From: Elaine Stedman <ride3410@ride.ri.net>
Subject: Landmark Intro
To: KIDPROJ@LISTSERV.NODAK.EDU
X-RCPT-TO: <landmark@GA.K12.PA.US>
Status: U
*Greetings from the Ocean State:
Our class at Narragansett Elementary School
has 24 students with
one teacher,Elaine Stedman. In our town we have one elementary
school with
798 students in grades K-4, a middle school with grades5-8,and
a high
school with grades9-12. The three schools are all within a mile
of each
other. In our class we have been studying Weather and Columbus.
Rhode Island ,one of the New England states,is
the
smallest state in the USA. It is 48 miles from north to south
and 37 miles
from east to west with an area of 1,214 square miles. RI,one of
the
original 13 Colonies,was settled by religious refugees.It is the
site of
the first Baptist church,the first Jewish synagogue, and one of
the first
Quaker meetinghouses.
RI is the second most densely populated state,with
our most
important industries being, health care,tourism and jewelry manufacturing.
Our forty miles of ocean coastline bring many tourists to our
beaches in
the summer. We also enjoy swimming and surfing at the Narragansett
Beach in
the summertime. Our school is less than one mile from the Atlantic
Ocean.
Because of our proximity to the ocean we have a mild climate.
Our average
temperature in the winter is 30.degrees F and in the summer our
average
temp is 70 degreesF. We usually have about 44 inches of precipitation.
We are looking forward to participating in
the Landmark Game.
-- Elaine Stedman Narraqgansett Elementary
School Narragansett,RI mailto:ride3410@ride.ri.net
