WEEK OF OCTOBER 22, 2018

UNIT two
geography - exploring earth

We continue to learn about the many landforms found on Earth.  We are currently working on an interactive notebook project.  Ask your child to tell you about some of the landforms we've learned about in class.
Please click on the above link to see the video we will watch a couple times in class to help the students understand some of the different land forms present on Earth.
Lesson 1
Vocabulary:
    location - the place where something is
Study Guide:
True or False:
  1. Your home address is a relative location.
  2. A map helps you see the location of things.
  3. Absolute location tells where something is by comparing it to another thing.

4. Write a word or words that tell relative location.

Lesson 2
Vocabulary -
    state - one part of a country
    country - the land and the people who live there
    border - a line on a map that separates one state or country from another
    continent - one of the seven largest pieces of land on Earth
    flow chart - a chart that uses arrows to show information in an order
Study Guide:

Country        seven     twelve       Earth       four       Canada

  1. Earth has __________________ continents.
  2. A _________ is the land and people who live there.
  3. The United States of America borders ___________.
  4. The biggest location that you live in is the _______________.

5. Which state do you live in?


Lesson 3
Vocabulary:
    desert - a dry area of land
    landform - a shape of land on Earth
    valley - the low area between mountains
    plain - a flat area of land
    island - a landform that has water all around it
    peninsula - a landform that has water on all sides except one
    river - a stream of water that often flows into a larger body of water
    lake - a body of water with land all around it
    hill - land that is higher than the land around it but not as high as a mountain
Study Guide:

        mountains         water             Mississippi

  1. The _______________ river is the longest river in the United States.
  2. ________________ are the highest kind of landform.
  3. Earth is made of land and ___________________.

4. On which landform would you find cows?
5.  Which landforms are near where you live?


Lesson 4
Vocabulary:
    season - one of the four times of the year
Study Guide:
   True or False
  1. Weather is the same everywhere.
  2. Weather can sometimes cause problems.
  3. The four seasons are spring, summer, fall, and winter.
  4. A big snowstorm is called a hurricane.

5. List three types of weather.

Lesson 5
Vocabulary:
    natural resource - something in nature that people use
Study Guide:
  1. Something in nature that people use is ___________.
  1. A pinecone        c. A natural resource
  2. A magazine        d. A brick
2. We can use ________________ to heat our  homes.
  1. oil            c. phones
  2. blankets              d. rocks
3. Trees need _____________________ to grow.
  1. soil            c. music
  2. bird            d. Paper

Lesson 6
Vocabulary:
    crops - plants we grow to use or eat
    reduce - to use less of something
    reuse - to use something again
    recycle - to change a thing into something new and useful
Study Guide:
  1. Water can become __________________ when we put trash in our lakes and rivers.
  1. polluted                c. windy
  2. clean                d. fresh
2. Making old paper into new paper is a way to _____________.
  1. be mean                c. clean the house
  2. recycle                d. write
3. Digging, building, planting crops, and cleaning land are all ways that we __________ Earth.
  1. visit                    c. change
  2. talk about                d. Study
4. Why do we need to take care of the Earth?