Dear Parents,
Happy New Year! We start our busy January with a States Unit. As part of that unit, each student will complete a brochure on a state. This brochure will be created using the computer program Pages. Students who complete packets early and also finish their Pages brochure will be allowed to create an “old fashioned” brochure which can be laminated.
In addition to the state brochure, we will be completing a States Unit. Information will be grouped as packets of yellow, green and blue sheets. If a student correctly completes the yellow packet, he or she will receive an M; yellow plus a green packet earns an M+; and yellow, plus a green, plus a blue packet is an E. We will also learn to identify and label all the states and their capitals. We will be having quizzes over different regions, and a final exam over them all. You may assist your child by helping him/her study state names and capitals for the quizzes and the geographical position and shape of each state, and by monitoring his/her progress in completing the packet(s).
Dates to remember:
New England/Middle Atlantic States Quiz - January 12
Southern States Quiz - January 16
Great Plains States Quiz - January 23
Southwest, Rocky Mountain, Pacific States - January 29
Total Test - February 6
Packets Due - (yellow, green and/or blue) February 6 (Yellow sheets minimum)
Brochure Due - February 6
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