4th Grade Arizona’s Regions

What do you know about Arizona? Prior Knowledge What do you know about Arizona? What do you know about Arizona Regions?

Fill in K (what you know) Fill in W (what you want to know) K-W-L Chart Fill in K (what you know) Fill in W (what you want to know)

Arizona Vocabulary Like our country, our state can be divided into regions. Arizona has three regions.

Part of a surface, space, or body Regions Part of a surface, space, or body

The plateau was pretty easy to walk on, but there were some tricky parts.

A land area with a flat surface raised Plateau A land area with a flat surface raised

There was a man who lived down the street that climbed a mountain and made it back down alive.

Raise of earth’s surface that is greater than a hill. Mountain Raise of earth’s surface that is greater than a hill.

Walking in the desert yesterday made me hot and thirsty.

Desert A region with hardly any rain so there are not many plants, but lots of sand.

The mesa was flat but we had to be careful we didn’t fall off the sides.

A flat top fill or small plateau with steep sides Mesa A flat top fill or small plateau with steep sides

In the desert regions we have dunes which are usually formed by wind.

dune Piles of sand

In the winter there are soft rains but in the summer there are monsoons.

Monsoon Strong thunderstorms