Exciting news for science lovers: new middle school science skills are now available on IXL! And for our global users, we’ve released new phonics skills for each international edition of ELA. Continue reading to learn more about the new skills, then head to IXL to try them out yourself!
New science skills
We’ve released 12 new science skills for grades 6-8! These skills cover topics such as weather and climate, particle motion and energy, natural selection, and engineering practices.
Check out some examples below and try out the rest of the skills yourself.
In these skills, students explore detailed maps for real-world weather conditions and learn how air masses form and behave.
Introduction to natural selection
This skill uses engaging illustrations to introduce students to natural selection and prepare them for more advanced statistics-based skills that follow.
New language arts skills
Exciting news for our global learners: we now offer comprehensive phonics coverage for each English-language edition of IXL! Now, budding readers and writers can practice 140 new grade 1 and grade 2 phonics skills focused on reading, phonics rules, and spelling patterns.
Try the skills out yourself and see some examples below!
Complete the poem with a word that rhymes
In this whimsical skill, students practice building their reading fluency and comprehension. After reading a short poem, students will complete the poem with a word that rhymes.
Spell words with open and closed syllables
This skill teaches students how to read and spell longer words by understanding their syllable structure. After listening to an audio recording that demonstrates how to divide the syllables, students can put two syllable tiles together to complete a word.
