IXL | Learn grade 5 English language arts (2024)

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Reading strategies Reading

Writing strategies Writing

Vocabulary Vocab

Grammar and mechanics Grammar

Reading strategies

A. Main idea

1

Use key details to determine the main idea
2

Determine the main idea of a passage
3

Combine main ideas from two texts

B. Theme

1

Determine the themes of short stories

C. Author's purpose and tone

1

Identify the purpose of a text
2

Which sentence is more formal?

D. Text structure

1

Determine the order of events in informational texts
2

Compare and contrast in informational texts
3

Match causes and effects in informational texts
4

Match problems with their solutions
5

Identify text structures

E. Sensory details

1

Sort sensory details

F. Literary devices

1

Identify similes and metaphors
2

Determine the meanings of similes and metaphors
3

Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone

G. Point of view

1

Compare and contrast points of view

H. Inference

1

Use actions and dialogue to understand characters
2

Compare and contrast characters
3

Draw inferences from a text

I. Story elements

1

Identify story elements

J. Visual elements

1

Compare mythological illustrations

K. Literary texts: level 1

1

Read fantasy with illustrations
2

Read realistic fiction with illustrations
3

Read historical fiction with illustrations

L. Literary texts: level 2

1

Read realistic fiction
2

Read historical fiction
3

Read poetry
4

Read drama

M. Informational texts: level 1

1

Read about animals
2

Read about art, music and traditions
3

Read about famous places
4

Read about sports and hobbies

N. Informational texts: level 2

1

Read about famous people
2

Read about business and technology
3

Read about science and nature
4

Read about history

Writing strategies

O. Organizing writing

1

Put the sentences in order
2

Use coordinating conjunctions
3

Choose the best transition
4

Order items from most general to most specific
5

Organize information by topic
6

Remove the sentence that does not belong

P. Introductions and conclusions

1

Choose the best topic sentence
2

Choose the best concluding sentence

Q. Developing and supporting arguments

1

Distinguish facts from opinions
2

Identify an author's statement of opinion
3

Choose reasons to support an opinion
4

Identify supporting details in literary texts
5

Identify supporting details in informational texts

R. Descriptive details

1

Show character emotions and traits
2

Revise the sentence using a stronger verb

S. Editing and revising

1

Use the correct frequently confused word
2

Correct errors with frequently confused words

T. Research skills

1

Identify and correct plagiarism

Vocabulary

U. Prefixes and suffixes

1

Words with pre-
2

Words with re-
3

Words with sub-
4

Words with mis-
5

Words with un-, dis-, in-, im- and non-
6

Words with -ful
7

Words with -less
8

Words with -able and -ible

V. Greek and Latin roots

1

Sort words by shared Greek or Latin roots
2

Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words
3

Use the meanings of words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots
4

Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots
5

Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots
6

Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots
7

Match words with Greek and Latin roots to their meanings

W. Categories

1

Select the members of a group
2

Select the words that don't belong

X. Synonyms and antonyms

1

Choose the synonym
2

Find synonyms in context
3

Choose the antonym
4

Find antonyms in context

Y. Analogies

1

Analogies

Z. hom*ophones

1

Use the correct hom*ophone

AA. Multiple-meaning words

1

Which definition matches the sentence?
2

Which sentence matches the definition?

BB. Idioms and adages

1

Determine the meaning of idioms from context: set 1
2

Identify the meaning of idioms and adages: set 1
3

Determine the meaning of idioms from context: set 2
4

Identify the meaning of idioms and adages: set 2

CC. Shades of meaning

1

Describe the difference between related words
2

Positive and negative connotation

DD. Context clues

1

Find words using context
2

Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context
3

Use context to identify the meaning of a word
4

Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures

EE. Reference skills

1

Order alphabetically based on the first two letters
2

Order alphabetically based on the first three letters
3

Order alphabetically: challenge
4

Use guide words
5

Use dictionary entries
6

Use dictionary definitions
7

Use thesaurus entries

Grammar and mechanics

FF. Sentences, fragments and run-ons

1

Is the sentence declarative, interrogative, imperative or exclamatory?
2

Identify the complete subject or complete predicate of a sentence
3

Identify the simple subject or predicate of a sentence
4

Is it a complete sentence or a fragment?
5

Is it a complete sentence or a run-on?
6

Is it a complete sentence, a fragment or a run-on?
7

Identify dependent and independent clauses
8

Is the sentence simple or compound?
9

Is the sentence simple, compound or complex?
10

Order the words to create a sentence

GG. Nouns

1

Identify nouns – with abstract nouns
2

Identify common and proper nouns
3

Form plurals of nouns ending in f, fe, o and y
4

Form and use plurals of nouns ending in f, fe, o and y
5

Form plurals: review
6

Form and use plurals: review
7

Identify plurals, singular possessives and plural possessives
8

Form the singular or plural possessive
9

Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns

HH. Pronouns

1

Identify personal pronouns
2

Choose between subject and object personal pronouns
3

Replace the noun with a personal pronoun
4

Compound subjects and objects with "I" and "me"
5

Compound subjects and objects with personal pronouns
6

Use possessive pronouns
7

Choose between personal and reflexive pronouns
8

Use reflexive pronouns
9

Identify relative pronouns
10

Use relative pronouns: who and whom
11

Use relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which and that

II. Verb types

1

Identify main verbs and helping verbs
2

What does the modal verb show?
3

Use the correct modal verb

JJ. Subject-verb agreement

1

Use the correct subject or verb
2

Use the correct subject or verb – with compound subjects

KK. Verb tense

1

Is the sentence in the past, present or future tense?
2

Form and use the regular past tense
3

Form and use the irregular past tense
4

Form and use the simple past, present and future tense
5

Correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense
6

Use the progressive verb tenses
7

Form the progressive verb tenses
8

Choose between the past tense and past participle
9

Use the perfect verb tenses
10

Form the perfect verb tenses

LL. Adjectives and adverbs

1

Identify adjectives
2

Order adjectives
3

Identify adverbs
4

Use relative adverbs
5

Choose between adjectives and adverbs
6

Is the word an adjective or adverb?
7

Use adjectives to compare
8

Spell adjectives that compare
9

Use adjectives with more and most
10

Use adverbs to compare

MM. Prepositions

1

Identify prepositions
2

Identify prepositions and their objects
3

Identify prepositional phrases
4

Prepositions: review

NN. Conjunctions

1

Identify coordinating conjunctions
2

Identify subordinating conjunctions
3

Use the correct pair of correlative conjunctions
4

Fill in the missing correlative conjunction

OO. Contractions

1

Pronoun-verb contractions
2

Contractions with "not"

PP. Commas

1

Commas with direct addresses, introductory words and interjections
2

Commas with compound and complex sentences

QQ. Capitalization

1

Correct capitalization errors
2

Capitalizing titles

RR. Formatting

1

Formatting titles
2

Formatting and capitalizing titles
3

Punctuating dialogue