Hi, the following letter was sent home in their take home folders today. If your child forgot their folder, please have them bring them tomorrow. Their paper will have their user name and password. (You can access the IXL link directly from the blog. It is posted under school links. On a desk top these links on the their right hand side and on tablet and phones scroll to the bottom.)
Dear Parent,
I am pleased to tell you that we will be once again using a website called IXL in our classroom this year. For those of you new to our classroom, IXL is a comprehensive math review site with an unlimited number of practice questions in thousands of skills—all of which are aligned to state standards. One of the best things about IXL is that your child can access it from home, so you have a chance to see your child’s progress!
To get your child started on your home computer, please follow these easy steps:
- Enter your child’s username and password and click Sign in.
Username_____________________
Password_____________________
- Click on Math at the top of the page and navigate to your child’s grade level.
- Find a skill to practice by doing one of the following:
- Select a specific skill to practice from the list of skills. You can place your mouse over any skill to see a sample question and click on the link to begin.
- Go to the Awards Each grade level presents challenges for your child to conquer and virtual prizes to be uncovered. Place your mouse over any challenge to begin.
In addition to making math practice exciting, IXL is designed to help your child learn at his or her own pace. The website is adaptive and will adjust to your child’s demonstrated ability level. The site also saves all of your child’s results, so you can monitor your child’s progress anytime by clicking on the Reports at the top of the page.
This resource is paid for by the school and it is an expectation that students will use this program on a regular basis. Throughout the year, I will post IXL lessons that coordinate with the unit of study in the classroom. You will find these on the classroom blog, under the page IXL. These Lessons will be homework. Please do not limit your child to only the homework lessons. Please encourage your child to work on IXL a little each day. Occasionally your child might struggle with a concept, please don’t have them continue on this concept if they are still not answering them correctly after reading several help prompts. IXL should be a fun learning tool and we don’t want any tears of frustration. If you do not have internet access in your home, please let me know.
Sincerely,
Ms. Brittany