IXL Winter Adventures skill plan - Language arts 5th 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: Feast for the senses		1. Add imagery to stories 2. Sort sensory details
Day 1: Feast for the senses
1. Add imagery to stories 2. Sort sensory details

Day 2: The real deal		Step into the arena for 20 minutes. Tip: You'll find the arena under Assessment.
Day 2: The real deal
Step into the arena for 20 minutes. Tip: You'll find the arena under Assessment.

Day 3: Find and replace		1. Select and use text features 2. Correct errors with signs
Day 3: Find and replace
1. Select and use text features 2. Correct errors with signs

Day 4: See what I mean?		1. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures 2. Determine the meaning of idioms from context: set 1
Day 4: See what I mean?
1. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures 2. Determine the meaning of idioms from context: set 1

Day 5: Blast from the past		1. Read historical fiction with illustrations Activity: Choose a time in history to research. Create a comic showing what life was like during this time.
Day 5: Blast from the past
1. Read historical fiction with illustrations Activity: Choose a time in history to research. Create a comic showing what life was like during this time.

Day 6: Sensing a pattern		1. Word pattern analogies 2. Label the rhyme scheme
Day 6: Sensing a pattern
1. Word pattern analogies 2. Label the rhyme scheme

Day 7: Off the wall		Pick two skills off your Recommendations wall to practice!
Day 7: Off the wall
Pick two skills off your Recommendations wall to practice!

Day 8: A world of my own		1. Read fantasy with illustrations 2. Use possessive pronouns
Day 8: A world of my own
1. Read fantasy with illustrations 2. Use possessive pronouns

Day 9: In my humble opinion		1. Compare and contrast points of view 2. Identify an author's statement of opinion
Day 9: In my humble opinion
1. Compare and contrast points of view 2. Identify an author's statement of opinion

Day 10: Places and poems		1. Read poetry 2. Read about famous places
Day 10: Places and poems
1. Read poetry 2. Read about famous places

Day 11: Out of order		1. Order the words to create a sentence 2. Determine the order of events in informational texts
Day 11: Out of order
1. Order the words to create a sentence 2. Determine the order of events in informational texts

Day 12: Pause for paws		1. Commas with compound and complex sentences 2. Read about animals
Day 12: Pause for paws
1. Commas with compound and complex sentences 2. Read about animals

Day 13: The choice is yours		Pick two "Grammar and mechanics" skills to practice!
Day 13: The choice is yours
Pick two "Grammar and mechanics" skills to practice!

Day 14: Pretty as a picture		1. Similes and metaphors with pictures 2. Read about art, music, and traditions
Day 14: Pretty as a picture
1. Similes and metaphors with pictures 2. Read about art, music, and traditions

Day 15: Mix things up		1. Create varied sentences based on models Activity: Write a story about a town where people behave in unexpected ways. Be sure to use many different styles and types of sentences.
Day 15: Mix things up
1. Create varied sentences based on models Activity: Write a story about a town where people behave in unexpected ways. Be sure to use many different styles and types of sentences.

Day 16: Home run		1. Read about sports and hobbies 2. Is it a complete sentence or a run-on?
Day 16: Home run
1. Read about sports and hobbies 2. Is it a complete sentence or a run-on?

Day 17: Which witch?		1. Homophones with pictures 2. Multiple-meaning words with pictures
Day 17: Which witch?
1. Homophones with pictures 2. Multiple-meaning words with pictures

Day 18: Challenge accepted		Pick a challenge from your awards page and try to earn it!
Day 18: Challenge accepted
Pick a challenge from your awards page and try to earn it!

Day 19: Come together		1. Select the members of a group 2. Sort words with shared prefixes and suffixes by meaning
Day 19: Come together
1. Select the members of a group 2. Sort words with shared prefixes and suffixes by meaning

Day 20: Make a change		1. Match problems with their solutions Activity: What is one thing people could do to make the world a better place? Make a poster persuading people to take this action!
Day 20: Make a change
1. Match problems with their solutions Activity: What is one thing people could do to make the world a better place? Make a poster persuading people to take this action!