IXL Summer Challenge 2026 Prevent the Summer Slide • Strengthen Key Skills • Build Confidence for Next Year! Duration: June 1-August 12 Weekly Goal: Complete 2 Math and 2 Language Arts skills each week with at least an 80 SmartScore.
Subjected Skills by Grade Level Entering 1st Grade Math Skills: Counting to 100 Addition and subtraction within 10 Identify 2D and 3D shapes Compare numbers (greater/less than) Measurement using nonstandard units Skip counting by 2s, 5s, and 10s
Language Arts Skills: Identify uppercase and lowercase letters Beginning and ending sounds Rhyming words Sight words Short vowel word families (CVC words) Simple sentence comprehension
Entering 2nd Grade Math Skills: Addition and subtraction within 20 Place value (tens and ones) Time to the hour and half-hour Graphing simple data Word problems Introduction to coins
Language Arts Skills: Read and answer questions about short passages Long vowel patterns (silent e) Contractions and compound words Subject-verb agreement Synonyms and antonyms Capitalization and punctuation