Ireland
Skills available for Ireland sixth-class English curriculum
Objectives are in black and IXL English skills are in dark green. Hold your mouse over the name of a skill to view a sample question. Click on the name of a skill to practise that skill.
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- Primary School Curriculum Standards: Competence and confidence in using language Primary School Curriculum Standards: Competence and confidence in using language
- Primary School Curriculum Standards: Receptiveness to language Primary School Curriculum Standards: Receptiveness to language
Actions
1 Receptiveness to language
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1.2 developing strategies
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1.2.1 achieve proficiency in word identification by refining the different word identification skills
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1.2.1.a grapho/phonic, syntactic and contextual
- Use the correct frequently confused word (5-S.1)
- Correct errors with frequently confused words (5-S.2)
- Choose the synonym (5-X.1)
- Find synonyms in context (5-X.2)
- Choose the antonym (5-X.3)
- Find antonyms in context (5-X.4)
- Analogies (5-Y.1)
- Use the correct homophone (5-Z.1)
- Which definition matches the sentence? (5-AA.1)
- Which sentence matches the definition? (5-AA.2)
- Describe the difference between related words (5-BB.1)
- Positive and negative connotation (5-BB.2)
- Use the correct frequently confused word (6-M.1)
- Correct errors with frequently confused words (6-M.2)
- Choose the synonym (6-Q.1)
- Find synonyms in context (6-Q.2)
- Choose the antonym (6-Q.3)
- Find antonyms in context (6-Q.4)
- Use the correct homophone (6-R.1)
- Which definition matches the sentence? (6-R.2)
- Which sentence matches the definition? (6-R.3)
- Describe the difference between related words (6-S.1)
- Positive and negative connotation (6-S.2)
- Analogies (6-T.1)
- Analogies: challenge (6-T.2)
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1.2.2 improve his/her ability to recognise and understand words by using root words, prefixes, suffixes, syllabication
- Words with pre- (5-U.1)
- Words with re- (5-U.2)
- Words with sub- (5-U.3)
- Words with mis- (5-U.4)
- Words with un-, dis-, in-, im- and non- (5-U.5)
- Words with -ful (5-U.6)
- Words with -less (5-U.7)
- Words with -able and -ible (5-U.8)
- Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words (5-V.2)
- Use the meanings of words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots (5-V.3)
- Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots (5-V.4)
- Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots (5-V.5)
- Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots (5-V.6)
- Words with pre- (6-O.1)
- Words with re- (6-O.2)
- Words with sub- (6-O.3)
- Words with mis- (6-O.4)
- Words with un-, dis-, in-, im- and non- (6-O.5)
- Words with -ful (6-O.6)
- Words with -less (6-O.7)
- Words with -able and -ible (6-O.8)
- Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words (6-P.1)
- Use the meanings of words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots (6-P.2)
- Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots (6-P.3)
- Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots (6-P.4)
- Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots (6-P.5)
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1.2.3 engage with an increasing range of narrative, expository and representational text
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1.2.4 become self-reliant, confident, independent readers, having time in class for sustained, silent reading.
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