which two words have the same ending? Writing 6. Unscramble the words to make a complete sentence
Week 2: Sounds Around Us
Reading comprehension 1. Which could happen in real life? Phonics and spelling 2. Put the sounds in order 3. Choose the short a sentence that matches the picture 4. Which word does not rhyme? 5. Which two words have the same ending? Writing 6. Unscramble the words to make a complete sentence

Week 3: The Places We Go		Reading comprehension 1. Choose the picture that matches the setting or character Phonics and spelling 2. Which two words start with the same sound? 3. Which word has more syllables? 4. Find the long i word 5. Read sight words: and, could, go, her, new, one, then, to Grammar and mechanics 6. Complete the sentence with the best subject
Week 3: The Places We Go
Reading comprehension 1. Choose the picture that matches the setting or character Phonics and spelling 2. Which two words start with the same sound? 3. Which word has more syllables? 4. Find the long i word 5. Read sight words: and, could, go, her, new, one, then, to Grammar and mechanics 6. Complete the sentence with the best subject

4	Unit 4 Around the Neighborhood
Week 1: Time for Work		Reading comprehension 1. Read along about food Phonics and spelling 2. Find the short o word 3. Choose the short o word that matches the picture Grammar and mechanics 4. Compare pictures using adjectives
Week 1: Time for Work
Reading comprehension 1. Read along about food Phonics and spelling 2. Find the short o word 3. Choose the short o word that matches the picture Grammar and mechanics 4. Compare pictures using adjectives

Week 2: Meet Your Neighbors		Reading comprehension 1. Order images in a story Phonics and spelling 2. Complete the short i words 3. Complete the short o word 4. Find the long o word 5. Choose the two words that are the same 6. Find a word in a sentence
Week 2: Meet Your Neighbors
Reading comprehension 1. Order images in a story Phonics and spelling 2. Complete the short i words 3. Complete the short o word 4. Find the long o word 5. Choose the two words that are the same 6. Find a word in a sentence

Week 3: Pitch In		Vocabulary 1. Inside and outside, above and below, next to and beside Phonics and spelling 2. Choose the picture that rhymes with the word 3. Choose the lowercase letter that matches: review 4. Find the lowercase letters 5. Read sight words: and, do, go, one, to, you 6. Read sight words: all, could, her, long, new, that, then Grammar and mechanics 7. Use sense words
Week 3: Pitch In
Vocabulary 1. Inside and outside, above and below, next to and beside Phonics and spelling 2. Choose the picture that rhymes with the word 3. Choose the lowercase letter that matches: review 4. Find the lowercase letters 5. Read sight words: and, do, go, one, to, you 6. Read sight words: all, could, her, long, new, that, then Grammar and mechanics 7. Use sense words

5	Unit 5 Wonders of Nature
Week 1: How Does Your Garden Grow?		Reading comprehension 1. Read along with realistic fiction Phonics and spelling 2. Sort by the number of syllables 3. Sort consonants and vowels 4. Which consonant blend does the word start with? Vocabulary 5. Form regular plurals with -s and -es Grammar and mechanics 6. Capitalize the pronoun "I"
Week 1: How Does Your Garden Grow?
Reading comprehension 1. Read along with realistic fiction Phonics and spelling 2. Sort by the number of syllables 3. Sort consonants and vowels 4. Which consonant blend does the word start with? Vocabulary 5. Form regular plurals with -s and -es Grammar and mechanics 6. Capitalize the pronoun "I"

Week 2: Trees		Reading comprehension 1. What is the picture about? 2. Read along about science and nature Vocabulary 3. Select the sentence that tells about the past 4. Match the -ed and -ing sentences to the pictures Phonics and spelling 5. Find the vowel in the word 6. Find the short e word 7. Choose the picture that matches the short e word
Week 2: Trees
Reading comprehension 1. What is the picture about? 2. Read along about science and nature Vocabulary 3. Select the sentence that tells about the past 4. Match the -ed and -ing sentences to the pictures Phonics and spelling 5. Find the vowel in the word 6. Find the short e word 7. Choose the picture that matches the short e word

Week 3: Fresh from the Farm		Reading comprehension 1. Read along about famous people Vocabulary 2. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Phonics and spelling 3. Find the long e word 4. Complete the word with the right initial consonant blend 5. Identify the short vowel sound in a word 6. Complete the rhyme 7. Read sight words: are, he, his, my, than, when, which, with
Week 3: Fresh from the Farm
Reading comprehension 1. Read along about famous people Vocabulary 2. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Phonics and spelling 3. Find the long e word 4. Complete the word with the right initial consonant blend 5. Identify the short vowel sound in a word 6. Complete the rhyme 7. Read sight words: are, he, his, my, than, when, which, with

6	Unit 6 Weather for all Seasons
Week 1: The Four Seasons		Vocabulary 1. Multiple-meaning words with pictures Phonics and spelling 2. Does the word start with a consonant blend? 3. Which consonant blend does the word end with? 4. Complete the word with the right short vowel 5. Choose the short o sentence that matches the picture 6. Read sight words: by, is, little, some Grammar and mechanics 7. Choose the singular or plural noun that matches the picture
Week 1: The Four Seasons
Vocabulary 1. Multiple-meaning words with pictures Phonics and spelling 2. Does the word start with a consonant blend? 3. Which consonant blend does the word end with? 4. Complete the word with the right short vowel 5. Choose the short o sentence that matches the picture 6. Read sight words: by, is, little, some Grammar and mechanics 7. Choose the singular or plural noun that matches the picture

Week 2: What's the Weather?		Reading comprehension 1. Read along with fantasy Phonics and spelling 2. Choose the word that matches the picture: -ss, -ll, -ff, -zz, -ck 3. Complete the rhyme Writing 4. Unscramble the words to make a complete sentence
Week 2: What's the Weather?
Reading comprehension 1. Read along with fantasy Phonics and spelling 2. Choose the word that matches the picture: -ss, -ll, -ff, -zz, -ck 3. Complete the rhyme Writing 4. Unscramble the words to make a complete sentence

Week 3: Stormy Weather		Reading comprehension 1. Who is telling the story? Phonics and spelling 2. Find the uppercase letters 3. Find the long i word 4. Choose the picture that rhymes with the word 5. Blend each sound in a word together 6. Read sight words: are, he, how, she, was, with 7. Read sight words: his, than, them, way, when Grammar and mechanics 8. One or more than one 9. Identify questions
Week 3: Stormy Weather
Reading comprehension 1. Who is telling the story? Phonics and spelling 2. Find the uppercase letters 3. Find the long i word 4. Choose the picture that rhymes with the word 5. Blend each sound in a word together 6. Read sight words: are, he, how, she, was, with 7. Read sight words: his, than, them, way, when Grammar and mechanics 8. One or more than one 9. Identify questions

7	Unit 7 The Animal Kingdom
Week 1: Baby Animals		Reading comprehension 1. Sort objects into categories 2. Which one is not like the others? Phonics and spelling 3. Find the short u word 4. Choose the picture that matches the short u word 5. Spell the short vowel word 6. Complete the sentence with the correct short vowel word 7. Read sight words: for, from, have, how Grammar and mechanics 8. Find the action verb
Week 1: Baby Animals
Reading comprehension 1. Sort objects into categories 2. Which one is not like the others? Phonics and spelling 3. Find the short u word 4. Choose the picture that matches the short u word 5. Spell the short vowel word 6. Complete the sentence with the correct short vowel word 7. Read sight words: for, from, have, how Grammar and mechanics 8. Find the action verb

Week 2: Pet Pals?		Reading comprehension 1. What will happen next? 2. Read about animals Vocabulary 3. Inside and outside, above and below, next to and beside Phonics and spelling 4. Which two words have the same ending? 5. Which word does not rhyme? 6. Read sight words: of, these, they, water Grammar and mechanics 7. Complete the sentence with the best verb
Week 2: Pet Pals?
Reading comprehension 1. What will happen next? 2. Read about animals Vocabulary 3. Inside and outside, above and below, next to and beside Phonics and spelling 4. Which two words have the same ending? 5. Which word does not rhyme? 6. Read sight words: of, these, they, water Grammar and mechanics 7. Complete the sentence with the best verb

Week 3: Animal Habitats		Reading comprehension 1. What am I? Phonics and spelling 2. Choose the letter that matches the consonant sound: review 3. Complete the word with the right final consonant blend 4. Does the word end with a consonant blend? 5. Find the long u word 6. Read sight words: people, said, want, work Writing 7. Use sense words Grammar and mechanics 8. Select the sentence that tells about the present
Week 3: Animal Habitats
Reading comprehension 1. What am I? Phonics and spelling 2. Choose the letter that matches the consonant sound: review 3. Complete the word with the right final consonant blend 4. Does the word end with a consonant blend? 5. Find the long u word 6. Read sight words: people, said, want, work Writing 7. Use sense words Grammar and mechanics 8. Select the sentence that tells about the present

8	Unit 8 From Here to There
Week 1: On the Move		Reading comprehension 1. What will happen next? Phonics and spelling 2. Identify the first, second, and last sound in a word 3. Which consonant blend does the word end with? 4. Read questions with short vowel words Writing 5. Capitalize the pronoun "I" Grammar and mechanics 6. Inside and outside, above and below, next to and beside
Week 1: On the Move
Reading comprehension 1. What will happen next? Phonics and spelling 2. Identify the first, second, and last sound in a word 3. Which consonant blend does the word end with? 4. Read questions with short vowel words Writing 5. Capitalize the pronoun "I" Grammar and mechanics 6. Inside and outside, above and below, next to and beside

Week 2: My U.S.A.		Reading comprehension 1. Read along about famous people Vocabulary 2. Match synonyms 3. Use number words: one to ten Phonics and spelling 4. Frequently confused letters: find the letter 5. Choose the lowercase letter that matches: review 6. Choose the uppercase letter that matches: review 7. Does the word start with a consonant blend? Writing 8. Is it the naming or action part of the sentence? 9. Is it a telling sentence or an asking sentence?
Week 2: My U.S.A.
Reading comprehension 1. Read along about famous people Vocabulary 2. Match synonyms 3. Use number words: one to ten Phonics and spelling 4. Frequently confused letters: find the letter 5. Choose the lowercase letter that matches: review 6. Choose the uppercase letter that matches: review 7. Does the word start with a consonant blend? Writing 8. Is it the naming or action part of the sentence? 9. Is it a telling sentence or an asking sentence?

Week 3: Look to the Sky		Reading comprehension 1. What am I? 2. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters Vocabulary 3. Match antonyms to pictures 4. Choose the synonyms Phonics and spelling 5. Frequently confused letters: find all the letters 6. Find the vowel in the word 7. Find the long o word 8. Read sight words: for, here, me, people, said, these, work 9. Read sight words: about, have, of, or, they, this, what 10. Read sight words: each, from, how, may, want Writing 11. Unscramble the words to make a complete sentence Grammar and mechanics 12. Choose the best location word to match the picture
Week 3: Look to the Sky
Reading comprehension 1. What am I? 2. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters Vocabulary 3. Match antonyms to pictures 4. Choose the synonyms Phonics and spelling 5. Frequently confused letters: find all the letters 6. Find the vowel in the word 7. Find the long o word 8. Read sight words: for, here, me, people, said, these, work 9. Read sight words: about, have, of, or, they, this, what 10. Read sight words: each, from, how, may, want Writing 11. Unscramble the words to make a complete sentence Grammar and mechanics 12. Choose the best location word to match the picture

9	Unit 9 Things Change
Week 1: Growing Up		Reading comprehension 1. Read along with fantasy Phonics and spelling 2. Choose the short a sentence that matches the picture 3. Find the long a word 4. Read sight words: into, more, other, too Writing 5. Find the complete sentence Grammar and mechanics 6. Compare pictures using adjectives
Week 1: Growing Up
Reading comprehension 1. Read along with fantasy Phonics and spelling 2. Choose the short a sentence that matches the picture 3. Find the long a word 4. Read sight words: into, more, other, too Writing 5. Find the complete sentence Grammar and mechanics 6. Compare pictures using adjectives

Week 2: Good Citizens		Reading comprehension 1. Read animal fantasy Phonics and spelling 2. Complete the short i words 3. Choose the short i sentence that matches the picture 4. Find the long i word 5. Choose the correct digraph 6. Read sight words: find, has, over, play, were Vocabulary 7. Who, what, when, where, or why? Writing 8. Put the sentences in order Grammar and mechanics 9. Which feeling matches the picture?
Week 2: Good Citizens
Reading comprehension 1. Read animal fantasy Phonics and spelling 2. Complete the short i words 3. Choose the short i sentence that matches the picture 4. Find the long i word 5. Choose the correct digraph 6. Read sight words: find, has, over, play, were Vocabulary 7. Who, what, when, where, or why? Writing 8. Put the sentences in order Grammar and mechanics 9. Which feeling matches the picture?

Week 3: Our Natural Resources		Reading comprehension 1. Order images in a story 2. Read about animals Phonics and spelling 3. Complete the short o word 4. Find the long o word 5. Which word has more syllables? 6. Sort by the number of syllables 7. Read sight words: help, look, where, would, write
Week 3: Our Natural Resources
Reading comprehension 1. Order images in a story 2. Read about animals Phonics and spelling 3. Complete the short o word 4. Find the long o word 5. Which word has more syllables? 6. Sort by the number of syllables 7. Read sight words: help, look, where, would, write

10	Unit 10 Thinking Outside the Box
Week 1: Problem Solvers		Reading comprehension 1. Read along with realistic fiction Vocabulary 2. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Phonics and spelling 3. Complete the short u word 4. Choose the short u sentence that matches the picture 5. Find the long u word Writing 6. Multiple-meaning words with pictures
Week 1: Problem Solvers
Reading comprehension 1. Read along with realistic fiction Vocabulary 2. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Phonics and spelling 3. Complete the short u word 4. Choose the short u sentence that matches the picture 5. Find the long u word Writing 6. Multiple-meaning words with pictures

Week 2: Sort It Out		Reading comprehension 1. Read realistic fiction Vocabulary 2. Match antonyms to pictures 3. Choose the antonyms Phonics and spelling 4. Frequently confused letters: find all the letters 5. Complete the short e word 6. Choose the short e sentence that matches the picture 7. Choose the correct digraph 8. Choose the silent e word that matches the picture
Week 2: Sort It Out
Reading comprehension 1. Read realistic fiction Vocabulary 2. Match antonyms to pictures 3. Choose the antonyms Phonics and spelling 4. Frequently confused letters: find all the letters 5. Complete the short e word 6. Choose the short e sentence that matches the picture 7. Choose the correct digraph 8. Choose the silent e word that matches the picture

Week 3: Protect Our Earth		Reading comprehension 1. Read about places Vocabulary 2. Use words with prefixes and suffixes Phonics and spelling 3. Complete the silent e words 4. Find the word with the same vowel sound 5. Which two words have the same vowel sound? 6. Sort short and long vowel words 7. Read sight words: first, only, other, their, would, write 8. Read sight words: come, find, help, look, play, where 9. Read sight words: does, good, has, into, know, more, over, too, where, who Writing 10. Capitalize the first letter of a sentence
Week 3: Protect Our Earth
Reading comprehension 1. Read about places Vocabulary 2. Use words with prefixes and suffixes Phonics and spelling 3. Complete the silent e words 4. Find the word with the same vowel sound 5. Which two words have the same vowel sound? 6. Sort short and long vowel words 7. Read sight words: first, only, other, their, would, write 8. Read sight words: come, find, help, look, play, where 9. Read sight words: does, good, has, into, know, more, over, too, where, who Writing 10. Capitalize the first letter of a sentence

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