IXL Winter Adventures

5TH GRADE ELA

Keep up the studying this season with IXL Winter Adventures! Set out on a journey through
language arts with 20 days of skills and activities, each with its own fun theme.

Tip: To quickly find each skill, type the three-character skill ID into the search bar at the top left
of the page on IXL!

Add imagery to stories (JHD)

Day Feast for the
1 senses
Sort sensory details (BN8)

Day

2 The real deal Use the Real-Time Diagnostic for 20 minutes.

Select and use text features (CVZ)

Day

3 Find and replace

Correct errors with signs (XSD)

Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures (D8L)

Day

4 See what I mean?

Determine the meaning of idioms from context: set 1 (8ML)

Read historical fiction with illustrations (GCP)

Day Blast from the
5 past
Activity: Choose a time in history to research. Create a comic showing what
life was like during this time.

Word pattern analogies (WWV)

Day

6 Sensing a pattern

Label the rhyme scheme (PG7)

IXL Winter Adventures Fifth grade

Day

7 Off the wall Pick two skills from your Recommendations wall to practice!

Read fantasy with illustrations (U9D)

Day A world of my
8 own
Use possessive pronouns (L6N)

Compare and contrast points of view (GV8)

Day In my humble
9 opinion
Identify an author’s statement of opinion (RAE)

Read poetry (PCM)

Day

10 Places and poems

Read about famous places (VT8)

Order the words to create a sentence (RQP)

Day

11 Out of order

Determine the order of events in informational texts (CQA)

Commas with compound and complex sentences (QM9)

Day

12 Pause for paws

Read passages about animals (L9D)

Day The choice is

13
Pick two “Grammar and mechanics” skills to practice!
yours

Similes and metaphors with pictures (9TK)

Day

14 Pretty as a picture

Read passages about art, music, and traditions (WST)

IXL Winter Adventures Fifth grade

Create varied sentences based on models (UBL)

Day

15 Mix things up
Activity: Write a story about a town where people behave in unexpected
ways. Be sure to use many different styles and types of sentences.

Read passages about sports and hobbies (GDH)

Day

16 Home run

Is it a complete sentence or a run-on? (6XL)

Homophones with pictures (7ZU)

Day

17 Which witch?

Multiple-meaning words with pictures (QQU)

Day Challenge
18
Pick a challenge from your awards page and try to earn it!
accepted!

Select the members of a group (FRR)

Day

19 Come together

Sort words with shared prefixes and suffixes by meaning (55H)

Match problems with their solutions (XJG)

Day

20 Make a change
Activity: What is one thing people could do to make the world a better
place? Make a poster persuading people to take this action!