IXL Winter Adventures skill plan - Language arts 3rd grade

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

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Days
Day 1: That's fantastic!		1. Read fantasy with illustrations 2. Compare mythological illustrations
Day 1: That's fantastic!
1. Read fantasy with illustrations 2. Compare mythological illustrations

Day 2: Learn and grow		Pick two skills off your Recommendations wall to practice!
Day 2: Learn and grow
Pick two skills off your Recommendations wall to practice!

Day 3: A perfect combo		1. Form compound words with pictures 2. Combine sentences: subjects and predicates
Day 3: A perfect combo
1. Form compound words with pictures 2. Combine sentences: subjects and predicates

Day 4: Problem-solver		1. Match problems with their solutions 2. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb
Day 4: Problem-solver
1. Match problems with their solutions 2. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb

Day 5: A work of art		1. Read about art, music, and traditions Activity: What's your favorite family tradition? Write a poem or a song about it
Day 5: A work of art
1. Read about art, music, and traditions Activity: What's your favorite family tradition? Write a poem or a song about it

Day 6: Creatures and features		1. Read about animals 2. Use text features
Day 6: Creatures and features
1. Read about animals 2. Use text features

Day 7: Just for you		Pick two skills from your Recommendations wall to practice!
Day 7: Just for you
Pick two skills from your Recommendations wall to practice!

Day 8: See what I mean?		1. Multiple-meaning words with pictures 2. Shades of meaning with pictures
Day 8: See what I mean?
1. Multiple-meaning words with pictures 2. Shades of meaning with pictures

Day 9: Spot the pattern		1. Word pattern analogies 2. Create varied sentences based on models
Day 9: Spot the pattern
1. Word pattern analogies 2. Create varied sentences based on models

Day 10: On a mission		1. Identify the author's purpose: mixed media Activity: What's your favorite toy or game? Create a poster that persuades other people to buy it.
Day 10: On a mission
1. Identify the author's purpose: mixed media Activity: What's your favorite toy or game? Create a poster that persuades other people to buy it.

Day 11: How poetic!		1. Read poetry 2. Spell rhyming words to answer riddles
Day 11: How poetic!
1. Read poetry 2. Spell rhyming words to answer riddles

Day 12: Kid's choice		Pick two "Grammar and mechanics" skills to practice!
Day 12: Kid's choice
Pick two "Grammar and mechanics" skills to practice!

Day 13: Picture this		1. Similes with pictures 2. Choose the picture that matches the idiomatic expression
Day 13: Picture this
1. Similes with pictures 2. Choose the picture that matches the idiomatic expression

Day 14: Call to order		1. Put the sentences in order 2. Order items from most general to most specific
Day 14: Call to order
1. Put the sentences in order 2. Order items from most general to most specific

Day 15: Brave new worlds		1. Read science fiction with illustrations Activity: What would you do if you had a time machine? Write a story about it.
Day 15: Brave new worlds
1. Read science fiction with illustrations Activity: What would you do if you had a time machine? Write a story about it.

Day 16: Get active!		1. Read about sports and hobbies 2. Use action verbs
Day 16: Get active!
1. Read about sports and hobbies 2. Use action verbs

Day 17: Challenge yourself		Pick a challenge from your award board and try to earn it!
Day 17: Challenge yourself
Pick a challenge from your award board and try to earn it!

Day 18: Sensational senses		1. Sort sensory details 2. Add descriptive details to sentences
Day 18: Sensational senses
1. Sort sensory details 2. Add descriptive details to sentences

Day 19: Dare to compare		1. Compare information from two informational texts 2. Spell adjectives that compare
Day 19: Dare to compare
1. Compare information from two informational texts 2. Spell adjectives that compare

Day 20: Sign of the times		1. Correct errors with signs Activity: Create a sign with a positive message. Be sure your sign is error-free before you hang it up!
Day 20: Sign of the times
1. Correct errors with signs Activity: Create a sign with a positive message. Be sure your sign is error-free before you hang it up!