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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
Learned
Know
to Know
the continent of South 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 South

America and the importance of its location.
• Watch a video about the rainforests of South America and some
of the people who live there. Try to discover three unusual

animals that live in the rainforest.
• Show your child different photographs of South America to
determine if the photos match his or her ideas about

South America. Try to guess what part of South
America the photos represent.

Tidbit Thank you for being a partner with us

in the education of your child!
The southernmost city in the world is on the South
Research has shown that children with involved parents score
American continent. The city is called Ushuaia,
better than others whose parents don't have a role in their
located on the Argentinian part of Tierra del Fuego. education process. Help your child stay brilliant!

City of Ushuaia, Argentina

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