Study of the States

Hopefully your children are busy at home preparing their dioramas and paragraphs for the State Fair. Over the next couple of weeks I will give the children one night per week without written homework to give them additional time to work on it. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

The children are working equally hard at school. While we are focusing in on one small aspect of their state at home, we are looking at the entire state at school. The children have completed research sheets to gain general information. We are learning about agriculture and manufacturing. (Ask your child for an example of something that is manufactured! Ask them the difference between manufacturing and agriculture!) We are learning that states became parts of our nation at different times.

This information will be compiled and shared on a large display board that will represent each region at the state fair. They will be displayed along with the children's dioramas. Together the children will look carefully at their collective states and analyze why they are grouped together. Most importantly, we want children to understand that where people live in our country affect how they live.