IXL Summer Adventures skill plan

IXL Summer Adventures skill plan - 3rd grade

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

Days
Day 1: Picture it!		1. Create pictographs I 2. Choose the picture that matches the setting or character 3. Which book title goes with the picture? 4. Identify urban, suburban, and rural areas
Day 1: Picture it!
1. Create pictographs I 2. Choose the picture that matches the setting or character 3. Which book title goes with the picture? 4. Identify urban, suburban, and rural areas

Day 2: Fact or fiction		1. Read along about science and nature 2. Read science fiction 3. Which subtraction sentence is true? 4. Balance addition equations - up to two digits
Day 2: Fact or fiction
1. Read along about science and nature 2. Read science fiction 3. Which subtraction sentence is true? 4. Balance addition equations - up to two digits

Day 3: Tell me a story		1. Choose topic sentences for narrative paragraphs 2. Add descriptive details to sentences 3. Insert dialogue into a story 4. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb
Day 3: Tell me a story
1. Choose topic sentences for narrative paragraphs 2. Add descriptive details to sentences 3. Insert dialogue into a story 4. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb

Day 4: Show me the money		1. Purchases - do you have enough money - up to $5 2. How much more to make a dollar? 3. Correct amount of change 4. What is economics?
Day 4: Show me the money
1. Purchases - do you have enough money - up to $5 2. How much more to make a dollar? 3. Correct amount of change 4. What is economics?

Day 5: What's your opinion?		1. Identify an author's statement of opinion 2. Identify facts and opinions Activity: Write down a list of 5 of your opinions (e.g., Chocolate is the best ice cream flavor). Then poll your friends and family to see how many of them agree or disagree with your opinions.
Day 5: What's your opinion?
1. Identify an author's statement of opinion 2. Identify facts and opinions Activity: Write down a list of 5 of your opinions (e.g., Chocolate is the best ice cream flavor). Then poll your friends and family to see how many of them agree or disagree with your opinions.

Day 6: Fractions and contractions		1. Make halves, thirds, fourths, sixths, and eighths 2. Match unit fractions to models 3. Use contractions with "not" 4. Use contractions in a sentence
Day 6: Fractions and contractions
1. Make halves, thirds, fourths, sixths, and eighths 2. Match unit fractions to models 3. Use contractions with "not" 4. Use contractions in a sentence

Day 7: Break it down		1. Identify base words, prefixes, and suffixes 2. Sort words with shared prefixes and suffixes by meaning 3. Write division sentences for groups 4. Identify plant parts and their functions
Day 7: Break it down
1. Identify base words, prefixes, and suffixes 2. Sort words with shared prefixes and suffixes by meaning 3. Write division sentences for groups 4. Identify plant parts and their functions

Day 8: Put it together		1. Use linking words to complete a passage 2. Complete the sentence with a two-syllable word 3. Add two-digit numbers with regrouping - sums to 100 4. Estimate sums
Day 8: Put it together
1. Use linking words to complete a passage 2. Complete the sentence with a two-syllable word 3. Add two-digit numbers with regrouping - sums to 100 4. Estimate sums

Day 9: Sides and cycles		1. Parallel sides in quadrilaterals 2. Identify trapezoids 3. Read animal life cycle diagrams 4. Read and construct flowering plant life cycle diagrams
Day 9: Sides and cycles
1. Parallel sides in quadrilaterals 2. Identify trapezoids 3. Read animal life cycle diagrams 4. Read and construct flowering plant life cycle diagrams

Day 10: State of mind		1. Abbreviate state names 2. Identify the 50 states Activity: Pick a U.S. state you'd like to visit. Plan your trip! How would you get there? What would you visit?
Day 10: State of mind
1. Abbreviate state names 2. Identify the 50 states Activity: Pick a U.S. state you'd like to visit. Plan your trip! How would you get there? What would you visit?

Day 11: Let's get down to business		1. Put money amounts in order 2. Add money amounts - word problems 3. Goods and services 4. Producers and consumers
Day 11: Let's get down to business
1. Put money amounts in order 2. Add money amounts - word problems 3. Goods and services 4. Producers and consumers

Day 12: Spelling bees and butterflies		1. Spell rhyming words to answer riddles 2. Spell the sight word 3. Spell word names for numbers up to 20 4. Pollinator: painted lady butterfly
Day 12: Spelling bees and butterflies
1. Spell rhyming words to answer riddles 2. Spell the sight word 3. Spell word names for numbers up to 20 4. Pollinator: painted lady butterfly

Day 13: Time machine		1. Introduction to fossils 2. Compare fossils to modern organisms 3. Elapsed time word problems: find the end time 4. Relate time units
Day 13: Time machine
1. Introduction to fossils 2. Compare fossils to modern organisms 3. Elapsed time word problems: find the end time 4. Relate time units

Day 14: Skip, jump, and hop		1. Skip-counting by twos, fives, and tens 2. Skip-counting sequences 3. Identify mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and amphibians 4. Identify vertebrates and invertebrates
Day 14: Skip, jump, and hop
1. Skip-counting by twos, fives, and tens 2. Skip-counting sequences 3. Identify mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and amphibians 4. Identify vertebrates and invertebrates

Day 15: Measure it		1. Which customary unit of length is appropriate: inches, feet, or yards? 2. Customary units of length: word problems Activity: Practice your powers of estimation! Guess the length of some objects in your home, then measure them to check your accuracy. Can you find something that's about 6 inches long? About 2 feet tall?
Day 15: Measure it
1. Which customary unit of length is appropriate: inches, feet, or yards? 2. Customary units of length: word problems Activity: Practice your powers of estimation! Guess the length of some objects in your home, then measure them to check your accuracy. Can you find something that's about 6 inches long? About 2 feet tall?

Day 16: Time for change		1. Making change 2. Read clocks and write times 3. Frederick Douglass 4. Find evidence of changes to Earth's surface
Day 16: Time for change
1. Making change 2. Read clocks and write times 3. Frederick Douglass 4. Find evidence of changes to Earth's surface

Day 17: Let's stick together		1. Form compound words 2. Count equal groups 3. Benefits of group behavior: North American caribou 4. Label magnets that attract or repel
Day 17: Let's stick together
1. Form compound words 2. Count equal groups 3. Benefits of group behavior: North American caribou 4. Label magnets that attract or repel

Day 18: It's multiplying		1. Identify multiplication expressions for equal groups 2. Write multiplication sentences for equal groups 3. Multiple-meaning words with pictures 4. Identify multiple materials in objects
Day 18: It's multiplying
1. Identify multiplication expressions for equal groups 2. Write multiplication sentences for equal groups 3. Multiple-meaning words with pictures 4. Identify multiple materials in objects

Day 19: Compare and contrast		1. Compare and contrast in informational passages 2. Use adverbs to compare 3. Compare numbers 4. Compare vertices, edges, and faces
Day 19: Compare and contrast
1. Compare and contrast in informational passages 2. Use adverbs to compare 3. Compare numbers 4. Compare vertices, edges, and faces

Day 20: Finding information		1. Use text features 2. Use dictionary entries Activity: Create your own book covers, like the ones from "Use text features". Bonus points for funny author names!
Day 20: Finding information
1. Use text features 2. Use dictionary entries Activity: Create your own book covers, like the ones from "Use text features". Bonus points for funny author names!