IXL Summer Adventures skill plan

IXL Summer Adventures skill plan - 5th grade

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

Days
Day 1: Bigger than big		1. Compare numbers up to one million 2. Rounding: up to millions place 3. Describe the difference between related words 4. The Empire State Building
Day 1: Bigger than big
1. Compare numbers up to one million 2. Rounding: up to millions place 3. Describe the difference between related words 4. The Empire State Building

Day 2: Patterns		1. Use a rule to complete a number pattern 2. What is true about the given pattern? 3. Word pattern analogies 4. Sort words with shared prefixes and suffixes by meaning
Day 2: Patterns
1. Use a rule to complete a number pattern 2. What is true about the given pattern? 3. Word pattern analogies 4. Sort words with shared prefixes and suffixes by meaning

Day 3: Time travel		1. Read historical fiction 2. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words 3. Compare fossils to modern organisms 4. Interpret evidence from fossils in rock layers
Day 3: Time travel
1. Read historical fiction 2. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words 3. Compare fossils to modern organisms 4. Interpret evidence from fossils in rock layers

Day 4: Area and antonyms		1. Area between two rectangles 2. Use area and perimeter to determine cost 3. Find equivalent fractions using area models 4. Find antonyms in context
Day 4: Area and antonyms
1. Area between two rectangles 2. Use area and perimeter to determine cost 3. Find equivalent fractions using area models 4. Find antonyms in context

Day 5: Point of view		1. Distinguish characters' points of view 2. Identify facts and opinions Activity: Rewrite a famous story or fairy tale from the villain's point of view.
Day 5: Point of view
1. Distinguish characters' points of view 2. Identify facts and opinions Activity: Rewrite a famous story or fairy tale from the villain's point of view.

Day 6: A picture is worth a thousand words		1. Add fractions with unlike denominators using models 2. Compare mythological illustrations 3. Animal cell diagrams: label parts 4. Identify American landmarks and monuments: part I
Day 6: A picture is worth a thousand words
1. Add fractions with unlike denominators using models 2. Compare mythological illustrations 3. Animal cell diagrams: label parts 4. Identify American landmarks and monuments: part I

Day 7: Picture perfect		1. Count lines of symmetry 2. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures 3. Animal adaptations: beaks, mouths, and necks 4. Identify American landmarks and monuments: part II
Day 7: Picture perfect
1. Count lines of symmetry 2. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures 3. Animal adaptations: beaks, mouths, and necks 4. Identify American landmarks and monuments: part II

Day 8: Use your crystal ball		1. Draw inferences from a text 2. Make predictions about a story 3. Use climate data to make predictions 4. Understand overall supply and demand
Day 8: Use your crystal ball
1. Draw inferences from a text 2. Make predictions about a story 3. Use climate data to make predictions 4. Understand overall supply and demand

Day 9: It's triangular		1. Acute, obtuse, and right triangles 2. Scalene, isosceles, and equilateral triangles 3. Checks and balances 4. Change-of-state diagrams: melting, freezing, vaporizing, condensing, and sublimating
Day 9: It's triangular
1. Acute, obtuse, and right triangles 2. Scalene, isosceles, and equilateral triangles 3. Checks and balances 4. Change-of-state diagrams: melting, freezing, vaporizing, condensing, and sublimating

Day 10: Get organized		1. Create bar graphs 2. Read graphic organizers Activity: Pick a graphic organizer from this skill and make one of your own! It could be about your hobbies, your family, or anything that interests you.
Day 10: Get organized
1. Create bar graphs 2. Read graphic organizers Activity: Pick a graphic organizer from this skill and make one of your own! It could be about your hobbies, your family, or anything that interests you.

Day 11: Fractions and fiction		1. Compare fractions: find the missing numerator or denominator 2. Multiply fractions by whole numbers: sorting 3. Read fantasy with illustrations 4. Read science fiction with illustrations
Day 11: Fractions and fiction
1. Compare fractions: find the missing numerator or denominator 2. Multiply fractions by whole numbers: sorting 3. Read fantasy with illustrations 4. Read science fiction with illustrations

Day 12: Compare and contrast		1. Compare fractions using benchmarks 2. Compare and contrast characters 3. Compare information from two texts 4. Compare animal life cycles
Day 12: Compare and contrast
1. Compare fractions using benchmarks 2. Compare and contrast characters 3. Compare information from two texts 4. Compare animal life cycles

Day 13: Contrast and compare		1. Compare savings options 2. Compare decimals on number lines 3. Compare strengths of magnetic forces 4. Compare fossils to modern organisms
Day 13: Contrast and compare
1. Compare savings options 2. Compare decimals on number lines 3. Compare strengths of magnetic forces 4. Compare fossils to modern organisms

Day 14: Changes in latitude, changes in attitude		1. Identify lines of latitude and longitude 2. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters 3. Change-of-state diagrams: solid, liquid, and gas 4. Find the change, price, or amount paid
Day 14: Changes in latitude, changes in attitude
1. Identify lines of latitude and longitude 2. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters 3. Change-of-state diagrams: solid, liquid, and gas 4. Find the change, price, or amount paid

Day 15: Money matters		1. Budget a weekly allowance: word problems 2. Calculate profit: word problems Activity: Come up with your own idea for a business! Write a business plan. What materials would you need? How would you make a profit?
Day 15: Money matters
1. Budget a weekly allowance: word problems 2. Calculate profit: word problems Activity: Come up with your own idea for a business! Write a business plan. What materials would you need? How would you make a profit?

Day 16: Show me the data		1. Create and interpret line plots with fractions 2. Graph points on a coordinate plane 3. Create and use supply and demand curves 4. Use data to describe climates
Day 16: Show me the data
1. Create and interpret line plots with fractions 2. Graph points on a coordinate plane 3. Create and use supply and demand curves 4. Use data to describe climates

Day 17: Dramatic decimals		1. Read drama 2. Identify the purpose of a text 3. Round decimals 4. Compare decimals and fractions on number lines
Day 17: Dramatic decimals
1. Read drama 2. Identify the purpose of a text 3. Round decimals 4. Compare decimals and fractions on number lines

Day 18: Measure twice, cut once		1. Measurement word problems with fractions 2. Compare and convert customary units 3. Remove the sentence that does not belong 4. Identify laboratory tools
Day 18: Measure twice, cut once
1. Measurement word problems with fractions 2. Compare and convert customary units 3. Remove the sentence that does not belong 4. Identify laboratory tools

Day 19: What's in a name?		1. Capitalizing the names of people and pets and titles of respect 2. Pick all the names for a quadrilateral 3. Origins of scientific names 4. Name oceans and continents
Day 19: What's in a name?
1. Capitalizing the names of people and pets and titles of respect 2. Pick all the names for a quadrilateral 3. Origins of scientific names 4. Name oceans and continents

Day 20: Timelines		1. Schedules and timelines 2. Reading and creating timelines with BCE and CE Activity: Create a timeline of your life.
Day 20: Timelines
1. Schedules and timelines 2. Reading and creating timelines with BCE and CE Activity: Create a timeline of your life.