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Where Do I Live In This Big World?. By Gretchen Hausman. My House. I live at 1234 Happy Lane I live there with my family of 4 I am 1/4 of the population in my house. My Street. There are 10 houses on Happy Lane with 4 people in each house. I am 1/40 of the population on my street
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Where Do I Live In This Big World? By Gretchen Hausman
My House • I live at 1234 Happy Lane • I live there with my family of 4 • I am 1/4 of the population in my house
My Street • There are 10 houses on Happy Lane with 4 people in each house. • I am 1/40 of the population on my street • My family is 1/10 of the families on Happy Lane
My School • I am 1/20 of the students in room B5 • My teacher is Mrs. Hausman • I am 1/600 of the students at Grapeland Elementary • Our principal is Mrs. LaRochelle
My City • There are 146,700 people in the city of Rancho Cucamonga • I am 1/146,700 of the people in Rancho Cucamonga • The area of Rancho Cucamonga is 38.3 square miles. • Our mayor’s name is Bill Alexander http://www.citivu.com/rc/city/city1.html
Rancho Cucamonga Fun Facts • Three smaller towns came together to make up Rancho Cucamonga. They are Etiwanda, Alta Loma, and Cucamonga. • Grapeland was the name of one of the first school districts in the Etiwanda area.
My County I live in the county of San Bernardino San Bernardino is the largest county in the United States with 20,064 square miles of land. I am 1/1,833,000 of the people that live in San Bernardino County
My State I live in the state of California I am 1/35,591,000 of the people in California California is 163,707 square miles Gray Davis is the Governor of California
My Country I live in the United States of America. My country is made up of 50 states (California is the 31st state). I am 1/291,290,427 of the people in the United States. The USA is 3,618,770 square miles. George W. Bush is the president of our country.
I live on the continent of North America. 24 countries including Canada, Mexico, and the United States make up North America. I am approximately 1/450,000,000 of the people that make up North America My Continent
My Hemisphere • I live in the North-Western Hemisphere
My Planet • I live on Planet Earth • Earth is the third planet from the sun • The circumference of Earth is 38,000 km or 24,000 miles • I am 1/6.3 billion of the people here on Earth
Comprehension Questions • What country do we live in? • What state do we live in? • What county do we live in? • What city do we live in? • Earth is ____ planets from the sun? • If there are 5 people in your house, what fraction of your house population are you?
WORKS CITED • Google Images • www.orau.gov/communityirb/ • Clip art for communities • www.earth.nasa.gov/Introduction/ Originals/eos-am.jpg • Nasa pictures from space showing the Earth • www.newint.org/issue329/ earth.htm • www.mhkids.comClip art • www.mobot.org/.../mynaturalcommunity/ wheredoilive.htm clip art • 50 States Information • www.50states.com • information about all of the 50 state • Facts about the United States • http://www.mce.k12th.net/noamerica/factsusa.htm • US Census • http://factfinder.census.gov/home/en/kids/kids.html • Kids Korner of the US Census page • City of Rancho Cucamonga • http://www.citivu.com/ • Information about Rancho Cucamonga • Links to history information about the city • http://www.ci.rancho-cucamonga.ca.us/ • Information about Rancho Cucamonga