Please make sure you are in 3rd grade section of IXL. Clicking on the title of the IXL should take you to the assignment, but you will still have to log in using your username and password.
PLEASE ONLY DO THE IXL THAT HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO YOU.
I check the dates when an IXL was done. If you did it much earlier than when it was assigned by me, please redo it. ANYTHING DONE BEFORE THE START OF SCHOOL DOESN'T SHOW UP FOR ME SO IT MAY LOOK LIKE YOU HAVE DONE THE WORK, BUT IT SHOWS UP AS ZERO FOR ME. Redoing it will also help you practice your skills more.
NOTE:
Grade for any weekly IXL assignment completed WITHIN one week AFTER the due date will be updated after 20% deductions. When completed after the due date, PLEASE EMAIL ME. I will not update any IXL grade after this one week grace period.
I would highly encourage the students to start working on their homework early so that if they do have questions, they have time to ask me.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2026
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The homework is due on the date mentioned above by 5pm. Grades are entered on 10 point system. So if a student scored 90, it will be entered as 9/10 in quickschools. Grading is done based on 10-point system. If you get 100% score in IXL, Quick school will show it as 10/10. If you get 76%, it is 7.6 in Quickschools. I would highly recommend starting early. This is in case you get stuck, you can ask me in class. I encourage you to ask me in class if you have any problems or difficulties in the IXL assigned.
Please keep in mind that we may do some IXL as classwork at school. If the student is not able to finish then it becomes HW which is due the next morning.
FEBRUARY 17 - 20, 2026
None This Week
Textbooks and notebooks were sent home with the students on Friday.
Review will be done in class. Study guide will be sent home. Please see the information below.
QUIZZES ARE UNANNOUNCED
U3 L2 PLANTS AND ANIMALS INHERIT TRAITS FROM THEIR PARENTS
We follow HMH INTO SCIENCE curriculum. This is further supported by Daily Review in class as well as IXL.
We are beginning Unit 3, Lesson 2, “Plants and Animals Inherit Traits from Their Parents.”
Why do offspring sometimes look different from each other? They inherit different traits from their parents. By the end of this lesson, your child will
identify parents and their offspring based on the traits of each
explore how traits can vary between individual offspring
To prepare your child for this lesson, try this short activity:
With your child, search online for AKC-registered English setter breeders. View sites where images of both the puppies and parents are shown.
Have your child record their observations of the images.
Engage your child by asking these questions:
What were the similarities and differences between the puppies?
What were the similarities and differences between the parents?
In what ways did the puppies resemble their parents?
Science Summary
Plants and animals inherit physical traits from their parents.
The variation in traits the offspring inherit causes offspring to look more like one parent or the other and to have similarities and differences among all of the offspring.
Similar organisms can still show variations. For example, there are many different types of dogs.
Vocabulary for this lesson includes offspring and traits.
Preconception 1: All physical traits are inherited.
To address this, ask your student to list what traits they have that came from the environment, such as short hair or a scar.
Preconception 2: Traits affected by the environment can be inherited.
To address this, have your student consider the traits they listed above. Is short hair inherited, or would their child also need to trim their hair to keep it short?