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St. Edward Church St. Edward School Contact Us
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This page has information about how to complete projects that we're currently working on and highlights of projects we have completed. Extra Credit – third nine weeks S.S., Reading, English, and Spelling Read a book about Native Americans. It can be fiction or non-fiction. We have a wide selection in our classroom. Write a summary of the book using the page in your binder that tells you how to write a summary of a fiction or non-fiction book. Completing this project will add 10 points to your lowest grade in s.s., reading, English, and spelling. Due March 9 SOUNDS READING PROGRAM St. Edward third grade is participating in the Nashville Sounds Reading Club this spring, a reading program designed to provide prizes to students for reading. Your child will be able to improve their reading skills while earning a free ticket to a Nashville Sounds game and many other exciting prizes. This is an optional project. We will begin Monday, Feb. 22, and end on April 25. There are four different projects during this period – each representing a “base” on a baseball diamond. Once you complete a segment, your child advances to the next base. The goal is to “hit a home run.” Your child will need to complete the following reading/writing assignments to participate in the program. We will have books available in the classroom to assist with the projects, and books can also be checked out from the St. Edward or the public library. To Reach 1st Base – Read a book of poetry. Copy your favorite poem from the book onto a piece of paper and illustrate it. Turn in by March 5. 2nd Base – Read a non-fiction book. Write 10 facts that you learned from the book on a piece of paper. Turn in by March 12. 3rd Base – Read a book of your choice. Complete a one-page book report (use non-AR book report forms from the classroom or on our class webpage). Turn in by March 26. Homerun – Read a biography or autobiography. Fill in the Role Models worksheet which is available in the classroom. Turn in by April 1. Prizes – 1st Base – free ticket to a Nashville Sounds Game and a personal pan pizza from Pizza Hut 2nd Base – free kid’s meal at The Aquarium 3rd Base –a free kid’s meal to Rainforest Café Homerun – free book from Barnes & Noble and a chance to win great prizes at the Sounds Game (bikes, video games, radios, etc. When each goal is reached, the appropriate form or coupon will be signed by the teacher and sent home. The Sounds game is Sunday, May 16 at 2:05 pm. All students participating will use the first base coupon to get tickets for this game. Parents will have to buy their own discounted tickets. We will send home reminders about buying the tickets to the Sounds game at a later date. LEARNING THE 50 STATES – A Year Long Goal Name the states of each region the same way each time. The first state in each region that we name is called the “anchor state.” It is usually the best known or easiest to recognize of the group. Southeastern States Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Florida. Mnemonic Device - The King Wasn’t Very Nice Since Going Away Mad Last Autumn (must remember Florida separately) Additional Memorization Tips 1. You can also remember GAM for the order of Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi. 2. Remember Louisiana is shaped like an L. Western States Alaska, Hawaii, Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Arizona Mnemonic Device – Carl Once Walked Into Uncle Al’s Neighborhood Additional Memorization Tips 1. You can also remember the order of California, Oregon, and Washington with COW – or add Arizona in for A COW 2. Remember Nevada has a shape like the diagonal line of an N. Central States Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana Mnemonic Device - start with Texas and go straight up - Take Our Kids, No! Said Nanna. Start over with New Mexico and go straight up - New Cows Want Milk - New Mexico - Colorado - Wyoming - Montana Midwest States Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin Mnemonic Device - start with Michigan, circle clockwise - My Only Interest Is Melting Ice Making Water Additional Memorization Tip 1. Remember Michigan is shaped like a mitten. Northeastern States Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode, Massachusetts Mnemonic Device - start with Maine, go down through New York to Maryland and circle back counterclockwise - My Nervous Veterinarian Never Pulls My Dog's New Collar - Rover Might Bite (there is no B state, in class we chomp at that point to make it make sense and to remember that there's not really a B there. The schedule for studying each region of states is as follows – November and December – Southeastern states, January – Western states, state projects (done in school), February – Central states, state hat projects (done at home), March – Middle Western states, April – Northeastern states, May – review of and culminating test over all fifty states We will be doing a lot of work in school to learn the locations. We will be practicing with worksheets, games, puzzles, overhead maps, large hands-on Velcro maps, and websites. We will practice, at least for a few minutes, almost every time we meet for s.s. Though we will work daily at school, the children will still need additional practice at home! Please use the resources available on www.stedward.org – St. Edward School - Mrs. Minchey’s webpage – educational links – 50 States. There are websites for location practice. There is another resource available to you. www.unitedstreaming.com This is a paid website that the school subscribes to. It has tons of educational video clips that enhance our curriculum. We use it frequently in class. The website has videos for each of the US geographical regions we will be studying. After typing in www.unitedstreaming.com on your internet browser, put in “stedwardschool” as the username and the password is “student.” Do a search for “US Geography” and it will bring up videos about each region of states. It’s a series named “US Geography, From Sea to Shining Sea.” Each month, when we study a new region, you can have your child view this at home. We won’t be watching these videos in class, but they will enhance your child’s understanding of the geographical regions of our country. You can watch them together and discuss them as well. States Each Child Has Chosen (in case anyone forgets) 1-Arizona Book Report for AR Credit - if you read a book that we don't have the AR test for at school, you can still get AR credit! Just do a book report using "Book Report for AR Credit" form. You can print it out here or get copies in our classroom. How to Write a 5 Sentence Paragraph Begin with a topic sentence – Tell what the paragraph is about – the topic. Make it interesting. Be sure to indent!!! Example: Last summer my family went on an amazing picnic in a park.  Write
three detail sentences –
Each sentence should tell more about the topic. Use good describing words and interesting action words. Example: Last summer my family went on an amazing picnic in a park. We brought freshly made ham sandwiches, apple pie and ice cold lemonade. While we enjoyed our picnic lunch under a tree, a small gray squirrel crawled close to us. Suddenly this squirrel grabbed my delicious piece of pie off my plate and scurried off.
Ending Sentence - Restate the topic of the paragraph. Keep it interesting. Example: Last summer my family went on an amazing picnic in a park. We brought freshly made ham sandwiches, apple pie and ice cold lemonade. While we enjoyed our picnic lunch under a tree, a small gray squirrel crawled close to us. Suddenly this small squirrel grabbed my delicious piece of pie off my plate and scurried off. We couldn’t believe this hungry squirrel had invited himself to our family picnic!
Geobear One of our favorite on-going projects in 3M is Geobear. He is a bear that travels with any of our classmates that go out of state. He comes back with pictures and journal entries about his adventures. Pictured below is Chloe telling the class about her time with Geobear in St. Thomas.
Geobear started traveling in 2003. In the United States, he has been to Washington, Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Maryland, Washington, D.C., Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, North Carolina, Ohio, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, Florida, and Virginia. He has also visited St. Thomas, Jamaica, and Mexico.
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Please e-mail your questions to
mminchey@stedward.org
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Purple = states Geobear has visited