Dear Parent/ Guardian,
Our next focus will center on the United States, its specific regions and capitals as well as wrapping up our mapping skills.
During our study of the United States, we will try to become familiar with our country’s geographical features and specific characteristics of each state. One of the goals during our state study will be for each child to attempt to learn all 50 states, their capitals and be able to locate them on an unmarked map. We will do this as non-threatening as possible by breaking the states into regions and by learning one region at a time. Your child will be given packets of information to complete each region on certain dates as part of their weekly homework assignment. These will be due back each Friday. Students, however, may hand them back earlier than that if the packet’s completed. Each student will also receive a study guide for them to learn the correct placement and capitals for their quiz each week. We will be reviewing these in the classroom. Students will need to study each night to be prepared for their weekly quiz.
Hopefully each child will reach this goal and have fun doing it. For some this may be difficult, so I am hoping that for these students that they will end knowing more than what they did prior to starting our study. I do not want this to be a frustrating or threatening to any of the students. I would stress that they should be able to know the Northeastern region since it is the area in which they live.
Thank you for all your extra help, support, and encouragement throughout span of time. If you have any further questions or concerns please feel free to contact me any time.
~Mrs. Cadoret
Here is the format/dates we will be following! Please Save and refer back to this!
Regions
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Study Sheets
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Quiz/Test Date
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Northeast Region
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November 5- 9
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Friday, November 9
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Southern Region
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November 12 - 16
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Friday, November 16
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Midwest Region
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November 26 - November 30
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Friday, November 30
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Plains Region
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December 3 - 7
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Friday, December 7
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Western Region
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December 10 - 14
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December 14
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Final Test on all 50 States
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December 17 - 21
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December 21
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Have fun!!!!
