Course Content
A. Letter Identification
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A.01. Find the letter in the alphabet: uppercase
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A.02. Find the letter in the alphabet: lowercase
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A.03. Choose the letter that you hear: uppercase
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A.04. Choose the letter that you hear: lowercase
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A.05. Frequently confused letters: find the letter
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A.06. Frequently confused letters: find all the letters
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A.07. Identify letters that look similar but sound different
B. Lowercase and Uppercase Letters
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B.01. Match the lowercase letter to its uppercase counterpart
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B.02. Match the uppercase letter to its lowercase counterpart
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B.03. Find the lowercase letters in a group
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B.04. Find the uppercase letters in a group
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B.05. Review matching lowercase and uppercase letters (c, k, o, p, s, u, v, w, x, z)
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B.06. Review matching lowercase and uppercase letters (f, i, j, l, m, t, y)
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B.07. Review matching lowercase and uppercase letters (a, b, d, e, g, h, n, q, r)
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B.08. Review matching lowercase and uppercase letters
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B.09. Put the letters in ABC order
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B.10. Recognize and name all letters of the alphabet in both uppercase and lowercase.
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B.11. Distinguish between uppercase and lowercase letters in context
C. Consonants and Vowels
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C.01. Identify vowels within a given set of letters
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C.02. Identify consonants within a given set of letters
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C.03. Sort letters into consonants and vowels
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C.04. Find the vowel in a word
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C.05. Determine whether a word starts with a vowel or a consonant
D. Word Recognition
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D.01. Identify identical words from a set of similar words
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D.02. Choose the two words that are the same
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D.03. Find a specific word within a simple sentence
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D.04. Identify a sentence that is correctly spaced
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D.05. Discern between a correctly written word and a misspelled word.
E. Syllables
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E.01. Identify syllables in spoken words
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E.02. Count the number of syllables in a word
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E.03. Determine which word has more syllables
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E.04. Sort words based on their number of syllables
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E.05. Clap out syllables in spoken words
F. Beginning and Ending Sounds
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F.01. Identify the beginning sound of a word
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F.02. Identify the ending sound of a word
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F.03. Which word ends with the same sound?
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F.04. Which two words start with the same sound?
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F.05. Which two words end with the same sound?
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F.06. Recognize and produce rhyming words based on sound.
G. Letter-Sound Associations
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G.01. Identify words that begin with a specific sound
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G.02. Match letters (b, d, j, k, p, t, v, z) to their corresponding consonant sounds
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G.03. Match letters (f, l, m, n, r, s) to their corresponding consonant sounds
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G.04. Match letters (c, g, h, w) to their corresponding consonant sounds
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G.05. Review matching letters to consonant sounds
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G.06. Identify the beginning letter of a spoken word
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G.07. Identify the ending letter of a spoken word
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G.08. Apply letter-sound knowledge to decode simple words
H. Blending and Segmenting
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H.01. Blend the onset and rime of a word
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H.02. Blend individual sounds together to form a word
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H.03. Identify the first, second, and last sound in a word
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H.04. Sequence sounds in the correct order to form a word
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H.05. Separate sounds in a word to support reading decoding.
I. Rhyming
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I.01. Identify words that rhyme
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I.02. Which word has the same ending?
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I.03. Which two words have the same ending?
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I.04. Choose the picture that rhymes with the word
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I.05. Which word does not rhyme?
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I.06. Complete a rhyme
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I.07. Generate a word that rhymes with a given word.
J. Consonant Blends and Digraphs
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J.02. Complete a word by adding the correct initial consonant blend
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J.03. Determine if a word starts with a consonant blend
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J.04. Identify the final consonant blend in a word
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J.05. Complete a word by adding the correct final consonant blend
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J.06. Determine if a word ends with a consonant blend
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J.07. Choose the word that matches the picture: -ss, -ll, -ff, -zz, -ck
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J.08. Choose the correct digraph
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J.09. Read and understand words with consonant blends and digraphs
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J.01. Identify the initial consonant blend in a word
K. Short Vowels
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K.01. Identify words with short vowel sounds
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K.02. Find the short a word
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K.03. Find the short e word
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K.04. Find the short i word
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K.05. Find the short o word
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K.06. Find the short u word
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K.07. Complete words with the correct short vowel
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K.08. Choose a picture that represents a word with a short vowel
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K.09. Choose the short a word that matches the picture
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K.10. Choose the picture that matches the short e word
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K.11. Choose the short i word that matches the picture
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K.12. Choose the short o word that matches the picture
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K.13. Choose the picture that matches the short u word
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K.14. Choose the short a sentence that matches the picture
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K.15. Choose the short e sentence that matches the picture
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K.16. Choose the short i sentence that matches the picture
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K.17. Choose the short o sentence that matches the picture
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K.18. Choose the short u sentence that matches the picture
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K.19. Discriminate between short vowel sounds in simple words.
L. Long Vowels
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L.01. Recognize words with long vowel sounds
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L.02. Sort short and long vowel words
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L.03. Find the long a word
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L.04. Find the long e word
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L.05. Find the long i word
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L.06. Find the long o word
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L.07. Find the long u word
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L.08. Find the word with the same vowel sound
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L.09. Which two words have the same vowel sound?
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L.10. Differentiate between short and long vowel sounds in context.
M. Sight Words
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M.01. Recognize common sight words
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M.02. Choose the two sight words that are the same
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M.03. Read sight words set 1: ate, he, of, that, was
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M.04. Read sight words set 2: are, green, on, please, they
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M.05. Read sight words set 3: be, have, or, pretty, this
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M.06. Read sight words: review sets 1, 2, 3
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M.07. Read sight words set 4: all, but, ride, saw, what
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M.08. Read sight words set 5: about, like, she, under, we
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M.09. Read sight words set 6: black, into, made, ran, white
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M.10. Read sight words: review sets 4, 5, 6
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M.11. Read sight words set 7: am, did, get, now, well
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M.12. Read sight words set 8: fast, good, him, take, will
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M.13. Read sight words set 9: came, going, say, too, with
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M.14. Read sight words set 10: brown, does, eat, must, went
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M.15. Read sight words: review sets 7, 8, 9, 10
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M.16. Read sight words: review sets 1–10
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M.17. Complete a sentence by selecting the correct sight word
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M.18. Spell a sight word
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M.19. Use sight words to read simple sentences
N. Colour and Number Words
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N.01. Use number words: one to ten
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N.02. Use colour words
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N.03. Read and understand sentences using basic colour and number words
O. Text Features
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O.01. Identify basic book parts and features (title, cover, pages)
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O.02. Describe the purpose of different book features (e.g., table of contents, illustrations)
P. Main Idea
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P.01. Identify the main subject of a picture or short passage
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P.02. What is the picture about?
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P.03. Retell a simple story in their own words
Q. Inference and Analysis
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Q.01. Infer feelings from pictures or scenarios
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Q.02. Which feeling matches the picture?
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Q.03. Predict what might happen next based on a given situation
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Q.04. What will happen next?
R. Reality vs Fiction
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R.01. Differentiate between events that could happen in real life and those that are fictional
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R.02. Which could happen in real life?
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R.03. Provide examples of real-life events vs. fictional events
S. Riddles
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S.01. Solve simple riddles based on clues
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S.02. What am I?
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S.03. Create their own simple riddle
T. Adjectives and Verbs
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T.01. Identify descriptive words (adjectives) in a sentence
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T.02. Compare pictures using adjectives
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T.03. Recognize action words (verbs)
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T.04. Find the picture that matches the action verb
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T.05. Describe objects and actions using adjectives and verbs
U. Location Words
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U.01. Understand the meaning of location words (inside, outside, above, below, next to, beside)
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U.02. Inside and outside, above and below, next to and beside
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U.03. Choose the best location word to match the picture
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U.04. Follow directions using location words
V. Question Words
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V.01. Understand and use question words (who, what, when, where, why)
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V.02. Who, what, when, where or why?
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V.03. Answer simple questions using appropriate question words
W. Synonyms and Antonyms
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W.01. Identify words with opposite meanings (antonyms)
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W.02. Match antonyms to pictures
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W.03. Match synonyms
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W.04. Identify words with similar meanings (synonyms)
X. Categories
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X.01. Sort objects into categories based on shared characteristics
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X.02. Sort objects into categories
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X.03. Identify items that do not belong in a given category
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X.04. Which one is not like the others?
Y. Multiple-Meaning Words
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Y.01. Identify multiple-meaning words with pictures
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Y.02. Provide different meanings of a word depending on context.
Z. Sentences
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Z.01. Distinguish between telling and asking sentences
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Z.02. Is it a telling sentence or an asking sentence?
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Z.03. Identify and use end marks (periods, question marks)
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Z.04. Find the complete sentence
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Z.05. Unscramble the words to make a complete sentence
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Z.06. Construct a complete sentence
AA. Capitalisation
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AA.01. Capitalise the first letter of a sentence
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AA.02. Capitalise the pronoun ‘I’
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AA.03. Understand the basics of capitalization in writing
BB. Nouns
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BB.01. Identify nouns as people, animals, places, or things
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BB.02. Is the noun a person, animal, place or thing?
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BB.03. Distinguish between singular and plural nouns
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BB.04. Choose the singular or plural noun that matches the picture
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BB.05. Use nouns to name people, places, and things
CC. Verbs
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CC.01. Identify action verbs in a sentence
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CC.02. Find the action verb with images
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CC.03. Find the action verb
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CC.04. Complete a sentence using an action verb that matches a given picture
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CC.05. Complete the sentence with an action verb to match the picture
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CC.06. Use verbs to describe actions
