Bancroft-Rosalie Elementary School has purchased a site license for a supplemental online math program called IXL. IXL is a completely Web-based program and can be accessed from any web browser (however student reports and graphing cannot be done with an IPad).
IXL tracks each individual student and adapts to his or her math abilities, increasing the level of difficulty as a student improves. Students receive virtual prizes for mastering a math skill, which motivates the student to want to do math.
Grades 1-6 have been given IXL passwords and many students tell us they have working on it at home. The kindergarten will be given passwords in the next month. The IXL math skills follow the Nebraska State Math Standards and are broken down into grade levels, so students can work on higher grade levels once they have mastered the skills in their own grade.
Mrs. Buck is the school IXL coordinator. Students work on IXL during some of their computer activity times in the afternoons. The school expects that the addition math time working on state math standards will increase student performance on the State Math Assessments this spring.
Parents of elementary students, if you have internet at home, encourage your children to use IXL and ask them to show you how they are doing. They will be glad to show you the virtual prizes they have won.
