IXL Summer Adventures skill plan

IXL Summer Adventures skill plan - 2nd grade

Get students exploring new topics this summer with these hand-picked skills, organized around fun daily themes!

Days
Day 1: A picture is worth a thousand words		1. Which feeling matches the picture? 2. Use models to add a two-digit and a one-digit number - without regrouping 3. Observe traits 4. Identify American symbols, landmarks, and monuments
Day 1: A picture is worth a thousand words
1. Which feeling matches the picture? 2. Use models to add a two-digit and a one-digit number - without regrouping 3. Observe traits 4. Identify American symbols, landmarks, and monuments

Day 2: Categories		1. Sort words into categories 2. Which word is not like the others? 3. Count shapes in a Venn diagram 4. Identify solids, liquids, and gases
Day 2: Categories
1. Sort words into categories 2. Which word is not like the others? 3. Count shapes in a Venn diagram 4. Identify solids, liquids, and gases

Day 3: Fraction action		1. Identify halves and fourths 2. Make halves and fourths 3. Complete the sentence with an action verb to match the picture 4. Identify action verbs
Day 3: Fraction action
1. Identify halves and fourths 2. Make halves and fourths 3. Complete the sentence with an action verb to match the picture 4. Identify action verbs

Day 4: Hours, days, months, and years		1. Read clocks and write times 2. Read a calendar I 3. Place sentences on a timeline 4. Lunar New Year
Day 4: Hours, days, months, and years
1. Read clocks and write times 2. Read a calendar I 3. Place sentences on a timeline 4. Lunar New Year

Day 5: Detective work		1. What am I? 2. Skip-counting puzzles Activity: Come up with your own "What am I?" riddle and test it out on a parent or family member!
Day 5: Detective work
1. What am I? 2. Skip-counting puzzles Activity: Come up with your own "What am I?" riddle and test it out on a parent or family member!

Day 6: Ten takeover		1. Ten more or less 2. Add two multiples of ten 3. Subtract multiples of ten 4. Skip-counting by tens
Day 6: Ten takeover
1. Ten more or less 2. Add two multiples of ten 3. Subtract multiples of ten 4. Skip-counting by tens

Day 7: Fact or fiction		1. Read along with fantasy 2. Read along with realistic fiction 3. Addition facts - sums up to 20 4. Subtraction facts - up to 20
Day 7: Fact or fiction
1. Read along with fantasy 2. Read along with realistic fiction 3. Addition facts - sums up to 20 4. Subtraction facts - up to 20

Day 8: Mixing it up		1. Identify mixtures 2. Put numbers up to 1,000 in order 3. Which addition or subtraction sentence is true? 4. Irregular plurals: select the word that matches the picture
Day 8: Mixing it up
1. Identify mixtures 2. Put numbers up to 1,000 in order 3. Which addition or subtraction sentence is true? 4. Irregular plurals: select the word that matches the picture

Day 9: Small step, giant leap!		1. Neil Armstrong 2. Skip-counting by fives 3. Add a one-digit number to a two-digit number - with regrouping 4. Read about famous places
Day 9: Small step, giant leap!
1. Neil Armstrong 2. Skip-counting by fives 3. Add a one-digit number to a two-digit number - with regrouping 4. Read about famous places

Day 10: Special days		1. Capitalize days and months 2. Holi Activity: What's your favorite holiday? Make a calendar showing the date and a picture of your holiday.
Day 10: Special days
1. Capitalize days and months 2. Holi Activity: What's your favorite holiday? Make a calendar showing the date and a picture of your holiday.

Day 11: What am I?		1. Name the three-dimensional shape 2. Guess the number 3. Identify plants and animals 4. Identify oceans and continents
Day 11: What am I?
1. Name the three-dimensional shape 2. Guess the number 3. Identify plants and animals 4. Identify oceans and continents

Day 12: Seeing double		1. Add doubles using models 2. Add doubles 3. Put two syllables together to create a word: easier 4. Complete the two-syllable words
Day 12: Seeing double
1. Add doubles using models 2. Add doubles 3. Put two syllables together to create a word: easier 4. Complete the two-syllable words

Day 13: Shaking things up		1. Count forward and backward by twos, fives, tens, and hundreds 2. Unscramble the words to make a complete sentence 3. Changes to Earth's surface: earthquakes 4. Susan B. Anthony
Day 13: Shaking things up
1. Count forward and backward by twos, fives, tens, and hundreds 2. Unscramble the words to make a complete sentence 3. Changes to Earth's surface: earthquakes 4. Susan B. Anthony

Day 14: Let's stick together		1. Identify magnets that attract or repel 2. Choose the picture that matches the vowel team word 3. Add three numbers - use doubles 4. Add a multiple of ten and a two-digit number
Day 14: Let's stick together
1. Identify magnets that attract or repel 2. Choose the picture that matches the vowel team word 3. Add three numbers - use doubles 4. Add a multiple of ten and a two-digit number

Day 15: Break it down		1. Form compound words with pictures 2. Prefixes and suffixes: review Activity: Create your own word equations! Pick a compound word and draw a picture for each part, with a plus sign in the middle. Ask your family members to guess the compound word!
Day 15: Break it down
1. Form compound words with pictures 2. Prefixes and suffixes: review Activity: Create your own word equations! Pick a compound word and draw a picture for each part, with a plus sign in the middle. Ask your family members to guess the compound word!

Day 16: Parts and wholes		1. Identify thirds 2. Make halves, thirds, and fourths in different ways 3. Body parts and their functions 4. Classify fruits and vegetables as plant parts
Day 16: Parts and wholes
1. Identify thirds 2. Make halves, thirds, and fourths in different ways 3. Body parts and their functions 4. Classify fruits and vegetables as plant parts

Day 17: Compare and contrast		1. Compare clocks 2. Compare pictures using comparative and superlative adjectives 3. Compare properties of objects 4. Compare urban, suburban, and rural areas
Day 17: Compare and contrast
1. Compare clocks 2. Compare pictures using comparative and superlative adjectives 3. Compare properties of objects 4. Compare urban, suburban, and rural areas

Day 18: Measurements and monuments		1. Measure using an inch ruler 2. Which customary unit of length is appropriate: inches or feet? 3. The Washington Monument 4. Mount Rushmore
Day 18: Measurements and monuments
1. Measure using an inch ruler 2. Which customary unit of length is appropriate: inches or feet? 3. The Washington Monument 4. Mount Rushmore

Day 19: G is for graph		1. Sort soft and hard g words and soft and hard c words 2. Pick the soft g or soft c word that matches the picture 3. Which picture graph is correct? 4. Interpret picture graphs
Day 19: G is for graph
1. Sort soft and hard g words and soft and hard c words 2. Pick the soft g or soft c word that matches the picture 3. Which picture graph is correct? 4. Interpret picture graphs

Day 20: Money, money, money		1. Purchases: do you have enough money? 2. Compare money amounts Activity: Ask a parent or family member for some coins. How many ways can you make 50 cents with your coins? Can you find 5 different ways to make $2?
Day 20: Money, money, money
1. Purchases: do you have enough money? 2. Compare money amounts Activity: Ask a parent or family member for some coins. How many ways can you make 50 cents with your coins? Can you find 5 different ways to make $2?