1. Today’s 50 States study tip:
VERMONT is the Green Mountain State.
The word “Vermont” =
VERT + MONT
(GREEN + MOUNTAIN!)
Vermont sorts of looks like a letter “V.”
Capital = Montpelier.
Use the MONT from the end of VerMONT to remind you of the MONT in the beginning of MONTpelier.

2. MASSachusetts is flexing its MASSIVE muscle off its coast.

3. Rhode Island is NOT an island! It is our smallest state.
You might need a magnifying glass to PROVE its there. The capital is PROVidence.

4. Today’s 50 States study tip:
The state of Connecticut looks like a speech bubble. You use speech bubbles to CONNECT to other people.
Also, your HEART connects you to other people, and the capital of CT is HARTford.

5. New Hampshire’s capital is Concord.
Just imagine that a hamster conquered a state!

6. Today’s 50 States study tip:
MAINE is very far north, so it’s cool in the summer. It’s capital is AUGUSTA.
It’s the MAIN place to go for vacation in AUGUST.
It also sticks up farther north than most states, like a finger pointing up at a ball game. “We are #1! We are the MAIN thing!”

7. Today’s 50 States study tip:
Delaware kind of looks like a D.
Its capital also starts with a D.

8. Its capital is TALLahassee.
Today’s study tip:
Florida is a TALL state.
Its capital is TALLahassee.

9. Louisiana looks like an L. It is the only state that begins with an L.
Today’s study tip:
Louisiana looks like an L.
It is the only state that begins with an L.
Baton Rouge = French
Louisiana is named after the French King Louis.

10. Kentucky -- the junk food state??
The state looks kind of like a drumstick from Kentucky Fried Chicken.
The capital is Frankfort, which reminds you of another kind of junk food – the frankfurter.

11. Tip of the day:
Very (VA)
Nice (NC)
States (SC)
Grow (GA)
Fruit (FL)

12. South Carolina is a SUPER state!
Its shape looks like the Superman logo.
Tip to remember its capital =
Colombia (the country) is in SOUTH America
Columbia (the city) is in SOUTH Carolina

13. Today’s study tip:
“I wish I had some mittens, because I’m ill in Ohio.”
Wish (WI)
Mittens (MI)
Ill (IL)