You are going to learn about your country: The United States. After we review the states, each student will choose a state to research. When you complete your research, we will make a presentation about the states to share with the class.
Click here to go to our 50 States Presentation
Click here to take this quick survey: What do you know about the United States?
Use these sites to research your State. Write your answers on the Graphic Organizer I handed out in class.
Try these sites first-
Fact Monster: The 50 States
State Facts for Students
Other good sites-
US 50 States Game
Enchanted Learning: The 50 States
Facts about the 50 States
Look up your assigned state. Find out the following facts:
State Name
State Capital
Govenor
State Flower
State Bird
Three Largest Cities
Three Interesting Facts
Thursday, March 12, 2015
Monday, March 9, 2015
A Visit to the Zoo
Today you are going to learn more about an animal that can be found at a zoo.
1. Choose a zoo animal
2. Click here to go to our Presentation "A Visit to the Zoo"
3. Find a picture of your animal and put it on the slide
4. Find 3 facts about your animal. Write these facts on your slide
5. Write one sentence (caption) about your animal on the slide
Click here to go to the "A Visit to the Zoo" Presentation
Tuesday, March 3, 2015
Barnard School 4th and 5th Graders particpate in a Mystery Skype
Barnard School students have been participating in Mystery Skypes with other schools around the world. So far, students in Grade 1-6 have had a chance to try to guess the location of another school, first guessing the state and then the town. Our last Skype was with a school outside of Atlanta, Georgia whose student body was larger than the entire population of South Hampton! Our students had to turn their Barnard School T-shirts inside out so they wouldn't give our location away!
Barnard students have created questions, gathered geographical material and facts about New Hampshire to participate in the Skype video conference. Here are some of the questions they have found most helpful:
1. Is your state east or west of the Mississippi River?
2. Does your state border an ocean?
3. Are you landlocked?
4. Does your state have snow in the winter?
5. Does your state have two names?
6. Does your state border another country?
These questions really narrow things down. For one Skype, they had to guess the location of a school in California and used highways and major thruways to identify the location! It has been fun to see the creative ways they use the atlas, computer, and maps to figure out where the other school is located.
We are continuing to look for more schools that are interested in participating through the Mystery Skype site.
Monday, March 2, 2015
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