Language Smarts, Level B

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Grade 1

 

 

 

 

Table of Contents

Uppercase Letters
Lowercase Letters
Alphabet
Letters
Vowels
Sometimes Y
Short Vowels
Long Vowels
Long and Short Vowels
Vowel Digraphs
Vowel Diphthongs
R-Controlled Vowels
Silent E
Single Sound Consonants
Consonant Blends
Consonant Digraphs
Silent Consonants
Word Patterns
A or An
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Syllables
Word Families
Rhymes
Contractions
Compound Words
High Frequency Words
Nouns
Verbs
Verb Tenses
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Noun-Verb Agreement
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Possessive Nouns
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Subject and Predicate
Sentences
Sentence Fragments
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Run-On Sentences
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Noun or Pronoun
Am, Is, and Are
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Was and Were
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Me and I
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Double Negatives
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Comparing
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Sentence Detective
Singular and Plural
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Synonyms
Antonyms
Synonyms and Antonyms
Homophones
Homographs
Homophones and Homographs
Synonyms, Antonyms, Homophones, and Homographs
Compare and Contrast
Rhyme and Riddle
Categorizing
Ordering
Sequencing
Deductive Reasoning
Number Word Expressions
Capitalization
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Punctuation
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Context Clues
Facts and Inferences
Prediction
Setting
Characters
Topic and Main Idea
Cause and Effect
Poems
Fiction and Nonfiction
Writing
Answers

 

Skills

Visual Skills

• Sequencing
• Compare/contrast
• Interpret and apply pictures, captions, diagrams, charts, and graphs
• Literal thinking
• Number-word sentences and expressions

Phonological & Phonemic Awareness

• Blend sounds to make words; identify, segment, and combine syllables in words
• Identify initial, final, and medial letter sounds
• Classify vowel/consonant, rhyming and non-rhyming words
• Recognize and categorize word families

Grammar, Punctuation, Spelling, & Capitalization

• Through single-skill practice with guided, gradual instruction and practice, and mixed-skills practice

Comprehension

• Predict
• Sequence/summarize
• Draw conclusions, make predictions, and identify facts and inferences
• Follow logical reasoning
• Synthesize illustration/text information, and cause/effect
• Identify and describe setting
• Summarize important ideas/events and supporting details
• Identify theme/topic, purpose, and main idea

Fluency & Flexibility

• Fluency and flexibility with word meanings and associations to improve: spelling, vocabulary, and reading through evaluating antonyms, synonyms, homonyms, homophones, prefixes, suffixes, and root words

Word Relationships

• Classify word groups
• Form pairs of related items
• Identify and classify types of analogous relationships
• Select and supply words and word pairs to complete relationships

Test Preparation/Assessments

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