Social+Studies

=__Social Studies__=

__Updated 3/25/18__

=__50 States and Capitals Quiz April 19, 2018 (no map)__=

=[|States and Capitals Song, Region by Region]=

====This year we will practice states and capitals. Please scroll down for practice websites and other topics. ====

====Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia ====

====Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine. ====

North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio.
====Please NOTE: At this point in the year, we will have two different types of tests. On the first test, students will locate the states (Southeast, Northeast, and Midwest). On the second test, students will match the states from these three regions with their capitals. ====

=4. Since many students already know them, we will test on all 50 states and capital on April 19, 2018. There will be no map on this test.= = = =5. On May 7, 2018, we will have a 46 state map quiz. The newest states will be the Northwest: Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, California, Alaska, and Hawaii.= = = =6. On May 18, 2018, we will have the final map test of all 50 states. The last four will be the Southwest: Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and Oklahoma.= = =

Please practice at home. Students will need to recognize the __location__ of each state and __match the state with the capital__. All the capitals are listed in the back of the third grade agendas. The students will **not** be asked to spell the states or capitals independently, and they will **not** be tested on the abbreviations as they have in the past. = =

=Study your states! Here are some games and printable practice sheets:= Note: IXL.com has state practice activities. If you go directly to the site and click on Third Grade - Social Studies Skills, you can try 20 practice questions in one day, and then the session will end. You do not log in through the wiki like you do with math.

[|ThatQuiz for States and Capitals - Instant Score!]

[|3A ThatQuiz for States and Capitals - Instant Score!]

[|Southeast States and Capitals Quizlet 2017] brought to you by Parker!

[|2017 State and Capital Game]

[|Link for Printable Flashcards 2017]

[|Northeast States and Capitals] Added 11/5/17

[|Southeast States and Capitals] Added 11/5/17

[|Northeast States and Capitals Quizlet]

[|ABCya State Bingo Abbreviation Practice]

[|IdentifyThe States]

[|New! States by Region!] **This activity is best because you can focus on single regions.**

[|FunBrain State Practice Game]

[|USA Quiz Game]

[|Abbreviation Flashcards 50 States] We'll edit these to show capitals!

[|State Game from Soft Schools]

[|Printable US Map with hints]
[|Printable U.S. Map without hints]

[|14 State Practice Map + OK and TX]

[|Practice Map - Northeast] and more

[|Practice Map 31 States Plus ND, SD, NE, KS] 3.

[|Another Quizlet link]

While we are reading __The Birchbark House__, here is a link to some online activities related to Eastern Woodland native people like Omakayas.
[|Native Toys and Games]

[|Find the Feature Practice Game]


 * ===Make sure you know how to find the general location of the Appalachian, Rocky and Sierra Nevada Mountains. We've studied the first two a lot, so just remember that the Sierra Nevada range is in California.===
 * ===Make sure you know how to locate the Colorado, Rio Grande, Mississippi, Ohio, Hudson, and St. Lawrence Rivers. Most people find the last three harder than the first three. The Hudson runs down the east side of New York. The St. Lawrence starts at Lake Ontario and goes into Canada.===
 * ===Practice locating the five Great Lakes with H.O.M.E.S. We discussed tricks such as Superior is the top, and Michigan is like a finger pointing down to Chicago, next to the mitten-shaped state of Michigan. We said the mitten Hand is Holding Huron. Ontario is ON New York. Erie is near Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York.===
 * ===No spelling will be required on the quiz. Students will match names with locations.===

[|Map Skills and Trivia Game from Eduplace]

[|World Map]

Graphing Website [|Create a Graph]

Economy Unit
[|Ice Cream Truck Game]

=China= [|Interactive China]

[|Chinese Name]
[|Tangrams]

[|13 Ways to Make One Half] It's part fractions, part tangrams, part logic!

[|Click to learn how an abacus works.]

[|Abacus Game 1-999] If you know how an abacus works, you can do Level 10!

[|The Story of Chinese Writing]

[|Learn to Write Chinese Characters]

[|Try playing the violin using keys S-L]

[|Ping Pong]

City Research Sites: [|City Information] [|City Climate] [|Colleges and Universities] [|City Elevations Chart]