IXL Learning
We are so excited to tell you about IXL Learning! We have been enjoying the Full Annual Membership in all subjects - Math, Language Arts, Science (grades 2-8), Social Studies (grades 2-8) and Spanish. We have been long time fans of this online, comprehensive learning program (read our past review) and are impressed with how the program has developed!
Let me tell you how this amazing program works. It's entirely online, with lessons for grades Prek-12 in core subjects, including Spanish learning. IXL isn't core curriculum, but a very valuable supplement to your studies for review and mastery. This is truly unique to find a program that can work with all my children. My three testers love it - grades 4,5 and 7.
It's very easy to use, simply set up your family profile and create a unique avatar and secret word for each student. I love that it is one easy login for all of us! Here is a quick peek at ours -
Here is where the program gets truly amazing. IXL has 2 main sections - Analytics and Learning. Inside Analytics - you can use the diagnostic tools to determine exactly where your student should start, or you can pick and choose what skills and topics you want to work on, even across the grade levels! This is the perfect tool for pinpointing and developing the skills your student needs most.
Inside the Analytics section, you can see your student's usage at a glance.
Monitor their progress and improvement.
Even get detailed information on the types of questions your student needs help with.
As a parent, the Analytic section is my favorite. I can keep up with what each of them is learning, and I'm just a geek for graphs ;-) In addition, I get weekly progress emails delivered in my inbox.
The main section of IXL is the Learning. When your student logs into their account, they immediately see program recommendations, base on their past use. But, your student can also choose what skills they want to work on.
For my testers, we set up a weekly schedule with Math and Language arts practice each day, and Social Studies, Science and Spanish three days a week. My testers were so excited -they did all this with ZERO complaining! They even asked to do more than I had scheduled...win for mom!
Here is a quick peek at what the lessons are included. Your child can work in any grade level or by topic. The program allows you to sort the skills either way, so you can jump around to skills they need most. The amount of lessons included is mind-boggling.
I like to give my testers the opportunity to select the skills they want to practice. Of course, they go right away to things they have mastered...shhh, don't tell them we call it "review". But, frequently, I will assign a particular lesson that needs more attention.
So let's look at a lesson. Each lesson pinpoints a particular skill. Your students answers the questions, and the program keeps track of progress. The adaptive technology adjusts questions to your student's progress. Meaning, when they get a question wrong, it will be reintroduced until they master it. Immediate feedback is given for correct and incorrect answers. Incorrect answers include an explanation for the student.
All the lessons are aligned to your state standards too.
As each skill is mastered, your student earns rewards. This is hands-down the favorite part of the program for my testers! Who knew online stickers, and collections could be such positive rewards?
Math rewards look like this -
Language Arts rewards are collections. What child doesn't like collecting? Here's ours -
You can also print out certificates for you student, either as a record of what they have accomplished, or as a reward.
We are huge fans of IX. It is so easy to use, and my testers give it a hearty six thumbs up!
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