Dear Parents,
I am pleased to tell you that we will be using a website called IXL in our classroom this year. IXL is a comprehensive learning program offering unlimited math practice problems in thousands of skills—all of which are aligned to New Hampshire 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:
- Go to https://www.IXL.com/signin/stratham
- Enter your child's username and password in the upper right corner and click the button to sign in. Your child's username:first letter of first name and last name@strathamexample: mmurphy@strathamYour child's password: sms
- Click on math and navigate to your child's grade level.
- Select a specific skill to practice from the list of skills. You can also place your mouse over any skill to see a sample question and click on the link to begin.
In addition to making practice exciting, IXL is designed to help your child learn at his or her own pace. The program is adaptive and will adjust based on your child's demonstrated understanding of the material. All of your child's results will be saved, so you can monitor his or her progress anytime by clicking on the Analyticstab at the top of the page. For on-the-go practice, you can download IXL's free tablet apps for iPad, Android, or Kindle and sign in with your child's username and password.
I will send a specific list of skills for your child to work on that will align with what we are learning in the classroom. I will post these skills in a blog post bi-weekly. Logging onto IXL is optional homework for your child. However, I do highly encourage your child to spend some time at home on IXL. Over the years, I have seen a direct correlation between confidence with math skills and stronger number sense with practicing IXL at home/school. I will go over more about IXL at your child's fall conference.
Thank you,
Megan Murphy
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