Science Ch 3 Lesson 4 Quiz Study Guide

Know the definition of germinate, pollinate, & reproduce.

Flowering Plants:

1. Make seeds in flowers
2. animals or wind carries the pollen from one flower to another flower
3. seeds are often protected by fruit

Conifers:

1. Makes seeds in cones
2. wind carries the pollen from the pollen cone (smaller) to the seed cone
3. seeds are protected by scales on the cones

Both:
Make seeds from which new plants grow

Social Studies Ch 3 Lesson 4 Notes

customs : ways of doing things
religion : beliefs about gods or spirits
shaman: in some cultures, a curing doctor who helps cure the sick
folklore:
 oral history: spoken history
Indians had their own ceremonies and customs

Ceremonies: mostly religious, celebrated marriages or special times of the year,
Yuroks celebrate catching the 1st salmon of the year they believed that nature was controlled by different spirits, men or women could be shamans
Indians passed down beliefs and culture through storytelling the history, beliefs, and customs of a group as told in its storieschildren listened to elders tell them the folklore of their tribe
some stories taught lessons about how to act, the tribes beliefs, how the world and humans came to be, and explained why things are the way they are

Folklore includes many different types of games, stories, and art.Art: They created beautiful things that could also be used in every day life
They made rock art - painting and carving rocks
carved furniture and tools from wood or bone, made dolls, clothing, baskets, instrumentsGames: were played by children and adults,
many games taught skills children would need when they grew up
might even play games to settle an argument

California Indians showed a respect for the land, Tribes had different ways of life, including different religious beliefs, ceremonies, stories, art, and games. Together, these ways of life were part of each tribe's customs and folklore.

Science Ch 2 Lesson 1 & 2 Quiz Study Guide

What tasks could the following simple machines help you do...
inclined plane        wheel and axel       wedge       screw        pulley           lever

What is the difference between a simple machine and a complex machine?

What technology protects people from diseases?

What technology processes huge amounts of information and is used in many inventions that improve people’s lives? 

According to a scientist, what is work?

* * Don't forget to review pages 46-59 in your Science textbook and to look over the assignments we've covered on www.pearsonsuccessnet.com/ * *

What's cookin' in 3rd Grade?

   S'mores of course! Today we took our solar ovens (built by the 3rd graders themselves!) to the blacktop & cooked s'mores as an end of the year celebration of our studies in 3rd grade Science. As you can see, we had a blast this year.
   Whether you're testing theories at home by designing experiments, exploring God's gift of creation in the outdoors, or taking yet another trip to the Discovery Science Center, I hope each of you will use your God-given talents & curiosity this summer to learn more about the world we live in!

3rd Graders from Miss H's class show off their own special solar cooker design

3rd Graders from Mrs Q's room show their version of Scott's Solar Cooker

Miss H's 3rd Graders enjoy their S'mores with their design teammates.

Mmmm! Those look tasty!

Social Studies Ch 7 Lesson 4 Notes

Local Government in California

What does local government do for its citizens?

A. Services that local governments provide:
2 types of local gov't : city and county
California Constitution (plan for a system of gov't) originally written in 1849, revised for 30 years, and finished in 1879
2 forms of city gov't in CA:
A. Council-manager form (most cities use) :
1. voters elect a city council
2. City council appoints a mayor and hire a
city manager
B. Mayor-council form:
1. voters elect the mayor and city council
members
i. mayor - executive branch: makes sure laws are
 carried out & hires people to run city departments
ii. city council - legislative branch: make
  laws and collect taxes


Local Governments Provide Services

more than 3/4 of CA citizens live in cities
Cities have police and fire departments some have health and parks departments

Public works department takes care of day to day needs: trash collection, street sweeping and repair, clean water
Taxes pay for city workers and services the gov't provides for citizens

County Government
highest level of local gov't, 58 counties in CA
county seat - city or town where county gov't offices are located
county board of supervisors elected by citizens & discuss and solve problems that affect the county

Social Studies Ch 7 Lesson 3 Quiz Study Guide

Vocabulary : President, appoint, Supreme Court, capitol, legislative, executive, judicial, Congress


Questions:
What are the 3 branches of the United States government?
Who are some workers that provide services through government?
How do representatives from California take part in the federal government?
Who is in charge of California’s executive branch? 
What 2 groups make up California’s legislative branch?
What is the name of the highest court in California?
How many justices are in the United States Supreme Court? 

Social Studies Chapter 7 Lesson 1 & 2

 Vocabulary: cooperate, law, consequence, mayor, elect, citizen, court, judge, rights, amendment, Bill of Rights, representative, majority rule, minority rights


Capitol building - where the Senate & House of Representatives meet (Legislative Branch)
- Senate: made up of Senators, elected every 6 years, 2 for every state
- House of Representatives: made up of representatives (congressman/congresswoman), elected every 2 years, # of representatives depends on the population of each state, head of the house is called the Speaker
Supreme Court - Judicial Branch made up of 9 justices, appointed by the President & approved by the Senate, they are appointed for life
President - Executive Branch - lives in the White House


Lesson 1: Rules & Laws
people need to cooperate to keep their community safe

cooperate: work together
laws: rules that a community makes
consequence: what happens because of what a person does
some consequences for breaking the law include fines/paying money, going to jail, community service hours, getting hurt

Community Government
the government members meet to talk about problems and decide how to solve them
mayor: a community leader
citizens: people who live in and belong to a community
elect: to choose a person to serve in a government position by voting
Court: a place where a judge makes decisions about a law
Judges: people from the community who are chosen to work as leaders in the court
they decide if someone breaks a law & they choose the consequences, judges must be fair & treat everyone the same way


Lesson 2: The United States Constitution

Why is the Constitution important?
1. It describes how our national government
works - in Washington D.C. - 3 branches
laws from Britain were unfair they fought the Revolutionary War, Constitution approved in 1789
2. The Bill of Rights describes rights and freedoms.
George Mason's idea
James Madison wrote them
10 original amendments, but more have been added since then

-all of the other laws in our country are based on the Constitution
- our government has 3 branches and no part of the government has all the power - we call that "checks and balances"
- citizens elect representatives who work for us to be our voice in the government
-majority rule: whatever gets the most votes wins
- minority rights: the smaller group (the thing that has less votes for it) still gets to keep its rights

Social Studies Ch 6 Study Guide

We will complete & correct this page in class tomorrow, but here are the study guide questions if you'd like to start studying today!

Vocabulary words: technology, entrepreneur, industry, port, invention, heritage, private property

What kind of map shows where people live?

What is the Big Four?

Which business was important in San Jose before World War 2?

What do Domingo Ghirardelli and Levi Strauss have in common?

Who lived in the Santa Clara Valley before the Spanish?

What did many Chinese railroad workers do after the finished working on the transcontinental railroad?

What are the terms past, present, future, century, decade, and generation related to?

Answer the following questions in complete sentences.

1. What improvements were made to the city of San Jose in the 1860s? 
2. How has industry changed in California since the 1850s?  

The Melting Race Questions

1. Describe how your ice cube changed. Include the shape, color, size, and texture of the solid AND liquid in the description.
2. Describe the method you used to melt your ice cube.
3. Did anything surprise you as you melted the ice cube?
4. Ask your neighbors how long it took them to melt their ice cube and how they melted it. Why do you think one of the cubes melted faster than the other one?


REMEMBER: Any experiment revisions for a higher score must be completed and turned in to Mrs. Quijada no later than 8:00 AM Friday, May 4.

Social Studies Ch 5 Study Guide

We will complete & correct the follow pages in class tomorrow, but I thought some of you might want to get a sneak peak at how you should help your child guide their studying for our social studies test on Friday. Happy Studying!

Social Studies Ch 5 Lesson 2 California's Early Communities Quiz Questions

1. A _______________________ is a new community.

2.  A person who lives in a settlement is a ______________________.

3. A ______________________ is the path or direction a person takes to get somewhere.

4. A _______________ was a small religious community with a church, a few workshops, and rooms in which people lived.

5. A ____________________ was a fort built to protect missions from enemy attacks.

6. A ____________________ is a village.

7.  What were the 3 kinds of communities that the Spanish built to help keep control of the land it had claimed in California?

8. How many missions did the Spanish build in California? Where were they located?

9. How far was it from one mission to the next? 

10. What sort of negative affect did the Spanish and their missions have on the California Indians?  

11. How many presidios did the Spanish build? _______________________

12. Where was the first mission built? _________________________

13. Where was the first presidio built? _________________________

14. Where was the first pueblo built? _________________________

Moon Calendar

Due: 2/27/12 (but Miss Farmer will be checking it weekly) Name:____________________  #:______

Moon Calendar

January 23 – February 25

Directions: Look at the moon each night and draw what it looks like in the box for that date. Don’t forget to color the lit part of the moon yellow.

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31	1	2	3	4
5	6	7	8	9	10	11
12	13	14	15	16	17	18
19	20	21	22	23	24	25

Social Studies Ch 5 Lesson 2 California's Early Communities

Vocabulary
settlement - new community
settler - person who lives in a settlement

3 types of communities:
1. Missions - built by the Spanish, small religious community with a church, a few workshops, & rooms in which people lived
21 missions all built near the coast, Father Junipero Serra (a priest) helped build all the missions from San Diego to Sonoma
1st mission - San Diego de Alcala built in 1769
led by priests, they taught Christian religion, Indians worked growing wheat and corn and raising animals

2. Presidios - built by the Spanish, was a fort to protect the missions
 4 presidios, built near best harbors
1st presidio - San Diego in 1769
others were built in San Francisco, Santa Barbara, & Monterey
they were government buildings, soldiers & their families lived there, a large wall protected each presidio

3. Pueblo - a village, started by American Indians & people from Spain, Mexico, & Africa
had adobe houses, churches and public buildings
supplied missions & presidios with food & goods
1st built in 1777 near San Francisco (became San Jose)
Los Angeles was originally a pueblo

California's Explorers

Tricks for remembering Explorers who came to California:

Social Studies Ch 5 Lesson 1 Notes

SS Ch 5 Lesson1: Exploring California

Main Ideas:
1. Explorers came to California from Spain, England, & Russia
2. Explorers came to California for different reasons.

Christopher Columbus (Italian explorer) 1492 he sailed from Spain to try to find a shorter route to India but instead he found California

European explorers were sent to spread their religion, find treasure, to claim land, and to buy silk and spices from Asia
They wanted to find the Strait of Anian - which they hoped would allow them to sail through North America to Asia

Hernando Cortes (Spanish explorer) sailed from Mexico (called New Spain) in the 1500s, looking for the Strait of Anian, landed in Baja California in 1535 & claimed it for Spain

Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo (Spanish explorer) sailed North from Mexico in 1542, reached San Diego bay & was 1st explorer to land in Alta California, claimed Catalina Island & San Miguel Island for Spain, met the Chumash Indians

English Explorer
Sir Francis Drake landed in California in 1579, stopped near San Francisco & claimed the area for England

1602 - Spanish explorer Sebastian Vizcaino named San Diego & discovered Monterey Bay, drew maps of the coast

1700s Russians came to California to hunt seals and sea otters for their furs, they wanted pelts (animal furs) to make warm clothing to sell in Russia & China

Social Studies Ch 4 Lesson 3

Many American Indian tribes today have their own governments. They also take part in the US government.

Tribal government is separate or sovereign from the US government, state & local government
Like a separate country / nation
may have their own constitution
Tribal councils:
1. run the reservation,
2. represent its tribe in the state & national (US) government
3. manage the tribes economy
Tribal Governments offer special services to tribe members:
1. community meal once a week
2. child care programs
3. programs to help children with their schoolworkUS Constitution says that the national government has the power to work with Indians, they agreed to provide education, health care, and other services in exchange for the tribes' land
BIA (Bureau of Indian Affairs) works with tribes the most, they provide services for Indians like job training, medical care, & education
tribal & state governments try to cooperate with each other but the state government can't tell the tribal government what to do

Multiplication Timed Tests

Wednesday, January 4: Timed Test on 7's
Friday, January 6: Make-up Timed Test on 7 and any other test your child hasn't passed yet

Monday, January 9: Timed Test on 8's
Wednesday, January 11: Timed Test on 9's
Friday, January 13: Make-up Timed Tests on 8's & 9's

Monday January 16: Timed Test on 11's
Wednesday, January 18: Timed Test on 12's
Friday, January 20: Make-up Timed Tests 11's & 12's

Further dates for additional Make-up Test slots will be posted later. You may also come by after school Tuesdays or Thursday (around 3pm) to take make-up tests at your own pace!