IXL Winter Adventures skill plan

IXL Winter Adventures skill plan - Math 8th grade

Keep students learning with IXL's day-by-day skill plan! Find essential IXL skills for solidifying understanding below.

Days
Day 1: Be the change		1. Percent of change: word problems 2. Constant rate of change
Day 1: Be the change
1. Percent of change: word problems 2. Constant rate of change

Day 2: The root of the problem		1. Identify rational and irrational square roots 2. Estimate positive square roots
Day 2: The root of the problem
1. Identify rational and irrational square roots 2. Estimate positive square roots

Day 3: A clear diagnosis		Use the Real-Time Diagnostic for 20 minutes.
Day 3: A clear diagnosis
Use the Real-Time Diagnostic for 20 minutes.

Day 4: Ordering in		1. Put rational numbers in order Activity: List the ingredients for a "recipe of me". Are you 1/5 sweetness? 1/3 smarts? Make sure your recipe adds up to 1 whole you!
Day 4: Ordering in
1. Put rational numbers in order Activity: List the ingredients for a "recipe of me". Are you 1/5 sweetness? 1/3 smarts? Make sure your recipe adds up to 1 whole you!

Day 5: (ice)³		1. Cube roots of positive and negative perfect cubes 2. Volume of cubes, prisms, and pyramids
Day 5: (ice)³
1. Cube roots of positive and negative perfect cubes 2. Volume of cubes, prisms, and pyramids

Day 6: Decision time		Pick two skills off your Recommendations wall to practice!
Day 6: Decision time
Pick two skills off your Recommendations wall to practice!

Day 7: Identity crisis		1. Identify complementary, supplementary, vertical, adjacent, and congruent angles 2. Identify equivalent equations
Day 7: Identity crisis
1. Identify complementary, supplementary, vertical, adjacent, and congruent angles 2. Identify equivalent equations

Day 8: Mad scientist		1. Convert between standard and scientific notation 2. Compare numbers written in scientific notation
Day 8: Mad scientist
1. Convert between standard and scientific notation 2. Compare numbers written in scientific notation

Day 9: Turning over a new leaf		Practice two "Try something new" recommendations off your wall!
Day 9: Turning over a new leaf
Practice two "Try something new" recommendations off your wall!

Day 10: A slippery slope		1. Find the slope of a graph 2. Graph a line using slope
Day 10: A slippery slope
1. Find the slope of a graph 2. Graph a line using slope

Day 11: Factors and figures		1. Factors of linear expressions 2. Similar and congruent figures
Day 11: Factors and figures
1. Factors of linear expressions 2. Similar and congruent figures

Day 12: Travel the world		Pick a challenge from your award board and try to earn it!
Day 12: Travel the world
Pick a challenge from your award board and try to earn it!

Day 13: Scatterbrained		1. Create scatter plots 2. Outliers in scatter plots
Day 13: Scatterbrained
1. Create scatter plots 2. Outliers in scatter plots

Day 14: Do not pass go		1. Probability of simple events Activity: Create your own board game, then play it with a friend or family member. Think about probabilities to make it a fair game!
Day 14: Do not pass go
1. Probability of simple events Activity: Create your own board game, then play it with a friend or family member. Think about probabilities to make it a fair game!

Day 15: Open to interpretation		1. Interpret points on the graph of a linear function 2. Interpret line graphs
Day 15: Open to interpretation
1. Interpret points on the graph of a linear function 2. Interpret line graphs

Day 16: You put the fun in function		1. Identify functions: graphs 2. Evaluate a linear function
Day 16: You put the fun in function
1. Identify functions: graphs 2. Evaluate a linear function

Day 17: Sum math jokes aren't funny		1. Triangle Angle-Sum Theorem 2. Add and subtract linear expressions
Day 17: Sum math jokes aren't funny
1. Triangle Angle-Sum Theorem 2. Add and subtract linear expressions

Day 18: Go for the gold		Practice two recommendations off your wall. For an extra challenge, master two "Go for gold" skills!
Day 18: Go for the gold
Practice two recommendations off your wall. For an extra challenge, master two "Go for gold" skills!

Day 19: Circular reasoning		1. Area and circumference of circles 2. Use Venn diagrams to solve problems
Day 19: Circular reasoning
1. Area and circumference of circles 2. Use Venn diagrams to solve problems

Day 20: In and out		1. Simple interest 2. Compound events: find the number of outcomes
Day 20: In and out
1. Simple interest 2. Compound events: find the number of outcomes