Hey everybody-
My name is Scott Toliver and I am the US history teacher for 5th grade. I will putting updates on my blog as needed throughout the year to help you stay up to date on what we are doing in US history this year.

We will be starting this week with some basic geography terms:
region – an area of land that is unified by a common characteristic, such as political unity, language unity, or common climate patterns
Landform– a natural physical feature on the earth’s surface
geographic factors – physical and human conditions that impact the environments of places and regions
Settlement patterns – the physical arrangement observed by looking at where people live

This week will be a bit of start and stop, as we are also conducting MAP testing this week Tuesday-Thursday, to get baseline scores for math, science, and english language arts.

The next terms we will be learning are:
Mountain-land that is significantly higher in elevation than the area around it.
Hill-land that is slightly higher in elevation than the area around it.
Valley-a low area of land between hills or mountains.
Desert- land that is very dry with few plants in it.
Plains-A large are of flat land with few trees.
Plateaus-area of high mostly flat land.

Until next time!