I am pleased to tell you that we will be using a website called IXL
in our classroom this year. IXL is a comprehensive maths review site with an
unlimited number of maths practice questions in hundreds of skills — all of
which are aligned to the national curriculum. 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:
2. Enter your child's username and password and click Sign in.
(Note: If the username and password are not listed below, they will be provided
separately.)
Username_____________________
Password_____________________
3. Navigate to your child's year level on the Practice tab.
4. Find a skill to practise by doing one of the following:
·
Select a specific skill to
practise 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.
·
Click on the Awards tab. Each year 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 maths 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 tab.
I hope you'll encourage your son or daughter to use IXL daily.
Here's to a year of working together to make maths fun for your child!
Enjoy!
Jenny Abnett
