Multiplication Videos

Please watch these videos for math homework tonight. Click on each title to watch the video or do practice in another browser window. When you're done with the video or practice problems, come back to this page to click on the next video. Make sure you watch all of the videos!

1. Multiplying a 2 digit number times a 1 digit number without regrouping video
2. Try some multiplication problems without regrouping
3. Multiplying a 2 digit number times a 1 digit number with regrouping video
4. Try some multiplication problems with regrouping

Field Trips!

   This month we have had 2 special opportunities to take our studies off campus to learn from experts in each field of study.
    Last week we visited the Heart of Jesus Retreat Center in Santa Ana for our 1st ever 3rd grade retreat! We had a great time learning about faith, dignity, strength, Baptism, and sanctifying grace from the Sacred Heart Sisters. We learned new songs, created prayer wheels, and celebrated Mass during our retreat.

Hearing about our faith from the Sisters.

 We also learned about the examples of great Catholics, like Pope John XXIII and Pope John Paul II. 

Learning about symbols of Baptism

Our beautiful prayer wheels

This week we traveled to Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park to learn more about Native Americans on the Indian Trails Tour! We saw many examples of typical Native American homes, saw a Navajo Indian dance in traditional clothing, we visited the Mystery Lodge, made a bracelet to remember a Chumash story, and saw authentic totem poles. It was a very busy day, jammed packed with lots of learning and new experiences!

Our class with the Navajo Indian dancer in his eagle dance clothing

We made a quick stop to the wild west museum where we saw authentic Cheyenne Indian clothing.

We got to go inside a tipi to see more artifacts and to learn about plains indians.

Learning about where different tribes of Native Americans lived

Examining an authentic totem pole which tells a legend about raven.

Tests November 25-27

Tuesday 11/26
1. Social Studies Ch 2 Test

Tests November 18-22 & Spelling word list

Wednesday
1. Reading Comprehension Test: Grandma's Records

Thursday
1. Social Studies Quiz Ch 2 Lesson 3 & 4

Friday
1. Math Ch 3 Test
2. Spelling Test (see words below)
3. Religion Ch 3 Test (Faith First)

Spelling words
1. silk
2. look
3. speak
4. cake
5. bank
6. sunken
7. drink
8. smoke
9. brisk
10. squeak
11. track
12. stuck
13. stick
14. lock
15. deck
16. duck
17. bucket
18. cracker
19. stricken
20. check

Tests November 12-15

Thursday November 14
1. Social Studies Ch 2 Lesson 1 & 2 Quiz

Friday November 15
1. Spelling Test # 7
2. Religion Ch 2 Test
3. Science Ch 3 Test

Tests November 4-8 & 11-15

November 4-7
Wednesday
1. Science Ch 3 Lesson 5 Quiz

Thursday
1.Math Ch 2 Test
2. Religion Chapter 1 Test - Faith First

Friday - No School

November 11-15 
(schedule is tentative and may change/be added to later this week or early next week)
Monday - No School (Veteran 's Day)

Tuesday
1. Phonics Unit 2 Test

Thursday
1. Social Studies Ch 2 Lesson 1 & 2 (combined) Quiz

Friday
1. Religion Ch 2 Test - Faith First

Science Ch 3 Lesson 5 Outline

What are the life cycles of some plants?

I. Plant Life Cycles

     - life cycle: stages through which a living thing passes during its life

     A. All living things:

            1. change, usually beginning as something small and growing bigger

             2. they reproduce to make more of the same kind

             3. eventually they die

     - Most plants go through similar stages during their life cycles

     - Differences in life cycles can include the way they reproduce: seeds, spores, or cones

II. Life Cycle of a Flowering Plant:

    - Example: Pumpkin

    1. Germinating seed: happens when water, oxygen, and warm temperatures are present, stem grows up, roots grow down

    2. Growth: leaves grow & the plant makes sugar, it grows into an adult plant with flowers

    3. Pollination: some flowers make pollen, other flowers use that pollen to make seeds

    4. Adult Plant with Seeds: a fruit (pumpkin) is made/grown, the fruit has seeds inside, those seeds can become new plants

III. Life Cycle of a Conifer Plant:

    - Example: Pine trees

    1. Germinating seed: happens when water, oxygen, and warm temperatures are present, a seedling grows from the germinating seed

    2. Growth: takes many years, grows into a tall adult tree, makes small pollen cones & large seed cones

    3. Pollination: small pollen cones make pollen, wind carries the pollen to the large cones, where seeds are made

    4. Adult Plant with Seeds: seeds develop in the seed cones, then seeds fall to the ground when the cones open, those seeds can become new plants

IV. Other Plant Life Cycles

   1. Some plants have 2 kinds of life cycles. They can make seeds AND:

          A. use stems to grow a new plant (ex: strawberries)

          B. use roots to grow a new plant (ex: dandelions)

          C. use leaves to grow a new plant (ex: Kalanchoe)

V. Plant life cycle lengths vary greatly

     - Some take only a few weeks and others will have a one- or two-year life cycle

     - Trees live for a significantly longer time (175-3,000 years)

Ideas to reflect on:

 - How are the life cycles of flowering plants and conifer plants alike?

 - How do plants grow and change?    

 - Will a fern and a flowering plant have the same life cycle? 

 - Why do plants need to attract bees, hummingbirds, or butterflies to them? 

 - What do you think causes some desert plants to have such a short life cycle?

Tests October 28- November 1

Tuesday Oct 29
1. Social Studies Ch 1 Test

Friday Nov 1
1. Science Ch 3 Lesson 5 Quiz  postponed to Wednesday November 6

Tests October 21-25

Tuesday
1. Math Ch 2 Lesson 1-3 Quiz
2. Social Studies Ch 1 Lesson 4 Quiz

Thursday
1. Religion Family Life Unit 5 Test

Friday
1. Spelling week 6 words
2. Science Ch 3 Lesson 4 Quiz

Tests October 15-18

Wednesday October 16
1. Social Studies Ch 1 Lesson 3 Quiz
2. Science Ch 3 Lesson 3 open book assessment

Friday October 18
1. Spelling Test week 5 words
2. Reading Comprehension Test: The Ballad of Mulan

Tests October 7-11

Thursday 10/10
1. Phonics Unit 1

Friday 10/11
1. Religion Test: Family Life Unit 4 (lessons 7 & 8)

Tests September 23-27

Tuesday Sept 24
1. Religion Family Life Unit 2 Test

Thursday Sept 26
1. Math Ch 1 Test

Friday Sept 27
1. Spelling Test week 4 words

Our Class Study of Photosynthesis!

This week in science we will be exploring the process that many plants use to make food - photosynthesis! We will be reading about, acting out, and watching videos about photosynthesis to help us explore and understand this process that most plants go through. If you are looking for further resources to enhance your at home studies or want to know what we will be up to this week, please check out the cool resources I've gathered below:

http://www.5thandfabulous.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/photosynthesis-activity.html?m=1 A brief reader's theater we will use in class to 'act out' the process of photosynthesis!

http://www.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/games/sciencenews/index.htm Magic School Bus interactive activities and information about photosynthesis!

http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/plants/photosynthesis.htm Watch a video, sing karaoke, and take a quiz to help you remember what happens during photosynthesis!

http://plantsinmotion.bio.indiana.edu/plantmotion/starthere.html
Watch plants grow right before your eyes using time-lapsed photography!

Tests Sept 16-20

Wednesday
1. Review Quiz on Social Studies Ch 1 Lesson 1

Friday
1. Reading Cliff Hanger Reading Test
2. Spelling Test week 3 words
3. Religion Test: Family Life Unit 2
4. Science Ch 3 Lesson 1 Quiz

Tests Sept 12-13 MODIFIED

Thursday
NO Tests

Friday 
1.** Religion / Family Life Unit 1 Test (moved from Thursday to Friday because we didn't have time to go over the study guide together in class today (9/11)**
2. Spelling Test week 2 words
3. Reading Inferencing Assessment
4. Math Ch 1 Lesson 1 Quiz

Extra! Extra! Canned Food Drive!

This Wednesday, September 11th, bring in canned food to donate to the H.O.P.E. Office to help others on a day of solemn remembrance. We are only hosting the canned food drive for 1 day, so plan ahead! Any canned food donations to help the H.O.P.E. Office will be greatly appreciated.

Test Sept 9-13

Wednesday
1. Social Studies Ch 1 Lesson 1 (see study guide in SS spiral)

Thursday
1. Religion / Family Life Unit 1 Test

Friday
1. Spelling Test week 2 words
2. Reading Inferencing Assessment
3. Math Ch 1 Lesson 1 Quiz

Tests Sept 2nd-6th

Friday, September 6
1. Spelling Test week 1 words (check your child's spelling spiral for our 1st 10 words to study!)

Getting to Know Mrs. Quijada

Tests May 20-28

Wednesday
1. Math Ch 14 Test
2. Phonics Unit 6 Test

Thursday
1. Spelling Test: Trapped by the Ice words
   (list on wkbk p 241)
2. Social Studies Ch 7 Lesson 2 Quiz

No School Friday, May 24 & Monday, May 27

Next week...
Tuesday
1. Family Life Ch 1 & 2 Test

Wednesday
Social Studies Landmark Ad due