IXL Skill Plan | The Northern Ireland Curriculum: Foundation Stage, Primary 1

The Northern Ireland Curriculum: Foundation Stage, Primary 1

Skills available for Northern Ireland Foundation Stage, Primary 1 English objectives

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Reading

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Reading
Read with some independence		1. Find a word in a sentence 2. Blend each sound in a word together
Read with some independence
1. Find a word in a sentence 2. Blend each sound in a word together

Read a range of texts including digital texts and those composed by themselves and others
Read a range of texts including digital texts and those composed by themselves and others


Sequence stories in reasonable detail using appropriate language
Sequence stories in reasonable detail using appropriate language


Use word structure to develop reading
Use word structure to develop reading


Develop auditory discrimination and memory		Blend and segment 1. Blend each sound in a word together 2. Identify the first sound in a word 3. Put the sounds in order Rhymes 4. Which word has the same ending? 5. Which two words have the same ending? 6. Choose the picture that rhymes with the word Consonant sounds 7. Which two words start with the same sound? 8. Which two words end with the same sound? 9. Find the word that begins with a given sound 10. Choose the lowercase letter that matches the consonant sound: review Short vowels 11. Find the short a word 12. Find the short e word 13. Find the short i word 14. Find the short o word 15. Find the short u word
Develop auditory discrimination and memory
Blend and segment 1. Blend each sound in a word together 2. Identify the first sound in a word 3. Put the sounds in order Rhymes 4. Which word has the same ending? 5. Which two words have the same ending? 6. Choose the picture that rhymes with the word Consonant sounds 7. Which two words start with the same sound? 8. Which two words end with the same sound? 9. Find the word that begins with a given sound 10. Choose the lowercase letter that matches the consonant sound: review Short vowels 11. Find the short a word 12. Find the short e word 13. Find the short i word 14. Find the short o word 15. Find the short u word

Develop visual discrimination and memory		Letter recognition 1. Find the letter in the alphabet: uppercase 2. Find the letter in the alphabet: lowercase 3. Choose the letter that you hear: uppercase 4. Choose the letter that you hear: lowercase 5. Frequently confused letters: find the letter 6. Frequently confused letters: find all the letters Uppercase and lowercase letters 7. Choose the lowercase letter that matches: c, k, o, p, s, u, v, w, x, z 8. Choose the lowercase letter that matches: a, b, d, e, g, h, n, q, r 9. Find all the lowercase letters 10. Choose the uppercase letter that matches: C, K, O, P, S, U, V, W, X, Z 11. Choose the uppercase letter that matches: A, B, D, E, G, H, N, Q, R 12. Find all the uppercase letters Word recognition 13. Choose the two words that are the same 14. Find a word in a sentence Sight words 15. Choose the two sight words that are the same 16. Read sight words: review sets 1–10
Develop visual discrimination and memory
Letter recognition 1. Find the letter in the alphabet: uppercase 2. Find the letter in the alphabet: lowercase 3. Choose the letter that you hear: uppercase 4. Choose the letter that you hear: lowercase 5. Frequently confused letters: find the letter 6. Frequently confused letters: find all the letters Uppercase and lowercase letters 7. Choose the lowercase letter that matches: c, k, o, p, s, u, v, w, x, z 8. Choose the lowercase letter that matches: a, b, d, e, g, h, n, q, r 9. Find all the lowercase letters 10. Choose the uppercase letter that matches: C, K, O, P, S, U, V, W, X, Z 11. Choose the uppercase letter that matches: A, B, D, E, G, H, N, Q, R 12. Find all the uppercase letters Word recognition 13. Choose the two words that are the same 14. Find a word in a sentence Sight words 15. Choose the two sight words that are the same 16. Read sight words: review sets 1–10

Share a range of books with adults/other pupils
Share a range of books with adults/other pupils


Know how to handle and care for books		1. Identify book parts and features
Know how to handle and care for books
1. Identify book parts and features

Understand and use some language associated with books, for example, cover, spine, author, illustrator		1. Identify book parts and features
Understand and use some language associated with books, for example, cover, spine, author, illustrator
1. Identify book parts and features

Select and use books for specific purposes
Select and use books for specific purposes


Develop concepts of print		Word recognition 1. Choose the two words that are the same 2. Choose the sentence that is spaced correctly 3. Find a word in a sentence Letter recognition 4. Find the letter in the alphabet: uppercase 5. Find the letter in the alphabet: lowercase 6. Choose the letter that you hear: uppercase 7. Choose the letter that you hear: lowercase 8. Frequently confused letters: find the letter 9. Frequently confused letters: find all the letters Blend and segment 10. Blend each sound in a word together 11. Identify the first sound in a word 12. Put the sounds in order
Develop concepts of print
Word recognition 1. Choose the two words that are the same 2. Choose the sentence that is spaced correctly 3. Find a word in a sentence Letter recognition 4. Find the letter in the alphabet: uppercase 5. Find the letter in the alphabet: lowercase 6. Choose the letter that you hear: uppercase 7. Choose the letter that you hear: lowercase 8. Frequently confused letters: find the letter 9. Frequently confused letters: find all the letters Blend and segment 10. Blend each sound in a word together 11. Identify the first sound in a word 12. Put the sounds in order

Listen to a range of stories, poems and non-fiction texts read to them by adults/other pupils
Listen to a range of stories, poems and non-fiction texts read to them by adults/other pupils