Curriculum Updates

We are continuing to prepare for CRCT!  We will also be presenting and sharing our HOTS projects for Mr. Popper's Penguins this coming week!  We will not have spelling contract, but will have a Language Arts review packet this week.

We will study maps in SS then Lyndon B. Johnson!

We will review all this week and the two days after we return for Spring Break for the CRCT!  

Updates:
-Send in field day order forms by 3/28!
-send in flower money for teacher appreciation week asap!
-Signed papers and report cards will go home on Tuesday, 3/26

Standards:

 SS3G1 The student will locate major topographical features.

a. Identify major rivers of the United States of America: Mississippi, Ohio, Rio Grande, Colorado, Hudson.

b. Identify major mountain ranges of the United States of America: Appalachian, Rocky.

c. Locate the Equator, Prime Meridian, and lines of latitude and longitude on a globe.

Map Skills:

1. use map key/legend to acquire information from, historical, physical, political, resource, product and economic maps

2. use cardinal directions

3. use intermediate directions

4. use a letter/number grid system to determine location

5. compare and contrast the categories of natural, cultural, and political features found on maps

6. use inch to inch map scale to determine distance on map

7. use latitude and longitude to determine location

EQ:

What do you use a map/globe for?

 What type of map shows mountains and rivers?

What is a map key?

What are the types of maps?

How do you find locations on a map?

Can I Locate the Equator, Prime Meridian, and lines of latitude and longitude on a globe and map?

Can I Compare and contrast the categories of natural, cultural, and political features found on maps?

Name ___________________ Date __________________

Map Unit Study Guide    Test is ________________________.

1.  globe_______________________________________________
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2. map ________________________________________________
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­­­­­­­­3. key________________________________________________
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4. compass rose_________________________________________
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5. scale_______________________________________________
____________________________________________________

6. lines of longitude______________________________________
____________________________________________________

7.  Prime Meridian_______________________________________
_____________________________________________________

8. Equator_____________________________________________

_____________________________________________________

9.  lines of latitude______________________________________

_____________________________________________________

The three types of maps are:

cultural map- ____________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________ 

natural map-_____________________________________
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political map-____________________________________
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