IXL

=IXL (http://www.ixl.com/)=

**Grades:** Pre-K to 8

**Description:** IXL is a website created to assist students master skills as they work on their skills for standardized tests. IXL takes each states standards and the Common Core standards and aligns their activities to each standard. While each activity is aligned with each states standards IXL also provides tracking of student's progress and identifies specific areas where students are struggling. For students each grade level has a specific game board that gives students prizes for achieving goals in their practice and motivates them to continue their work. Not only are the activities fun, but there are different types of practices that address different types of learning styles. While students are working on their practice they receive explanations for questions that they answered incorrectly. This website could be used in a variety of ways in the classroom. Teachers can use this website for homework that allows students to practice at home with immediate feedback, and also the teacher is able to track students progress. Not only will teachers be able to track progress, but parents can receive reports of their students progress in the program. This website could also be used in classroom to provide practice for lessons used in the classroom to make sure that students are receiving immediate help from the teacher.

**Frameworks:** The IXL website states that their practice is aligned with the 2010 Common Core standards and the 2004 Supplement to the 2000 Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks. IXL doesn't align directly with the new Massachusetts Frameworks, but it is still a valid site for use in the classroom because of it's use of the 2010 Common Core standards many of which are incorporated in the new Massachusetts Standards. Standards for Mathematical Practice Used:
 * 1) Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them
 * 2) Reasoning abstractly and quantitatively
 * 3) Model with mathematics
 * 4) Use appropriate tools strategically
 * 5) Look for and make use of structure
 * 6) Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning