1. States Project for 5 th Grade Created by Mrs. Chong

2. Scoring Rubric ____ 10 Facts (0-10) ____ 5 places to visit (0-5) ____ 3 places to describe on postcard (0-3) ____ Correct conventions: ____Spelling: 0-3 errors=3, 4-5 errors=2, 6 errors =1, 7+ errors =0 ____ Friendly letter format: Greeting, body, closing, signature (0-4) ____ Three paragraphs (0-3) *Each paragraph has: 1 topic sentence, 1 fact sentence, 2 detail sentences. Four sentences =4; three sentences = 3; two sentences = 2; one sentence = 1 ____ Complete sentences (0-4) each paragraph

3. Rubric (continued) ____Picture (Good design that relates to writing (0-4) Fill in entire space. ____ Color 3 or more colors, neat. (0-4) ____ Colorful stamp design ____Overall neatness, front and back (0-4) ____ Used 3 different sources of information (0-15)

4. Requirements RESOURCES: Three different ones 1. America the Beautiful Books 2. Stategrams 3. Internet: www.50states.com Timeline: Day 1: Powerpoint presentation, read Stringbean’s trip to the Shining Sea. Day 2: ____10 Facts about your state ____ Select 5 places to visit ____ Choose 3 of them to write about Day 3: ____ Write First draft Postcard, using correct letter writing form (greeting, body, closing, signature, address front of card) Day 4: ____ Edit ____ Rewrite Day 5: ____ Design postcard front ____ Write Best copy onto postcard ____ Draw postcard front. Use colored pencils. Design stamp and color

5. Postcard requirements: Tell someone why they should visit this state. ____ 3 a places to visit (written in complete sentences, check the front page with requirements for “conventions.” (0-3) ____ Address (0-1) ____ Grammar (check “conventions” on front page) ____ Illustration (0-4) _____ Border (0-2) _____ Colored pencils (check “conventions” on front page)_____ Picture relevant to state (0-2) Postcard requirements

8. Questions to answer RESOURCE: 1._____ Date it became a state_________________. 2. _____Bird, song, tree. _____________________________. 3. _____ State motto _____________________________. 4. _____ Nickname _______________________________ 5. _____ Famous People ______________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ 6. _____ Products ____________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ _____ Physical features— 3 main bodies of water_________ ___________________________________________________ 8. _____ Capital _____________________ 9. _____ State population for 2004 _________________

9. Questions (continued) RESOURCE: List 5 different places to visit and write the resource of where you found information about them and describe the place and why it is good place to visit, list things of interest & events to attend. 1. _____ Place #1: ________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ 2. _____ Place #2: _______________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ 3. ______ Place #3: ______________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ 4. _____ Place #4:_______________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ 5. _____ Place #5: ______________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________

10. Bibliography Worksheet 1.Books Author: _________________________________________________ Title: ___________________________________________________ Place of Publication: ______________________________________ Copyright: _______________ Publisher: ______________________ Pages Used:_______________ 2.Stategrams Title of article: _________________________________________________ Publisher: _____________________________________________________ Copyright date: ________________________________________________ 3. Internet Sites (Author and copyright date are often missing) Title Website:_________________________________________________ URL (web address) ____________________________________________ Author: ____________________________________________________ Copyright Date: _____________________ Date you visited: __________