Monday will begin with reading a Time for Kids book The Mighty Mississippi. Students will find out where the Mississippi River begins and ends. What kind of ship came to symbolize travel on the Mississippi River more than any other? What natural problems occur along the Mississippi? What human-made problems have developed along the Mississippi? These questions will be answered shortly. Wednesday will be an open book quiz over lesson 2 “Bodies of Water” (pg. 26-32). Next we will discover information about the climate and vegetation of the different regions in the United States. Learning about climate and natural vegetation will help you understand why people live differently in different parts of the country. The Vocabulary words are: climate natural vegetation, rain shadow, humidity, drought, arid, tundra, prairie, savanna.