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Assessment Home Connection

Self-assessment is a powerful tool to help you evaluate your learning development.
Use the K-W-L chart below to keep track of your progress.

K What I W What I Want L What I Dear Parents,

As part of our social studies program, your child has been learning about
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the continent of North America. Your child learned ways that he or she
can identify the main physical features of the continent, its natural
resources, and its climate.

You can help your child by supporting our classroom learning.

Here are some things you can do to reinforce the message of this lesson
and our related learning activities.
• Ask your child to tell you about the lesson and what he or she

learned from it.
• Use the internet to review with your child a map of North
America and the importance of its location.

• Watch a video about the continent of North America, its major
physical features, and the importance of water resources for
supporting the continent’s economy.

• Show your child different photographs of North America to
determine if the photos match their ideas about North

America. Try to guess what part of the North
American continent the photos might represent.

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in the education of your child!
Lake Superior is the largest of the Great Lakes in the
Research has shown that children with involved parents score
USA. This lake is as big as the whole country of
better than others whose parents don't have a role in their
Austria. education process. Help your child stay brilliant!

Lake Superior from Pictured Rocks
National Lakeshore in Michigan

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