Grade 5 English language arts skills

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IXL has more than 100 grade 5 English language arts skills to learn and review! As you work through a skill, questions will adapt to match your level. Keep answering questions to reach mastery!

Reading strategies Reading

Writing strategies Writing

Vocabulary Vocab

Grammar and mechanics Grammar

Reading strategies

A. Main idea

B. Theme

1
Determine the themes of short stories

C. Author's purpose and tone

D. Text structure

E. Sensory details

1
Sort sensory details

F. Literary devices

G. Point of view

1
Compare and contrast points of view

H. Inference

I. Story elements

1
Identify story elements

J. Visual elements

1
Compare mythological illustrations

K. Literary texts: level 1

L. Literary texts: level 2

M. Informational texts: level 1

N. Informational texts: level 2

Writing strategies

O. Organizing writing

P. Introductions and conclusions

Q. Developing and supporting arguments

R. Descriptive details

S. Editing and revising

T. Research skills

1
Identify and correct plagiarism

Vocabulary

U. Prefixes and suffixes

1
Words with pre-
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Words with re-
3
Words with sub-
4
Words with mis-
5
Words with un-, dis-, in-, im- and non-
6
Words with -ful
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Words with -less
8
Words with -able and -ible

V. Greek and Latin roots

W. Categories

X. Synonyms and antonyms

Y. Analogies

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Analogies

Z. Homophones

1
Use the correct homophone

Reading strategies

A. Main idea

B. Theme

C. Author's purpose and tone

D. Text structure

E. Sensory details

F. Literary devices

G. Point of view

H. Inference

I. Story elements

J. Visual elements

K. Literary texts: level 1

L. Literary texts: level 2

M. Informational texts: level 1

N. Informational texts: level 2

Writing strategies

O. Organizing writing

P. Introductions and conclusions

Q. Developing and supporting arguments

R. Descriptive details

S. Editing and revising

T. Research skills

Vocabulary

U. Prefixes and suffixes

V. Greek and Latin roots

W. Categories

X. Synonyms and antonyms

Y. Analogies

Z. Homophones

AA. Multiple-meaning words

BB. Idioms and adages

CC. Shades of meaning

DD. Context clues

EE. Reference skills

Grammar and mechanics

FF. Sentences, fragments and run-ons

GG. Nouns

HH. Pronouns

II. Verb types

JJ. Subject-verb agreement

KK. Verb tense

LL. Adjectives and adverbs

MM. Prepositions

NN. Conjunctions

OO. Contractions

PP. Commas

QQ. Capitalization

RR. Formatting