IXL Winter Adventures skill plan - Language arts 2nd grade

Keep students learning with IXL's day-by-day skill plan! Find essential IXL skills for solidifying understanding below.

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Days
Day 1: Places to go and people to see		1. Choose the picture that matches the setting or character 2. Read along about famous people
Day 1: Places to go and people to see
1. Choose the picture that matches the setting or character 2. Read along about famous people

Day 2: Take a look at a book		1. Which book title goes with the picture? 2. Use text features
Day 2: Take a look at a book
1. Which book title goes with the picture? 2. Use text features

Day 3: Use the clues		1. Spell rhyming words to answer riddles 2. Use context to identify the meaning of a word
Day 3: Use the clues
1. Spell rhyming words to answer riddles 2. Use context to identify the meaning of a word

Day 4: Lesson learned!		1. Determine the themes of myths, fables, and folktales Activity: Read a book of your choosing and see if you can figure out the theme.
Day 4: Lesson learned!
1. Determine the themes of myths, fables, and folktales Activity: Read a book of your choosing and see if you can figure out the theme.

Day 5: Break the rules		1. Place sentences with irregular verbs on a timeline 2. Form and use irregular plurals
Day 5: Break the rules
1. Place sentences with irregular verbs on a timeline 2. Form and use irregular plurals

Day 6: It takes two		Pick two skills off your Recommendations wall to practice!
Day 6: It takes two
Pick two skills off your Recommendations wall to practice!

Day 7: What's the magic word?		1. Read along with fantasy 2. Complete the sentence with the correct sight word
Day 7: What's the magic word?
1. Read along with fantasy 2. Complete the sentence with the correct sight word

Day 8: It's all the same!		1. Which sentence has the same meaning? Activity: Pick three sentences from one of your favorite books. Then try to rewrite the sentences with different words that have the same meaning.
Day 8: It's all the same!
1. Which sentence has the same meaning? Activity: Pick three sentences from one of your favorite books. Then try to rewrite the sentences with different words that have the same meaning.

Day 9: O say can you see		1. Spell the long o word: silent e, oa, ow 2. Add descriptive details to sentences
Day 9: O say can you see
1. Spell the long o word: silent e, oa, ow 2. Add descriptive details to sentences

Day 10: Balloon bash		Pick a challenge from your award board and try to earn it!
Day 10: Balloon bash
Pick a challenge from your award board and try to earn it!

Day 11: Rhyme time		1. Complete the poem with a word that rhymes Activity: Close your eyes and point. Then see if you can come up with a rhyming word for what you pointed at. Now write a short poem with your rhymes.
Day 11: Rhyme time
1. Complete the poem with a word that rhymes Activity: Close your eyes and point. Then see if you can come up with a rhyming word for what you pointed at. Now write a short poem with your rhymes.

Day 12: Put it together		1. Put two syllables together to create a word: easier 2. Combine sentences: subjects
Day 12: Put it together
1. Put two syllables together to create a word: easier 2. Combine sentences: subjects

Day 13: What's the difference?		1. Describe the difference between related words 2. Compare and contrast in informational passages
Day 13: What's the difference?
1. Describe the difference between related words 2. Compare and contrast in informational passages

Day 14: Word whiz		Pick two "Reading foundations" skills to practice!
Day 14: Word whiz
Pick two "Reading foundations" skills to practice!

Day 15: All mixed-up		1. Unscramble the words to make a complete sentence 2. Order events in a story
Day 15: All mixed-up
1. Unscramble the words to make a complete sentence 2. Order events in a story

Day 16: What's that smell?		1. Choose the sensory details that match the picture Activity: Describe in writing the look, smell, and taste of your favorite food. Use as many descriptive details as you can.
Day 16: What's that smell?
1. Choose the sensory details that match the picture Activity: Describe in writing the look, smell, and taste of your favorite food. Use as many descriptive details as you can.

Day 17: Out of place		1. Which word is not like the others? 2. Select the detail that does not support the topic sentence
Day 17: Out of place
1. Which word is not like the others? 2. Select the detail that does not support the topic sentence

Day 18: What's the point?		1. Determine the topic and purpose of informational passages 2. Choose the text that matches the writer's purpose
Day 18: What's the point?
1. Determine the topic and purpose of informational passages 2. Choose the text that matches the writer's purpose

Day 19: Time's up!		Step into the arena for 20 minutes. Tip: You'll find the arena under Assessment.
Day 19: Time's up!
Step into the arena for 20 minutes. Tip: You'll find the arena under Assessment.

Day 20: Tell me why		1. Identify the purpose of a text 2. Complete the opinion passage with a reason
Day 20: Tell me why
1. Identify the purpose of a text 2. Complete the opinion passage with a reason