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TABLE OF CONTENTS
SKILLS LIST

Reading Solution (RE100) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3- 5

Reading Comprehension Placement Test (RE01) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . 3
Diascriptive Reading I (RE02) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Diascriptive Reading II (RE03) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 3
Diascriptive Reading III (RE04) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 4
Diascriptive Reading IV (RE05) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 4
Dilemma (RE06) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 5
How to Read for Everyday Living (RE07) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Language Arts Solution (LA100) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 7- 8

Diascriptive Language Arts Development (LA01) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 7
Writing Process Workshop (LA02) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 8
How to Write for Everyday Living (LA03. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 8
Responsive Writing (LA04) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 8
Paragraph Power (LA05) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 8

ESL/ Basic Literacy Solution (BL100) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 9- 11

Core Reading & Vocabulary Development (BL01) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 9
Sound Sentences I (BL02) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 9
Sound Sentences II (BL03) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 10
ESL Renegades (BL04) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Math Solution (MA100) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 13- 14

Arithmetic Skills Assessment Test (MA01) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 13
Basic Math Competency Skills Building (MA02) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 13
Signed Numbers (MA03) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 13
Intro to Solving Algebraic Word Problems (MA04) . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 13
Math Concepts (MA05) . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 13
Math for Everyday Living (MA06) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 14
Touchdown Math (MA07) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 14

Science Solution (SC100) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . 15- 16

Diascriptive Reading in Science (SC01) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 15
Life Science Series (SC02) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Biology Concepts (SC03) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Thinking Like a Scientist (SC04) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 16

Workplace Solution (WP100) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17- 18

Reading in the Workplace Series (WP01- WP06) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . 17
Dilemma in the Workplace (WP07) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Math in the Workplace (WP08) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . 17
Getting a Job/ Keeping a Job (WP09) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

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READING SOLUTION
SKILLS LIST

Reading Comprehension Placement Test

(RE01) Vocabulary
● Understand how to find out the meanings of
● Independent, instructional and frustration new vocabulary words
levels in word and passage comprehension ● Use synonyms as a learning device to figure
● Accuracy in comprehension out a new vocabulary word
● Quickly determined reading levels ● Use antonyms as a learning device to figure
● Accuracy in word identification out a vocabulary word
● Accuracy in comprehension ● Select an appropriate vocabulary word in
● Quickly determined reading levels order to complete a Cloze exercise
● Identify a different meaning of a vocabulary
word by comparing three sentences out of
Diascriptive Reading I context
Reading Levels: 1.5- 4.5 ● Interpret the meaning of a vocabulary word
(RE02) by examining contextual clues
Details
● Understand the importance of details
● Distinguish between factual and fictional
Diascriptive Reading II
details Reading Levels: 2.5- 7.5
● Evaluate information to select the most (RE03)
important details
● Organize details chronologically from a two Details
or three step process ● Understand the importance of details
● Choose between a written and an implied ● Distinguish between factual and fictional
details details
● Identify several supporting details from a ● Evaluate information to select the most
short reading important details
● Organize details chronologically from a two
Inference or three step process
● Understand the meaning of an inferred idea ● Choose between a written and an implied
● Infer a specific outcome from a general details
account ● Identify several supporting details from a
● Identify an inferred synonym from a group of short reading
words
● Choose the correct inference from a table, list Inference
or chart ● Understand the meaning of an inferred idea
● Distinguish between the words all and some ● Infer a specific outcome from a general
to make an inference account
● Evaluate information to select a negative ● Identify an inferred synonym from a group of
inference words
● Choose the correct inference from a table, list
Main Idea or chart
● Understand what the main idea of a ● Distinguish between the words all and some
paragraph is to make an inference
● Select the main idea from a paragraph that ● Evaluate information to select a negative
includes several themes inference
● Determine the main idea from reading a
sequence of events or steps Main Idea
● Identify an appropriate title which serves as ● Understand what the main idea of a
the main idea of a story paragraph is
● Choose the correct sentence that states the ● Select the main idea from a paragraph that
main idea of a paragraph includes several themes
● Fill in a Cloze exercise with a word that ● Determine the main idea from reading a
completes the main idea of a story sequence of events or steps
● Identify an appropriate title which serves as
Sequence the main idea of a story
● Understand what a sequence is ● Choose the correct sentence that states the
● Identify a sequence from a sentence that main idea of a paragraph
uses time/order words such as before, after, ● Fill in a Cloze exercise with a word that
last completes the main idea of a story
● Arrange thee or more sentences in logical,
sequential order
● Answer questions based on reading a Sequence
sequence order in a paragraph ● Understand what a sequence is
● Assign numbers to order a sequence of ● Identify a sequence from a sentence that
events from items in a table, list or chart uses time/order words such as before, after,
● Select an appropriate title to name a story last
from reading a sequence of events ● Arrange thee or more sentences in logical,
sequential order

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SKILLS LIST
● Answer questions based on reading a ● Select the main idea from a paragraph that
sequence order in a paragraph includes several themes
● Assign numbers to order a sequence of ● Determine the main idea from reading a
events from items in a table, list or chart sequence of events or steps
● Select an appropriate title to name a story ● Identify an appropriate title which serves as
from reading a sequence of events the main idea of a story
● Choose the correct sentence that states the
Vocabulary main idea of a paragraph
● Understand how to find out the meanings of ● Fill in a Cloze exercise with a word that
new vocabulary words completes the main idea of a story
● Use synonyms as a learning device to figure
out a new vocabulary word Sequence
● Use antonyms as a learning device to figure ● Understand what a sequence is
out a vocabulary word ● Identify a sequence from a sentence that
● Select an appropriate vocabulary word in uses time/order words such as before, after,
order to complete a Cloze exercise last
● Identify a different meaning of a vocabulary ● Arrange thee or more sentences in logical,
word by comparing three sentences out of sequential order
context ● Answer questions based on reading a
● Interpret the meaning of a vocabulary word sequence order in a paragraph
by examining contextual clues ● Assign numbers to order a sequence of
events from items in a table, list or chart
Fact/ Opinion ● Select an appropriate title to name a story
● Understand that a fact is a true, accurate from reading a sequence of events
statement that can be proven
● Understand that an opinion is a belief or a Vocabulary
feeling about something ● Understand how to find out the meanings of
● After reading a passage distinguish between new vocabulary words
factual information and opinion statements ● Use synonyms as a learning device to figure
● Decide whether a sentence out of context is a out a new vocabulary word
factual piece of information ● Use antonyms as a learning device to figure
● Decide whether a sentence out of context is out a vocabulary word
an author’s opinion ● Select an appropriate vocabulary word in
● Use dates and events from a reading to order to complete a Cloze exercise
identify factual information ● Identify a different meaning of a vocabulary
word by comparing three sentences out of
Diascriptive Reading III context
Reading Levels: 5.5- 9.0 ● Interpret the meaning of a vocabulary word
(RE04) by examining contextual clues

Details Diascriptive Reading IV

● Understand the importance of details Reading Levels: 7.3- 11.5
● Distinguish between factual and fictional (RE05)
details
● Evaluate information to select the most Details
important details ● Understand the importance of details
● Organize details chronologically from a two ● Distinguish between factual and fictional
or three step process details
● Choose between a written and an implied ● Evaluate information to select the most
details important details
● Identify several supporting details from a ● Organize details chronologically from a two
short reading or three step process
● Choose between a written and an implied
Inference details
● Understand the meaning of an inferred idea ● Identify several supporting details from a
● Infer a specific outcome from a general short reading
account
● Identify an inferred synonym from a group of Inference
words ● Understand the meaning of an inferred idea
● Choose the correct inference from a table, list ● Infer a specific outcome from a general
or chart account
● Distinguish between the words all and some ● Identify an inferred synonym from a group of
to make an inference words
● Evaluate information to select a negative ● Choose the correct inference from a table, list
inference or chart
● Distinguish between the words all and some
Main Idea to make an inference
● Understand what the main idea of a ● Evaluate information to select a negative
paragraph is inference

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Main Idea ● Reading bus schedules
● Understand what the main idea of a ● Reading train schedules
paragraph is ● Reading maps
● Select the main idea from a paragraph that ● Application with skill transfer
includes several themes ● Critical thinking
● Determine the main idea from reading a ● Following directions
sequence of events or steps ● Inference
● Identify an appropriate title which serves as ● Problem solving
the main idea of a story ● Recalling details
● Choose the correct sentence that states the ● Specialized vocabulary
main idea of a paragraph
● Fill in a Cloze exercise with a word that
completes the main idea of a story

Sequence
● Understand what a sequence is
● Identify a sequence from a sentence that
uses time/order words such as before, after,
last
● Arrange thee or more sentences in logical,
sequential order
● Answer questions based on reading a
sequence order in a paragraph
● Assign numbers to order a sequence of
events from items in a table, list or chart
● Select an appropriate title to name a story
from reading a sequence of events

Vocabulary
● Understand how to find out the meanings of
new vocabulary words
● Use synonyms as a learning device to figure
out a new vocabulary word
● Use antonyms as a learning device to figure
out a vocabulary word
● Select an appropriate vocabulary word in
order to complete a Cloze exercise
● Identify a different meaning of a vocabulary
word by comparing three sentences out of
context
● Interpret the meaning of a vocabulary word
by examining contextual clues

Dilemma
(RE06)

● Details
● Inference
● Cause and effect
● Decision-making
● Main Idea
● Sequence
● Understanding relationships
● Vocabulary
● Critical thinking and reading
● Problem solving

How to Read for Everyday Living

(RE07)

Skills
● Reading and following directions on labels
● Reading menus
● Reading retails advertisements
● Reading help wanted ads
● Filling out job applications
● Reading and filling in forms for personal
money management

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LANGUAGE ARTS SOLUTION
SKILLS LIST

Diascriptive Language Arts Development ● Gerunds and infinitives

(LA01) ● Present principle
● Transitive and intransitive verbs
Sentence Mechanics ● Verb location in sentences
● Capitalization ● Subject-verb agreement
● Conjunctions ● Use of appropriate verb with collective nouns;
● Sentence types and end punctuation subjects joined by “or/nor” the “verb in the
● Simple subject and predicate relative clause,” phrases beginning with
● Punctuation marks “plenty, abundance, rest, there”
● Nine uses of the comma as punctuation ● Forming senses: changes in spelling
within a sentence ● Forming the tenses of irregular verbs
● Use of the commas in separating various ● Regular and irregular verbs
kinds of phrases and clauses ● Use of past participle as a verb and an
● Other punctuation: colon, semi-colon, adjective
quotation marks ● Forms and uses of tenses of 14 irregular
verbs
Sentence Sense ● Past, present, and past perfect participle
● Changing order of nouns & phrases to retain ● Active and passive voice
same meaning ● Identification of appropriate verb when the
● English word order subject is positive
● Phrases: where, when, how ● Identification of appropriate verb in
● Sentence patterns: various arithmetical expressions
● Transitive and intransitive verbs ● Mood: indicative, imperative, subjunctive
● Correct word order with different sentence
patterns Pronouns
● Question markers ● Change of form in the nominative pronouns
● Sentence patterns: statement, question, ● Masculine and feminine singular and plural
negative statement nouns
● “There is/are” transformations ● Nominative, objective and possessive case
● Simple subjects and compound predicates pronouns
● Subject and predicate within a question ● Pronoun and antecedent agreement
● “There is/are, here is/are” pattern with split ● Nominative pronouns
predicate ● Linking verbs
● Word order in a question ● Objective pronoun
● Combining simple sentences into compound ● Pronouns that refer indirectly to nouns
& complex sentences ● Using the objective pronoun after a participle,
● Compound verb phrases, adverbs, and as the subject and the object of infinitives, in
gerund phrases comparative sentences
● Make complex sentences; rearrange clauses, ● Variable placement of the indirect object
use different beginnings; form an appositive ● Interrogative, demonstrative, indefinite,
● Simile relative pronouns
● Twelve common confusing sentences and ● Reflexive pronouns and their antecedents
ways to improve them ● Tricky relative pronouns: “who/whom”
● Absolute possessive pronouns and
Nouns possessive pronouns
● Noun characteristics and functions ● Difference in possessive pronouns
● Noun-verb agreement ● Possessive pronoun and antecedent
● Overview of main parts of speech agreement
● Noun types and markers ● Correct prepositions in specific idioms
● Form plurals of nouns with various endings ● Interjections
● Plurals and the dictionary ● Simple and compound prepositions
● Form plurals of nouns & compound nouns ● Writing to avoid ending a sentence with a
● Form plurals of letters, numbers, symbols, & preposition
unusual nouns
● Nouns that are both singular & plural Adjectives & Adverbs
● Cases of nouns: nominative, objective, ● Adjective characteristics
possessive – and their uses ● Adjectives in the subject, the predicate, in
● Noun phrases/clauses series, in apposition, after linking verbs
● Possessive case of nouns: singular, plural; ● Descriptive adjectives
forming plurals ● Use of a, an, the
● Possessive nouns and that which possessed ● Adjective endings
● Show possession in separate and combined ● Changes in spelling of root word to form
ownership adjective
● Avoiding overworked conjunction such as ● Adjective types: cardinal & ordinal, positive,
“and, but, for” comparative, superlative; absolute
● Conjunctions and their use ● Irregular adjective forms
● Nouns and pronouns used as adjectives
Verbs ● Adjective and adverb characteristics
● Present and perfect tenses ● Adverbs and the words they modify
● Verb characteristics ●

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SKILLS LIST
● Adverb of manner, time, place, number solution, convincing reasons, other solutions,
● Conjunctive adverbs and their use; final paragraph, peer review
punctuation used with conjunctive adverbs
● Phrasal adverbs Evaluation
● Adjective and adverb characteristics ● Comparison essay
● Words/ phrases/ clauses that adverbs modify ● Contrast essay
● Alternatives to “very” ● Comparison-contrast combination essay
● Correct form and placement of negatives ● Brainstorm
● Distinguishing between “well” & “good” ● Topic thesis
● Forming and using –ly adverbs ● “QuickWrite”
● Positive, comparative, superlative degrees of ● Rough draft: list purpose, audience,
adverbs tone/voice, reasons, examples, and draft the
essay
Writing Process Workshop Series ● Reader-Writer Workshops
(LA 02) ● “Partner Check”

Autobiographical Incident How to Write for Everyday Living

● Story elements: introduction, rising action, (LA03)
climax, denouncement, and resolution
● Story elements: Plot, setting, theme, Skills
protagonist, antagonist, and retrospective ● Preparing a resume
view ● Filling out an employment application form
● Story ingredients: conflict, catchy opening, ● Writing a business letter & envelope
audience, purpose, point of view, and voice ● Writing a personal letter & envelope
● Autobiographical poems ● Writing a memo
● Prewriting: brainstorming, “QuickWrites,” ● Organizing a list
“partner read” ● Organizing an outline
● Rough draft: emphasis on point of view & ● Filling out a drivers license application
descriptive detail ● Filling out a social security card application
● Revision ● Filling out savings account forms
● Filling out deposit & withdrawal slips
Report of Information/ Observation ● Filling out checking account forms
● Critical thinking and writing ● Filling out check & checkbook register
● Point of view ● Capitalization
● Organization ● Abbreviations
● Methods of development: description, ● Following directions
exposition, classification, illustration, ● Accuracy
comparison and contrast, and narration
● Audience: factual vs. biased reporting Responsive Writing & Paragraph Power
● Anecdote (RE04 & RE05)
● Precise words
● Third person view ● Choosing a topic
● Topic sentences and supporting details ● Paragraph development
● Contrast report: brainstorming, “QuickWrite,” ● Pre-writing
outline, thesis statement, and draft ● Topic sentence
● Sports report: brainstorming, “QuickWrite,” ● Paragraph body: main idea
outline, rough draft, peer input ● Paragraph body: supporting details
● Letter to editor ● Organizing
● Science experiment report: materials, ● Concluding sentence
hypothesis, steps, observations, conclusion ● Editing: style
● Eye spy essay ● Editing: sentence structure
● Editing: correct basic grammar
Persuasive Writing ● Proofreading
● Practice writing with supporting details ● Publishing
● Point of view: pro/con
● Speech writing: pro/con
● Voice tone in writing
● Both sides of an issue
● Fallacies and faulty reasoning
● Five transition patterns
● Note-taking
● Peer review
● Story character problem & resolution
● Friendly persuasive letter
● Individual or class persuasive essay notes:
brainstorming, advantages/disadvantages
list, “QuickWrite,” counter arguments
● Individual or class persuasive essay draft:
introductory paragraph, problem analysis,

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ESL/ BASIC LITERACY SOLUTION
SKILLS LIST

Core Reading & Vocabulary Development ● Writing: transpose questions into answers
(BL01)
Level 3
Pre-primer ● Analogies
● Basic vocabulary ● General vocabulary
● Cultural diversity exposure ● Cultural diversity exposure
● Details ● Details
● Left-to-right directionality ● Fact and opinion
● Listening skills: reading along ● Guided writing: transcribe words into
● Sight word recognition meaningful sentences
● Spelling: copying, attention to details and ● Models of syntax: use of conversational
patterns, cloze technique, recognize correct dialogue
spelling ● Reading fluency and rate: phrase reading
● Story line sequence ● Recreational reading
● Writing: transpose questions into answers ● Sight word recognition
● Skimming and scanning a reading selection
Primer ● Spelling: copying, attention to details and
● General vocabulary patterns, cloze technique, recognize correct
● Cultural diversity exposure spelling
● Details ● Story line sequence
● Guided reading ● Sustained silent reading
● Guided writing: transcribe words into ● Thinking skills: literal, interpretive, and
meaningful sentences inferential levels
● Left-to-right directionality ● Vocabulary: context clues (semantic,
● Listening skills: reading along syntactic, and graphophonic)
● Sight word recognition ● Word attack
● Spelling: copying, attention to details and ● Writing: transpose questions into answers
patterns, cloze technique, recognize correct
spelling Sound Sentences I
● Story line sequence (BL02)
● Writing: transpose questions into answers
All Units
Level 1 ● Auditory comprehension
● Analogies ● Real-life situations
● General vocabulary ● Reading, listening, and speaking skills
● Cultural diversity exposure ● Search for details and requested information
● Details ● Sentence reconstruction: cloze procedure
● Guided writing: transcribe words into ● Simple sentence structure
meaningful sentences ● Vocabulary
● Models of syntax: use of conversational ● Word pronunciation
dialogue
● Recreational reading The Supermarket
● Sight word recognition ● Duties of a cashier
● Skimming and scanning a reading selection ● Names and prices of food items
● Spelling: copying, attention to details and ● Standard measurement of weight
patterns, cloze technique, recognize correct
spelling Department Store
● Story line sequence ● Compare the cost, fit and quality of clothing
● Sustained silent reading ● Duties of a sales clerk
● Writing: transpose questions into answers ● Identify colors and names of clothing items
● Returning items, refunds
Level 2
● Analogies Occupations Around Town
● General vocabulary ● Count money by twenties to one hundred
● Cultural diversity exposure ● Identify locations of businesses
● Details ● Occupations, job duties, and occupational
● Guided writing: transcribe words into equipment
meaningful sentences ● Prepositions of place
● Models of syntax: use of conversational
dialogue The Office
● Recreational reading ● Interpret clock time
● Sight word recognition ● Job duties of a secretary or office worker
● Skimming and scanning a reading selection ● Skills needed for secretary or office worker
● Spelling: copying, attention to details and position
patterns, cloze technique, recognize correct
spelling Going To The Doctor
● Story line sequence ● Duties of a doctor or nurse
● Sustained silent reading ● Interpret information: descriptions of illness
● Thinking skills: literal, interpretive, and symptoms, doctor’s directions
inferential levels Emergency!

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ESL/ BASIC LITERACY SOLUTION
SKILLS LIST
● Key words associated with emergencies ● Read, interpret, and follow oral directions and
● Pertinent questions: who, what, when, where, a map
etc.
● Place an emergency call Learning to Drive
● Driving regulations
Classroom Activities ● Getting a driver’s license
● Classroom teaching and studying ● Highway and traffic laws and signs
● Interpret traffic information
The Car and the Police Officer
● Car maintenance problems Fast Food
● Driving regulations ● Ask for clarification and verify understanding
● Occupations: gas station attendant, ● Compute costs
mechanic, and police officer ● Food preparation and procedures
● Traffic tickets ● Job-related concepts and skills: learning for
● Types of transportation others and helping others
● Job responsibilities
Where I Live ● Keeping a job: behavior, dress attire, social
● Landforms interaction, attitudes, etc.
● Types of communities ● Menus
● Weather ● Problems with machines

A Trip To The Beach The Library

● Days of the week ● Ask for clarification and information
● Recreational activities ● Information resources, including the Internet
● Sequence of events: past, present, future ● Library-related vocabulary
● Temporal words ● Read a map: locate sections of the library
● Verb tenses ● Use library resources

Sound Sentences II The Job Interview

(BL02) ● Common occupations: Skills and education
needed
All Units ● Finding a job: using resources including the
● Auditory comprehension Internet
● Real-life situations ● Interview: appointment, behavior, dress attire,
● Reading, listening, and speaking skills questions and responses
● Search computer program for details and ● Job ads and descriptions
requested information ● Job application, resume, and letters
● Sentence reconstruction: cloze procedure ● Job and computer-related skills
● Simple sentence structure ● Salary and benefits
● Vocabulary
● Word pronunciation That Phone System!
● Describe symptoms of illness
Renting an Apartment ● Emergency numbers
● Ask for clarification ● Interpret recorded message on automated
● Classified ads and signs telephone response systems
● Common household items ● Keeping medical and dental appointments
● Lease and rental agreement ● Locate and identify appropriate medical and
● Types of housing health facilities
● Request clarification
The Bank
● Recognize number words from oral cues Meet Me In New York: Transportation
● Request clarification ● Informational resources, including the
● Saving and checking accounts Internet
● Using an ATM ● Problem solving
● Types of mass transportation
The Dinner Guest
● Cleanliness habits ESL Renegades
● Commands, requests, and responses (BL04)
● Dishwashing
● Housekeeping Beginning with Spanish translations
● Manners ● Regular noun plurals, I (-s, -es)
● Meal Preparation ● No article with certain nouns
● Praise and appreciation ● This, these
● Table setting ● Regular noun plurals, II (-s, -es, -ies)
● That, those
Directions ● Contractions: pronouns and verbs
● Appropriate language for information ● Possessive pronouns (its, your, their)
purposes ● Articles (“a” and “an” with singular nouns)
● Ask for, give, or clarify oral directions ● Possessive singular nouns
● Prepositions of place, I (in, on, at)

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SKILLS LIST
● Prepositions of time, I (in, at) Advanced
● There is, there’s, there are ● Simple past tense, IV (irregular verbs)
● Contractions: verbs + not ● Double negatives, III (alternative correction)
● Irregular noun plurals, I ● Present perfect continuous
● Possessive pronouns, I (mine, hers, ours) ● For, since
● Possessive pronouns II (yours theirs) ● Prepositions of time, III (in, on)
● Simple present and present continuous ● Superlatives of adjectives
tenses ● Passed, past
● Simple past tense (to be) ● Agreement of subject and verb, I
● Indefinite articles with adjectives ● Less, fewer
● Irregular noun plurals, II ● Past participles, I (regular verbs)
● Loose, lose ● Almost, most
● Correct use of “at” ● Prepositions of place, II (in, on, at)
● Many, much ● Simple past tense V (irregular verbs)
● Possessive of regular plural nouns ● Past participles, II (irregular verbs)
● Simple, past tense, I (regular verbs) ● Comparisons (more or most, less and least)
● Prepositions of time (in, on) ● Double negatives, IV (barely, scarcely,
● Simple past tense, I (irregular verbs)) hardly)
● Possessive of nouns ending in -s ● Ordinal numbers
● Comparative and superlative of adjectives ● Agreement of subject and verb, II (intervening
● Terms of quantity and their plurals phrase)
● Simple past tense, II (regular verbs) ● Agreement of subject and verb, III (collective
● Then, that nouns)
● Simple past tense III (irregular verbs) ● Verb plus infinitive or gerund
● Comparison of adjectives ● Difference from (not “different than”)
● Good, well ● Agreement of pronoun and antecedent
● Confusing word twins
Intermediate ● Case of pronouns
● Adverbs of manner
● Simple past tense, I (regular verbs)
● Prepositions of time (in, on)
● Regular noun plurals, III (-f, -fe, to –ves)
● Simple past tense, I (irregular verbs)
● Possessive of noun ending in -s
● Articles (a, an)
● Doubling a consonant before –ing or -ed
● Comparative and superlative of adjectives
● Terms of quantity and their plurals
● Try to (not “try and”)
● Double negatives, I (not/n’t + no or nothing)
● Simple past tense II (regular verbs)
● Then, that
● Simple past tense, III (irregular verbs)
● Comparison of adjectives
● Good, well
● Double negatives, II (not/n’t + nobody, no
one)
● A few, a little
● Nouns used as adjectives: singular form
● Better, best – worse, worst
● Past continuous tense
● Whose, who’s
● Make, do
● Simple past tense, IV (irregular verbs)
● Double negatives, III (alternative correction)
● Present perfect continuous
● For, since
● Prepositions of time, III (in, on)
● Superlative of adjectives
● Passed, past
● Agreement of subject and verb, I
● Past participles, I (regular verbs)
● Simple past tense V (irregular verbs)
● Past participles, II (irregular verbs)
● Comparisons (more or most, less and least)
● Agreement of subject and verb, III (collective
nouns)
● Agreement of pronoun and antecedent

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MATH SOLUTION
SKILLS LIST

Arithmetic Skills Assessment Test ● Find the mode

(MA01)
Converting Fractions & Percents: Percents
Operations ● Convert fractions to percents
● Addition ● Convert percents to fractions
● Subtraction ● Cross multiply to find an unknown portion of a
● Multiplication proportion
● Division
Measuring With A Ruler
Skills Areas ● Perimeter: perimeter of polygon is equal to
● Whole numbers the sum of its sides
● Fractions ● Perimeter: formulas for squares, rectangles,
● Decimals and triangles
● Perimeter: find perimeter of a polygon of any
shape
Basic Math Competency Skill Building ● Circumference: Pi as the ratio of the
(MA02) circumference of a circle to its diameter
● Circumference: use C=pi x d formula to find
Rounding the circumference of a circle
● Basic operation of whole numbers from 1-12 ● Area: square units in measuring area
● Whole number numerical places from units to ● Area: use formulas for finding the area of
ten thousands rectangles, squares, triangles, and circles
● Decimal places from tenths to ten
thousandths Signed Numbers
● Round whole number, decimal, or mixed
number to the nearest ten thousand, ten (MA03)
thousandth, or any place between
● Round by checking the numeral to the right of ● Integers as whole numbers extending
the rounding place indefinitely on both sides of zero
● Zero as a reference point that separates
Whole Numbers positive from negative numbers
● Add, subtract, multiply, and divide whole ● Define a number’s absolute value as its
numbers of any length distance from zero
● Use carrying in addition ● Add, subtract, multiply, and divide signed
● Use borrowing (regrouping) in subtraction numbers, and explain
problems
Introduction to Solving Algebraic Word
Fractions: + and - Problems
● Identify the numerator and the denominator (MA04)
● Find the least common denominator and
covert the numerators ● Common mathematical phrases
● Reduce a fraction to lowest terms ● Translating phrases to algebraic expressions
● Convert an improper fraction to a mixed or ● Using “let” statements
whole number ● Consecutive odd and even integers
● Add fractions and mixed numbers ● Organize data into a diagram
● Subtract fractions and mixed numbers ● Determine and write total value
(including exchanges) ● Solve number, consecutive integer, and coin,
stamp, and ticket problems
Fractions: x and /
● Multiply fractions and mixed numbers
(including exchanges)
Math Concepts
● Divide fractions and mixed numbers (MA05)
(including inverting and renaming)
Algebra
Decimals ● Variables as place holders
● Align decimal points in vertical form: addition ● Numerical expressions
and subtraction examples ● Translating word phrases and statements into
● Find the correct number of decimal places in algebraic expressions
a product, annexing one more zero as ● Simple algebraic expressions using
needed substitution
● Divide by a decimal or a mixed number, ● Linear equations using inspection and
multiplying both the divisor and dividend by systematic trial methods
the same multiple of 10 ● Linear equations with one variable using the
algebraic method
Graphs: Mean, Median & Mode ● Solving and graphing inequalities
● Read a bar graph ● Polynomials: add and subtract
● Find the mean to the nearest tenth ● Monomials: binomials, and trinomials by
● Find the median of a set of five numbers monomials: multiplication and division
● Find the median to the nearest tenth of a set ● Factoring polynomials
of six numbers

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MATH SOLUTION
SKILLS LIST
Geometry ● Subtract decimal number from whole number
● Angles: acute, obtuse, right, straight ● Add or subtract money: two decimal places
● Labeling geometric figures: angles, rays, ● Multiplication
lines, line segments, etc. ● Decimal fraction time decimal fraction
● Measuring angles with a protractor ● Whole number times decimal fraction, or the
● Lines: intersecting, perpendicular, and reverse
parallel ● Decimal fraction times decimal number
● Angles: transversals, opposite, alternate, co- ● Division: up to three-digit divisor and up to
interior, and supplementary angles three digit quotient
● Triangles and quadrilaterals ● Divide whole and decimal numbers
● Calculating and interior angle measurement
in triangles and quadrilaterals Decimals
● Properties of transformations: translations, ● Round whole numbers: up to the nearest
reflections, rotations, enlargements, and thousand
reductions ● Round decimal numbers: up to the nearest
● Circumference and area of a circle thousandth
● Applying the Pythagorean Theorem ● Round longer numbers, double or triple nines;
● Volume: rectangular prism and cylinder up to the nearest hundredth million

Graphing Fractions
● X, Y coordinate grid system ● Write proper fraction in lowest terms
● Naming coordinate points as ordered pairs ● Write improper fraction as whole number
● Plotting point on a coordinate grid ● Write whole number as improper fraction
● Investigate relationships between a figure ● Write improper fraction as mixed number:
and its translated, reflected, and rotated lowest terms not required
image ● Write mixed number as improper fraction
● Numerical relations and ordered pairs ● Find least common denominator
● Interpolating and extrapolating coordinate ● Addition and subtraction: like and unlike
values for integers and decimals fractions
● Graphs of linear relationships ● Whole numbers and mixed numbers
● Slope of a line ● Renaming unlike fractions
● X and Y intercepts ● Mixed numbers and unlike fractions
● Multiplication and division of two fractions
Integers ● Fractions and whole numbers
● Introduction to the use of integers ● Mixed numbers
● Locate integers on a number line
● Order integers Percent
● Add and subtract integers ● Rewrite percents as fractions, percents,
● Multiply and divide integers decimals, and percents
● Locating ordered pairs of integers on a plane ● Rewrite whole or mixed numbers as percents:
or the reverse
Math for Everyday Living ● Rewrite decimal percents as decimals, or the
(MA06) reverse
● Find a percent of a number
● Make reasonable judgments: reasoning ● Find the number when a percent is known
● Problem solving skills ● Find the unknown percent
● Identify what a problem is asking
● Locate relevant information Rounding
● Key mathematical vocabulary ● Round whole numbers; up to the nearest
● Basic operations: add, subtract, multiply, thousand
divide ● Round nines
● Pay and make change ● Round one place; no nines
● Sales slips ● Round in more than one place
● Unit pricing ● Decimal numbers: round up to the nearest
● Gasoline mileage w/ miles per gallon thousandth
● Sales tax ● Round longer numbers and nines; up to the
● Wages using help-wanted ads nearest hundred million
● Compare earnings with overtime and a ● Round double or triple nines
normal work week
● Percents: compute earnings with commission
● Time cards
● Paychecks and stubs

Touchdown Math Series

(MA07)

Whole Numbers
● Addition and subtraction: decimals, fractions
and whole numbers

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SCIENCE SOLUTION
SKILLS LIST

Diascriptive Reading in Science ● Interpret the meaning of a vocabulary word

(SC01) by examining contextual clues

Details Life Science Series

● Understand the importance of details (SC02)
● Distinguish between factual and fictional
details Cells and Tissues
● Evaluate information to select the most ● Identify and describe: cell membranes,
important details nuclei, cytoplasm, mitochondria, organelles,
● Organize details chronologically from a two lysosomes, vacuoles, chloroplasts,
or three step process chromosomes, DNA, mitosis, chloroplasts
● Choose between a written and an implied ● Mitosis and binary fission
details ● Cellular division in a single-cell vs. multi-
● Identify several supporting details from a cellular organism
short reading ● Describe 2 functions of an amoeba’s
pseudopod
Inference ● Tissues and organs
● Understand the meaning of an inferred idea ● Describe: smooth and striated muscle tissue,
● Infer a specific outcome from a general blood tissue, neurons and nerve tissue,
account erythrocytes, epithelial tissue, and green
● Identify an inferred synonym from a group of leaves
words
● Choose the correct inference from a table, list Classification of Living Things
or chart ● Organization
● Distinguish between the words all and some ● Why biologists classify
to make an inference ● How ancients classified
● Evaluate information to select a negative ● Binomial nomenclature and the concept of
inference “species”
● Modern system of classification an its 5
Main Idea kingdoms
● Understand what the main idea of a ● Evolutionary trend found in a phylogenetic
paragraph is tree
● Select the main idea from a paragraph that
includes several themes Genetics and Heredity
● Determine the main idea from reading a ● Stages of mitosis and meiosis related to
sequence of events or steps asexual and sexual reproduction
● Identify an appropriate title which serves as ● Mendel’s pea plant experiments and laws of
the main idea of a story heredity
● Choose the correct sentence that states the ● Genotype and phenotype
main idea of a paragraph ● Use Punnett Square to predict genotype
● Fill in a Cloze exercise with a word that
completes the main idea of a story Green Plants
● 25 parts of a green plant
Sequence ● Photosynthesis
● Understand what a sequence is ● Sexual reproduction in green plants
● Identify a sequence from a sentence that ● Pollination, fertilization, zygotes, embryos,
uses time/order words such as before, after, seeds, fruit, cross pollination, hybrids
last ● Ecology: food chains, pyramids, and nets to
● Arrange thee or more sentences in logical, show producers and consumers
sequential order ● Vegetative reproduction: runners, rhizomes,
● Answer questions based on reading a stolons, cuttings, grafting, stock, scion and
sequence order in a paragraph regeneration
● Assign numbers to order a sequence of ● Tropisms, phototropism, positive and
events from items in a table, list or chart negative geotropisms
● Select an appropriate title to name a story
from reading a sequence of events The Human Body
● Digestive system
Vocabulary ● Excretory system
● Understand how to find out the meanings of ● Respiratory system
new vocabulary words ● Circulatory system
● Use synonyms as a learning device to figure ● Skeletal system
out a new vocabulary word ● Nervous system
● Use antonyms as a learning device to figure ● Muscles, joints, and connective tissues
out a vocabulary word ● How circulatory, respiratory, and digestive
● Select an appropriate vocabulary word in systems are interrelated
order to complete a Cloze exercise ● How skeletal, muscular, and nervous systems
● Identify a different meaning of a vocabulary are interrelated
word by comparing three sentences out of ● Significance of each system to the welfare of
context the body as a whole

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SCIENCE SOLUTION
SKILLS LIST

Biology Concepts Series ● Predictions: observing and making

(SC03) ● Experiments: designing, correcting, drawing
conclusions
All programs ● Problem solving
● Vocabulary ● Performing guided numeric equations
● Critical thinking ● Data tables: reading and interpreting
● Design scientific investigations ● Graphing data using X and Y axis
● Make predictions ● Interpreting graphs
● Develop explanations based on ● Quantitative and qualitative statements and
investigations relationships
● Gather, analyze, and interpret data ● Experimental data: recording, identifying
errors, interpreting
Cellular Respiration ● Predictions: making and identifying problems
● Energy and cellular respiration ● Patterns in data: noticing, forecasting, and
● Difference between breathing and respiration predicting
● Cells: mitochondria, ATP and enzymes,
cellular respiration, and discoveries of
Rutherford, Priestley and Lavoisier
● Anaerobic respiration, aerobic respiration,
respiration/photosynthesis cycle
● Fermentation

Life and Non-life

● Characteristics of life, nutrition, movement,
excretion, synthesis, respiration, sensitivity,
growth, reproduction
● Classification of living and non-living
● Creating life in a laboratory
● Researching the existence of life on Mars

Ecology
● Ecosystems, communities, populations,
habitats, and niches
● Cycles: water, carbon-oxygen, and nitrogen
● Ecological succession
● Producer-consumer-decomposer relationship
● Consumers: herbivores, carnivores,
omnivores
● Biomes: 6 land and 2 water

Photosynthesis
● Raw materials and photosynthesis
● End products of photosynthesis: glucose and
oxygen
● Plant leaves and pigments
● Discoveries of Rutherford, Priestley, and
Lavoisier and the photosynthesis-respiration
cycle
● Visible spectrum
● Photo chemistry

Pollution
● Air pollution: Smog, “greenhouse effect” and
acid rain
● Land pollution: erosion, pesticides, poor
garbage disposal
● Water pollution: pollutants and role of
treatment facilities
● Extinction and endangered species
● Threatening ecosystems and habitats
● Fossil fuels, energy conservation, and
alternative energy sources
● Biodegradable materials

Thinking Like a Scientist

(SC04)

● Problem statements: correcting and

formulating

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WORKPLACE SOLUTION
SKILLS LIST

Reading in the Workplace Series Dilemma in the Workplace

(WP01- WP06) (WP07)

Modules: Skills:
● Automotive ● Awareness of dilemmas
● Clerical ● Comprehension
● Construction ● Critical thinking skills
● Electronics ● Decision-making
● Food Services ● Vocabulary
● Health Care
Topics include:
Skills include: ● Reaching a conclusion based on facts
● Accepting appropriate responsibility
Details ● Following directions and remaining alert
● Understand the importance of details ● Attitude on the job
● Distinguish between factual and fictional ● Stealing
details ● Child abuse and taking necessary action
● Evaluate information to select the most ● Appropriate dress and appearance
important details ● Substance abuse
● Organize details chronologically from a two ● Safety
or three step process ● Sexual harassment
● Choose between a written and an implied ● Theft
details ● Working with a difficult coworker
● Identify several supporting details from a ● Confrontation
short reading ● Personal problems
● Confidentiality
Inference/ Conclusion ● Job choice
● Understand the meaning of an inferred idea
● Infer a specific outcome from a general Math In The Workplace Series
account (WP08)
● Identify an inferred synonym from a group of
words Using Graphs, Charts, & Tables
● Choose the correct inference from a table, list ● Choose the best type of graph to represent
or chart different situations
● Distinguish between the words all and some ● Create graphs from tables of data
to make an inference ● Interpret and compare two sets of data from
● Evaluate information to select a negative double bar and line graphs
inference ● Read, interpret, and create various graphs
● Types of graphs: pictograph, bar, line, circle
Main Idea
● Understand what the main idea of a Measuring in Traditional and Metric Units
paragraph is ● Convert metric measurements into smaller or
● Select the main idea from a paragraph that larger metric units
includes several themes ● Convert traditional measurements into
● Determine the main idea from reading a smaller or larger traditional units
sequence of events or steps ● Metric measurement units for capacity,
● Identify an appropriate title which serves as weight, distance
the main idea of a story ● Metric prefixes and values
● Choose the correct sentence that states the ● Traditional measurement units for capacity,
main idea of a paragraph weight, distance
● Fill in a Cloze exercise with a word that
completes the main idea of a story Working with Lines and Angles
● Estimate the size on an angle
Vocabulary (in context) ● Four types of angles: acute, obtuse, right and
● Understand how to find out the meanings of straight
new vocabulary words ● Measure angles using a protractor
● Use synonyms as a learning device to figure ● Parallel and perpendicular lines: identify and
out a new vocabulary word define
● Use antonyms as a learning device to figure ● 6 vocational areas
out a vocabulary word ● Vocabulary: geometry terms
● Select an appropriate vocabulary word in
order to complete a Cloze exercise
● Identify a different meaning of a vocabulary Getting a Job/ Keeping a Job
word by comparing three sentences out of (WP09)
context
● Interpret the meaning of a vocabulary word Getting a Job
by examining contextual clues ● Appropriate clothing
● Being punctual
● Bringing appropriate materials
● Planning for childcare

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WORKPLACE SOLUTION
SKILLS LIST
● Completing an application correctly
● Designing a resume
● Conduct during an interview
● Writing a follow-up letter

Keeping a Job
● Being punctual
● Honesty, responsibility, discipline, attitude,
communication, and organization
● Following company policy
● Taking pride in your work

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