Great way to remember

[Bev Golden <bev_gold@HOTMAIL.COM>]

To help young students remember the concept of city, state, country, =
continent, student teacher, Dawn Dokken, developed this mnemonic device: =


city (4 letters) smallest word, smallest unit
state (5 letters) next in word size, next in unit size
country (7 letters)=20
continent (9 letters)  =20

Students visually see the difference in size and can quickly move to =
comparisons such as which is the largest? Which is bigger than a city? =
etc.=20
I had not seen this before but have been baffled as to how to help young =
students grasp the concept. I will use it from now on. Perhaps you can =
use it, too.

Dawn is completing a very successful semester at our school, graduates =
from the University of Texas at San Antonio soon, and will be joining =
the ranks of classroom teachers this fall.=20

Bev Golden, Library Media Specialist
Huebner Road Elementary School
San Antonio, TX=20
bgold135@neisd.net

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