IXL Spring Learning Showdown 2019: Leaderboard Update #2
The Spring Showdown is in full swing and we continue to be amazed by all your hard work! Without further ado, here is our second leaderboard update, with the top 20 classes in each grade…
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IXL Spring Learning Showdown 2019: Leaderboard Update #1
This year’s Spring Learning Showdown is in full swing and we’re over the moon about all your hard work! As promised, we’ve got the first update on who’s currently in the lead, with the top…
National Poetry Month: Free ELA Lesson Plans for Grades 3-8, 9-12
Ready to get poetic? We’ve created a free lesson plan for grades 3-8 and 9-12 just in time for National Poetry Month! Read on for more on our ode to poetry and to download the…
Enter the 2019 IXL Spring Learning Showdown!
Spring is in the air, which means it’s time for IXL’s annual Spring Learning Showdown! Encourage a month of learning by challenging your class to answer as many questions as they can for the chance…
Learning activities Inspired by Social Media
You’ll “like” this: social media can inspire creative classroom activities! From imagining historical tweets to documenting Snapchat-worthy science, these ideas take advantage of students’ familiarity with social platforms and solidify learning in a fresh and…
New year, new skills for ELA and math!
Kick off a new year of learning with new IXL skills for language arts and math! We’ve added skills to help young readers master the written word and refined our coverage of key skills in…
What’s the Main Idea: Free ELA Lesson Plan for Grades 6-8
Need some lesson plan inspiration to get you to winter break? Want to expand your cache of ELA lesson plans? We have you covered! We’ve put together a free 3rd-6th grade lesson plan that will…
New social studies and science skills just in time for fall!
We’re continually working to expand our skill offerings to make IXL’s curriculum the best it can be! This week, we’ve added new social studies and science skills for middle school. We’ve also strengthened key skills…
Back to school is here, along with new ELA and social studies skills!
Brush up on some new skills this back to school season with our latest additions in elementary school language arts and math, and middle school social studies! Continue reading to learn more about our newest…
Spark your interest in science with new skills from IXL!
Exciting news for science lovers: new middle school science skills are now available on IXL! And for our global users, we’ve released new phonics skills for each international edition of ELA. Continue reading to learn…
Mastering the Multi-Grade Classroom with IXL
Karla Rupp, an elementary teacher at Freeman Academy, faced a challenge in effectively teaching her multi-grade classroom. She wanted to meet the needs of her first, second, and third graders, but it was difficult to…
Make a Great Summer Reading List!
You may have heard that we recently added English Language Arts to our Continuous Diagnostic, giving students the power to pinpoint their current learning levels in four key strands: Reading Strategies, Vocabulary, Writing Strategies, and…
