IXL Summer Adventures skill plan

IXL Summer Adventures skill plan - 6th grade

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

Days
Day 1: Fix it		1. Identify mistakes involving the order of operations 2. Correct errors with frequently confused words 3. Identify and correct plagiarism 4. Evaluate tests of engineering-design solutions
Day 1: Fix it
1. Identify mistakes involving the order of operations 2. Correct errors with frequently confused words 3. Identify and correct plagiarism 4. Evaluate tests of engineering-design solutions

Day 2: Follow the rules		1. Use a rule to complete a number sequence 2. Laws and courts 3. Correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense 4. Predict forces using Newton's third law
Day 2: Follow the rules
1. Use a rule to complete a number sequence 2. Laws and courts 3. Correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense 4. Predict forces using Newton's third law

Day 3: When in Rome		1. Roman numerals 2. Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 3. Read about famous places 4. The beginnings of Rome
Day 3: When in Rome
1. Roman numerals 2. Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 3. Read about famous places 4. The beginnings of Rome

Day 4: Do you buy it?		1. Add and subtract money: multi-step word problems 2. Identify advantages and disadvantages of payment methods 3. The Louisiana Purchase 4. Costs and benefits
Day 4: Do you buy it?
1. Add and subtract money: multi-step word problems 2. Identify advantages and disadvantages of payment methods 3. The Louisiana Purchase 4. Costs and benefits

Day 5: Poetry		1. Read poetry 2. Label the rhyme scheme Activity: Write a poem. You can send it to a friend or relative, or keep it just for yourself!
Day 5: Poetry
1. Read poetry 2. Label the rhyme scheme Activity: Write a poem. You can send it to a friend or relative, or keep it just for yourself!

Day 6: What's the big idea, anyway?		1. Use key details to determine the main idea 2. Determine the main idea of a passage 3. Combine main ideas from two texts 4. The Enlightenment: origins and natural rights
Day 6: What's the big idea, anyway?
1. Use key details to determine the main idea 2. Determine the main idea of a passage 3. Combine main ideas from two texts 4. The Enlightenment: origins and natural rights

Day 7: Land before time		1. Identify and classify fossils 2. The Neolithic Period 3. Elapsed time 4. Time zones
Day 7: Land before time
1. Identify and classify fossils 2. The Neolithic Period 3. Elapsed time 4. Time zones

Day 8: Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?		1. Compare patterns 2. Use adjectives to compare 3. Compare passages for tone 4. Compare concentrations of solutions
Day 8: Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
1. Compare patterns 2. Use adjectives to compare 3. Compare passages for tone 4. Compare concentrations of solutions

Day 9: Compare and contrast		1. Compare and contrast in informational texts 2. Compare and contrast points of view 3. Compare ancient river civilizations: geography and society 4. Compare ancient river civilizations: achievements and legacy
Day 9: Compare and contrast
1. Compare and contrast in informational texts 2. Compare and contrast points of view 3. Compare ancient river civilizations: geography and society 4. Compare ancient river civilizations: achievements and legacy

Day 10: Cartography		1. Maps with decimal distances 2. Major U.S. cities Activity: Draw a map of your state. Make it detailed! Add as many towns, rivers, and landforms as you can.
Day 10: Cartography
1. Maps with decimal distances 2. Major U.S. cities Activity: Draw a map of your state. Make it detailed! Add as many towns, rivers, and landforms as you can.

Day 11: Coordinates		1. Objects on a coordinate plane 2. Distance between two points 3. Use coordinating conjunctions 4. Use lines of latitude and longitude
Day 11: Coordinates
1. Objects on a coordinate plane 2. Distance between two points 3. Use coordinating conjunctions 4. Use lines of latitude and longitude

Day 12: A picture is worth a thousand words		1. What percentage is illustrated? 2. Read realistic fiction with illustrations 3. Similes and metaphors with pictures 4. Interpret food webs I
Day 12: A picture is worth a thousand words
1. What percentage is illustrated? 2. Read realistic fiction with illustrations 3. Similes and metaphors with pictures 4. Interpret food webs I

Day 13: Uncharted territory		1. Create frequency charts 2. Interpret frequency charts: multi-step problems 3. The Lewis and Clark Expedition 4. Explore the engineering-design process: going to the Moon!
Day 13: Uncharted territory
1. Create frequency charts 2. Interpret frequency charts: multi-step problems 3. The Lewis and Clark Expedition 4. Explore the engineering-design process: going to the Moon!

Day 14: Divide and conquer		1. Divide 2-digit and 3-digit numbers by 2-digit numbers 2. Divide by powers of ten 3. Divide unit fractions and whole numbers: word problems 4. Caesar and the end of the Roman Republic
Day 14: Divide and conquer
1. Divide 2-digit and 3-digit numbers by 2-digit numbers 2. Divide by powers of ten 3. Divide unit fractions and whole numbers: word problems 4. Caesar and the end of the Roman Republic

Day 15: In conclusion		1. Choose the best concluding sentence 2. Summarize a story Activity: Read a newspaper or magazine article about a topic that interests you. Then write a summary of what you read.
Day 15: In conclusion
1. Choose the best concluding sentence 2. Summarize a story Activity: Read a newspaper or magazine article about a topic that interests you. Then write a summary of what you read.

Day 16: Fractions and freedom		1. Add and subtract fractions with unlike denominators: word problems 2. Multiply fractions and mixed numbers in recipes 3. The American Revolution: preparing for war 4. The American Revolution: struggle for independence
Day 16: Fractions and freedom
1. Add and subtract fractions with unlike denominators: word problems 2. Multiply fractions and mixed numbers in recipes 3. The American Revolution: preparing for war 4. The American Revolution: struggle for independence

Day 17: Where in the world?		1. Coordinate planes as maps 2. Follow directions on a coordinate plane 3. Region profile: East Asia 4. Region profile: West and Central Africa
Day 17: Where in the world?
1. Coordinate planes as maps 2. Follow directions on a coordinate plane 3. Region profile: East Asia 4. Region profile: West and Central Africa

Day 18: Exponents and empires		1. Multiply and divide by a power of ten: with exponents 2. Find the missing exponent or base 3. Mesopotamian empires 4. The Ghana Empire
Day 18: Exponents and empires
1. Multiply and divide by a power of ten: with exponents 2. Find the missing exponent or base 3. Mesopotamian empires 4. The Ghana Empire

Day 19: Problem solving		1. Volume of cubes and rectangular prisms: word problems 2. Multi-step word problems: multiplicative comparison 3. Science literacy: how can a community protect sea turtles? 4. Opportunity cost
Day 19: Problem solving
1. Volume of cubes and rectangular prisms: word problems 2. Multi-step word problems: multiplicative comparison 3. Science literacy: how can a community protect sea turtles? 4. Opportunity cost

Day 20: Let's talk about taxes		1. Sales and property taxes: word problems 2. Identify types of taxes Activity: What types of taxes are collected in the place where you live? How much are they? Find out by interviewing some adults or doing online research. If you were in charge, how would you adjust the taxes? Write a paragraph expressing your opinion.
Day 20: Let's talk about taxes
1. Sales and property taxes: word problems 2. Identify types of taxes Activity: What types of taxes are collected in the place where you live? How much are they? Find out by interviewing some adults or doing online research. If you were in charge, how would you adjust the taxes? Write a paragraph expressing your opinion.