my created state by mrs. mccarter’s 4th graders 2012
DESCRIPTION
Students in Mrs. McCarter’s 4th grade class studied maps and made maps of their own imaginary states compete with compass rose and map key including cities, capital and other symbols. They also created a flag for their state.TRANSCRIPT
My states name is Quack Quack. The shape is a
duck. The colors are green and blue the reason it is
green and blue is the land is green and blue. The
state capital is Buffel Head. Some of the landmarks
are America Wigen Railroad and Pintail pond.
Some of the towns are Teal, Muscovy. The scale of
miles is 1 inch is equal to 100 miles. The key shows
the symbols on the map. I included the compass
rose to show cardinal directions. I designed my
state because I like ducks.
Brady
Quack Quack
My state name is ShoeVille. The shape of my
state is a shoe. The color of my state is black
and blue. The capital of my state is Bob’s
Capital. Some landmarks are a river, railroad,
lake, and a museum. My scale of miles is 1-30
miles. Some symbols in my key are a river, a
lake, a railroad, a museum. I have a compass
rose to tell directions. I picked this design
because I love shoes.
Dacia ShoeVille
My state is named Flower City. The shape is a flower
because I love helping my grandma plant flowers.
The colors of my state are hot pink, green, purple,
red, orange, blue, and turquoise. I picked those
colors because those are the colors of the flowers in
the spring. The name of the capital city is tulip City.
Some of the special landmarks are Railroad Rose,
Pollen Beach, and River Stem, Lake Dandilion. Some
of the other cities are named Flower Mount, Petal
Ville. The scale of miles shows that 1 inch is equal to
50 miles. The key shows the symbols that are on the
map. I included a compass rose to show the
cardinal directions . I designed my state because I
am interested in planting flowers.
Emmajyn
Flower City
My state name is “The State of Football. The
shape of my state is a football field. The colors I
use were light green and white because white
stands for the 10 20 30 40 and so on marks. The
name of my capitol is Cowboys. Some special
landmarks are lakes, parks, railroads. The scale
that show 1 inch is I mile. I also include a
compass rose in my state. I did a football field
because I play football.
Evan The State Of Football
My state name is Flowerville . The shape of my
state is a flower. The colors of my state are
red ,yellow ,brown , and green because those are
the colors of a flower . The name of the capital city
is Petal City ,some of the landmarks are railroads ,
parks , and a lake . Some of the cities are named
Steam City . The scale of miles shows that 1 inch
is equal to 0 to 100 miles . The key shows the
symbols that are on the map . I included a
compass rose to show the cardinal directions .I
designed my state because I like flowers.
Heidy
Flowerville
My state is named Catfishville . The shape is a
fish. The colors of my state is green because I
like green. The name of the capital city is
fishing city. Some special landmarks are
subway, fishing store, and library .The scale of
miles shows that 1 inch is equal to 100 miles. The
key shows the symbols that are on the map. I
included a compass rose to show the cardinal
directions. I designed my state because I love
catfish.
Jelaun
Catfishville
My state is named Soccerville. The shape is
soccer field. The colors of my state are white,
black, brown because that is the color of the
field the name of the capital city is corner kick.
Some of the special landmark are side kick out
of bounce, goalie. Some of the other cities are
named goal. The scale of miles shows that 1
inch is equal to 50 miles. The key shows the
symbols that are on the map. I included a
compass rose to show the cardinal directions. I
designed my state because I like to play
soccer.
Jesus
Soccerville
My state name is The Princess State . The shape of
my state is a princess crown because I love
crowns. I used five of my favorite colors which are
white, pink, purple, blue, yellow because these are
my favorite colors. The name of my capital is
Queen Ville. The scale of miles shows that one inch
is equal to ten miles. The key shows that all of my
symbols are on the map. I included the compass
rose to show the cardinal directions. I designed this
state because I love crowns.
Kaylan
The Princess State
The name of my state is Coconut Island. The
shape is a coconut. The colors are blue, green,
gray, and, brown because those are my favorite
colors. The capitol is Coco River. Some special
land marks are Coco River ,Coconut Beach ,and,
Coco Rail Roads. Some other cities are Coconut
Mall. The scale of miles show one inch is 50 miles.
The key shows symbols on the map. I included a
compass rose to show cardinal directions. I
designed my state because I’m interested in
islands and what are on islands.
Kaylie
Coconut Island
My island is named Golden Retriever Island. The
shape is a golden retriever. The colors of my island
are gray, yellow, orang, red, blue, brown,
black, purple, green, and hot pink because if I use
different colors it’s easy to tell where things are. The
name of the capital is Paw Print. Some of the special
landmarks are Golden lake, Wag forest, and K9
highway. Some of the other cities are called Shake
city. The scale of miles shows that 1inch is equal to 50
miles. The key shows the symbols that are on my
map. I included a compass rose to show the
cardinal directions. I designed my island in the shape
of a golden retriever because I love golden retriever.
My mom helped me make this.
Lizzy
Golden Retriever Island
My state name is Carville and the shape of my
state is a car. The colors of my state are blue,
black, green, and red. I chose these colors
because I thought they looked good. The
capital of my state is Racing City. My land
marks are a railroad, a river, and a museum.
Some other city's are Mustang City and No
Limit City. The scale of miles shows that one
inch is equal to 50 miles. I designed my state
because I like cars.
Luis
Carville
My state is named Tanksylvania. The shape is a
tank because I like army. The color of my state is lite
brown because it is the color of the desert. The
name of the capital city is Oliver City. Some of the
special landmarks are the Cemetery of Honor,
Camo Lake, Ammo River. Some of the cities are
named Soldier City. The scale of miles shows that 1
inch is equal to 0 and 100 miles. The key shows the
symbols that are on the map. I included a compass
rose to show the cardinal directions. I designed my
state because I am interested in tanks.
Luke
Tanksylvania
The name of my state is Perry World. The shape
of my state is Perry the platypus off of Phineas
and Ferb. The colors that I used for my Perry
state is Brown, light Blue, Orange, Red, green,
Purple, Blue, Gray, Black, Yellow, Dark Blue. The
name of my capital is Beakville.The name of all
my other cities are baljeet county candance
city Danville
Madison Perry World
The name of my state is “Fruit City”. The shape of my state
is a fruit bowl with fruit inside. The capital of my state is
Lemon S.B. Some other cities that I have are apple city.
Some other landmarks I have is Pineapple Forest, Banana
Court House, The Lemon Museum, Pomegranate Museum,
Strawberry& Cherry’s playground, Blueberry’s bowling ball
store, Raspberry Lake, Black berry moutains, peachers
restaurant, apple city resturant, watermelon mountains,
lemon S.B. Orange juices stream. My scale of miles goes
to 0,50,100. I traced my project with red and blue glitter
pens. I have a museum, resturant, and other stuff. My
compass rose has North, East, South, and West. I picked
this design because I love fruit and I like to eat fruit and i
like to eat fruit . My parents and my brothers helped me
with my project because my mom went to her job and
printed out researches about fruit. Then she brought them
back to me with the magazine with fruit inside my dad
helps me locate my fruit and my brothers helps me write
places.
Mekaylind Fruit City
My state name is State of Apple. The shape of
my state is a apple. The colors are white,
brown, black, gray, blue, red, yellow. The state
capital is Granny Smith. Some of the special
landmarks are Rome, Fuji, Pinklady. Some of the
other cities are Honey crisp. The scale of miles is
one inch is equal to one hundred miles. The key
shows the symbols that are on the map. I
include a compass rose to show the cardinal
directions. I designed my state because I like
apples.
Nikolas
My states name is FordVille. It is shaped as
smoke . The color of my state is red and blue.
Because most Ford trucks are red and blue. The
capitol of my state is MotorVille. Some of the
special landmarks are front tire mall, ford Diller
ship, and Foot ball phantoms. One of the cities
are drive city. The scale of miles show that 1
inch is equal to 100 miles. I included that
compass ross to show the cardinal directions. I
designed my state because I like ford trucks.
Sawyer
FordVille
My state name is Worthington. The shape of my
state is a W. Because it is the initial of my last
name the color of my state red. Because I like
the color red. The capital if my state is Tyville.
My one and only landmark is a railroad. One of
my cities is named Dudleyville. My scale of
miles is 0-50 miles. The reason why I choose
Worthington because it is my last name.
Tyrone Worthington
The state I made is Girl Ville and the shape of it is a
girl. The colors I had put was green, blue, black, red
and a lot more colors. My capital is Girls rock city. I
have some more place like Girls rock city, Text Ville,
and Nice girl lake. Bad girls river, and Nice girl lake.0
to 50 and 100 is my scale of miles. My symbols are a
seven, star, and a circle. I have a compass rose for
you can know which way to go. I picked this state
because I am a girl.
Zyreonah
Girl Ville