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, JANUARY 16, 2026
D.9
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.
JANUARY 11 - 16, 2026
None this week.
Project coming up. See details below.
Social Studies Tests are OPEN BOOK tests. This means that during the test the students will be allowed to open their textbooks, but not their notebooks. It is important that they bring their textbooks to school. If it is left at home, they will not have access to it at school. It is recommended that as part of reviewing for the test, they read the actual lesson in the textbook including the captions under the pictures.
QUIZZES ARE UNANNOUNCED
U2 L1 FIRST COMMUNITIES
COMING UP:
Insha Allah, next week the students will be assigned a project. This project will be about discovering a continent. The students will be given time in class during the week to work on it, but they will be working on some parts at home. All materials will be provided. No additional purchases by the parents will be required. I want to see the student's best work. Collaboration in class while they working on their own projects is acceptable, in fact encouraged. They can ask me questions. They can ask their parents questions, but the work has to be theirs. The ideas have to be theirs. This is why I encourage the students to get as much done in class as possible so I can see them at work and the time at home is for relaxing. Please know that I will not accept anything which is not 100% done by the student themselves.
Please note:
Due date will be during the week of January 19 - 23, 2026. A confirmed date will be announced at the time when the project information and materials are handed out. The date will be announced here as well. No late project will be accepted.
This project carries dual grade: Social Studies and Writing. More details will be in the grade rubric when the project information is given.
This lesson covers:
1. People who used to live before colonists came and how they lived:
Cahokia (in Illinois)
Powhatan (in Virginia)
2. Colonists in North America:
Focus: British colonists in Virginia.
Why they came to America?
Problems faced by the British in settling America.
Establishment of Jamestown
Help received from Native American (Powhatan helping Jamestown settlers.
3. Life for colonists:
Farming
Other occupations like glass work and trade
Slavery
Vocabulary learned:
culture
barter
artifact
settler
slavery