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Skill name and permanent skill ID

Spell the digraph word: ch, sh, th

Spell the digraph word: ch, sh, th, ph, wh UTP

Spell the digraph or trigraph word: ph, mb, kn, wh, dge, tch

Spell the digraph or trigraph word: mb, kn, dge, tch QA5

Spell words with qu and x JVL

Spell words with blends and digraphs: review NLS

Use key details to determine the main idea NHQ

Determine the main idea of a passage RD9

Which book title goes with the picture? NX9

Determine the themes of myths, fables, and folktales 7T9

Draw inferences from a text GFW

Make predictions about a story FWT

Use actions and dialogue to understand characters PQQ

Identify the author's purpose: mixed media BWA

Identify the author's purpose: passages A5Q

Distinguish characters' points of view

Distinguish points of view N7R

Compare information from two informational texts DNH

Determine the order of events in informational texts ZXC

Compare and contrast in informational texts UNG

Match causes with effects 76M

Match causes and effects in informational texts PN7

Match problems with their solutions T8Y

Identify text structures UYA

Sort sensory details 8RS

Identify sensory details 8TG

Similes with pictures UVX

Determine the meanings of similes Z59

Identify story elements CXN

Compare mythological illustrations LW5

Use text features FZ7

Label the rhyme scheme QMK

Identify types of poems PZL

Read fantasy with illustrations YGF

Read historical fiction with illustrations JC7

Read science fiction with illustrations 2ZK

Read realistic fiction with illustrations QTL

Read realistic fiction: set 1 YQD

Read realistic fiction: set 2 ZQK

Read historical fiction FGC

Read poetry YYJ

Read about animals 8KK

Read about food VJM

Read about art, music, and traditions 5TX

Read about sports and hobbies BG9

Read about famous people ZZE

Read about famous places NBX

Read about business and technology G5Y

Read about science and nature WSP

Put the sentences in order KWL

Order items from most general to most specific 35V

Organize information by main idea

Organize information by topic U2Q

Select the detail that does not support the topic sentence 3X2

Choose topic sentences for narrative paragraphs SJM

Choose topic sentences for expository paragraphs GHA

Choose the text that matches the writer's purpose MGP

Identify time-order words XRD

Use time-order words V2M

Use coordinating conjunctions TCZ

Use subordinating conjunctions QWF

Choose the best transition 5HN

Use linking words to complete a passage EBL

Distinguish facts from opinions XJV

Identify an author's statement of opinion GC2

Choose reasons to support an opinion CXD

Complete the opinion passage with an example L6W

Complete the opinion passage with a reason LJX

Complete the opinion-reason-example table MJN

Add descriptive details to sentences TM8

Show character emotions and traits SCZ

Revise the sentence using a stronger verb 2K7

Combine sentences: subjects and predicates ZGV

Combine sentences by adding key details YH6

Create varied sentences based on models MPJ

Correct errors with signs 9DQ

Identify base words, prefixes, and suffixes KTZ

Determine the meaning of a word with pre-, re-, or mis- QR5

Use the prefixes pre-, re-, and mis- ZAK

Determine the meaning of a word with -ful or -less SVF

Determine the meaning of a word with -ly or -ness XPG

Determine the meaning of a word with -able or -ment 8L8

Determine the meaning of a word with a suffix: review CYD

Determine the meanings of words with prefixes and suffixes: review 7DL

Sort words with shared prefixes and suffixes by meaning LDS

Sort words with shared suffixes by part of speech NND

Word pattern analogies TQL

Word pattern sentences ME6

Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words TE5

Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots XLE

Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots U83

Form compound words with pictures 39C

Form compound words SZE

Form and use compound words FLA

Select the members of a group KGD

Select the words that don't belong YEG

Choose the synonym 6Y4

Which sentence has the same meaning? Q6W

Find synonyms in context 5HG

Choose the antonym N2M

Which sentence uses an antonym? XZ7

Find antonyms in context 2TH

Homophones with pictures 84T

Identify homophones 5GY

Use the correct homophone VNC

Multiple-meaning words with pictures LSF

Which definition matches the sentence? GGV

Which sentence matches the definition? WGP

Learn to spell words with prefixes: re-, un- G5C

Learn to spell words with suffixes: -ful, -less, -ly, -ness, -y CYT

Spell words with suffixes: drop e 78R

Spell words with suffixes: double the consonant CJ8

Spell words with suffixes: change y to i YJF

Spell words with suffixes: review PMZ

Is the sentence a statement, question, command, or exclamation? NRP

Identify the complete subject of a sentence JXU

Identify the complete predicate of a sentence 5QJ

Identify the simple subject or predicate of a sentence L6R

Is it a complete sentence or a fragment? 9VB

Is it a complete sentence or a run-on? 95A

Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on? P7Z

Is the sentence simple or compound? R6M

Create compound sentences T49

Order the words to create a sentence ZQG

Which word is a noun? SPZ

Identify nouns ZT2

Identify nouns – with abstract nouns LYG

Identify common and proper nouns B47

Form regular plurals with -s, -es, and -ies CZZ

Use regular plurals with -s, -es, and -ies VNA

Is the noun singular or plural? 85D

Form and use irregular plurals PFL

Identify plurals, singular possessives, and plural possessives QAZ

Form the singular or plural possessive 74E

Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns ZNU

Identify personal pronouns K8V

Choose between subject and object personal pronouns KQJ

Replace the noun with a personal pronoun ESB

Compound subjects and objects with "I" and "me" Q5Z

Identify possessive pronouns DL5

Use possessive pronouns F6X

Choose between personal and reflexive pronouns 6J6

Use reflexive pronouns U8W

Use action verbs D2V

Identify action verbs YLU

Identify main verbs and helping verbs SRA

Is the subject singular or plural? EH8

Use the correct subject or verb FZR

Pronoun-verb agreement DBY

Which sentence is in the regular past tense? GH9

Identify verbs in the regular past tense ZW7

Form and use the regular past tense Z6T

Identify the irregular past tense I XFG

Identify the irregular past tense II YHV

Form and use the irregular past tense: set 1 8YP

Form and use the irregular past tense: set 2 TPD

Form and use the irregular past tense: set 3 Q5K

Form and use the irregular past tense: set 4 N92

Form and use the irregular past tense: set 5 CWX

To be: use the correct form JG2

To have: use the correct form ANK

Is the sentence in the past, present, or future tense? RQ5

Change the sentence to future tense CSP

Use the correct article: a or an 76N

Use the correct article: a, an, or the BH7

Identify articles H2Q

Does the adjective tell you what kind or how many? ZQU

Identify the adjective that describes the noun 6SQ

Identify adjectives VJW

Does the adverb tell you how, when, or where? Q45

Identify adverbs HQY

Choose between adjectives and adverbs 62X

Is the word an adjective or adverb? PSM

Use adjectives to compare AED

Spell adjectives that compare 5LM

Use adverbs to compare 36M

Identify prepositions ZQR

Identify prepositions and their objects CTW

Identify prepositional phrases NHK

Prepositions: review PXR

Identify coordinating conjunctions UXW

Identify subordinating conjunctions N2X

Pronoun-verb contractions AFE

Contractions with "not" LDB

Commas with a series DRN

Commas with dates 58U

Commas with the names of places 2ES

Commas with direct addresses and after introductory words 8L3

Commas: review UA2

Capitalizing the names of people and pets and titles of respect CJJ

Capitalizing days, months, and holidays NJJ

Capitalizing the names of places and geographic features XNK

Capitalizing proper adjectives, nationalities, and languages UYC

Capitalization: review NFE

Abbreviate days of the week 2U6

Abbreviate months of the year NPE

Abbreviate people's titles UFJ

Abbreviate customary units of measurement 6LG

Abbreviate metric units of measurement BCX

Abbreviate street names Y8G

Abbreviate state names MQB

Abbreviate street names and state names: review R8W

Greetings and closings of letters XS8

Formatting street addresses UHF

Capitalizing titles KCY

Formatting titles TKX

Formatting and capitalizing titles CPT

Punctuating dialogue SYD