Tuesday Geography                

For January 8

    Study capitals using the following websites:

               http://www.yourchildlearns.com/mappuzzle/europe-puzzle.html

              http://www.maps.com/FunFacts.aspx?nav=FS#

Remember that the BEE is January 15th at 1:30.  Please invite parents and friends.

For December 4

Prepare your South American report: Claire: Uruguay        Sophia: Argentina       Ben: Ecuador     John: Paraguay

                                                        Brandon: Brazil         Caitlin: Peru     Bryan: Venezuela     Stephen: Surinam

                                                        Jacob: Columbia        Wesley:Bolivia     Robert: Chile

Feel free to bring a South American food to share....simple and snacky

Memorize one pneumonic for the countries in South America.  Below are the two that were turned in:

     Caitlin votes great salad, fried eggs, popcorn, because uncool Paul bakes a cake.  by Wesley andCaitlin

     Elderly cows vote good supreme presidents by Bob's abnormally cool ugly penguins.  by Bryan and brandon

  Please send in more.

!!!!!! Practice your capitals for the next "Bee Practice Rounds"!!!!!!!!!!

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For November 20

    Try the daily challenge quiz at the National Geographic GeoBee site

    Deveolp a pneumonic device to remember the countries of South America.

    Find 3 new learnings or interesting facts to share on Asia or South America.

    Brandon, Bryan and Robert are doing South America Reports

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For October 23

    We are now studying Asia.  For next week and the week after, we will look and the differing Asian Countries.

For your country below try to bring:

     1. An item, food, or pictures of your country

     2. Information on the major land forms, the capital, the major occupations, etc

     3. Interesting facts about the country that you understand and can pronounce.

Ben - Hong Kong

Sophia - Mongolia

Steven - Indonesia

Bryan - Russia

Brandon - Thailand

Robert - China

Caitlin - Brunei

Wesley - India

Jacob - Japan

Claire - Vietnam

John - Laos

For October 2

    1. Ben, John, Sophia, and Mrs. Marshall will do presentations on European countries.

    2. Finish coloring in the physical geography features of Europe on the map handed out in class.

    3. Using www.maps.com or www. mychildlearns.com, work on learning the location of European countries.