Foundation English

IXL offers more than 100 foundation English skills to explore and learn! Not sure where to start? Go to your personalized Recommendations wall to find a skill that looks interesting, or select a skill plan that aligns to your textbook, state standards, or standardized test.

IXL offers more than 100 foundation English skills to explore and learn! Not sure where to start? Go to your personalized Recommendations wall to find a skill that looks interesting, or select a skill plan that aligns to your textbook, state standards, or standardized test.

Reading foundations Foundations

Reading strategies Reading

Vocabulary Vocab

Grammar and mechanics Grammar

Reading foundations

A. Letter identification

B. Lowercase and uppercase letters

C. Word recognition

D. Consonants and vowels

E. Syllables

F. Rhyming

G. Blending and segmenting

H. Consonant sounds and letters

I. Consonant blends and digraphs

J. Short a

K. Short e

L. Short i

M. Short o

N. Short u

O. Short vowels

P. Long vowels

Q. Sight words

Reading strategies

R. Text features

1
Identify book parts and features

S. Reality vs fiction

1
Which could happen in real life?

T. Main idea

1
What is the picture about?

U. Inference and analysis

V. Riddles

1
What am I?

Vocabulary

W. Colour and number words

X. Adjectives and verbs

Y. Location words

Z. Question words

1
Who, what, when, where or why?

AA. Synonyms and antonyms

BB. Categories

CC. Multiple-meaning words

1
Multiple-meaning words with pictures

Grammar and mechanics

DD. Sentences

EE. Capitalisation

FF. Nouns

GG. Verbs