Washington

There are two school participating in Washington Mrs. Shibly' Class 4-6 ELL Gregory Heights Elementary

We live in the Pacific Northwest Region of the United States. This region includes Alaska, Oregon, Idaho, and Washington. We live in Washington State. Washington State is located east of the Pacific Ocean, south of Canada, west of Idaho, and north of Oregon. Washington has two mountain ranges, which are the Cascade Mountains and Olympic Mountains. The two most famous mountains here are Mt. Rainier and Mt. St. Helens. On the west side of our state, we have evergreen forests and that is why we are called the Evergreen State. In our Olympic National Park, we have a temperate rainforest. In the waters of the Puget Sound are islands like the San Juan Islands. Washington State has many lakes also. Washington State has many natural resources. Since we are next to the Pacific Ocean we have much seafood like crabs and fish. In Washington State we grow many crops like apples, grapes, corn, green beans, and watermelon. One of our most important resources is trees, which we use to make paper and build houses. If you visit Washington, you can visit many places. You can go camping, skiing, hiking, take pictures, and hunt in the Cascade Mountains. In Seattle, you can visit the Seattle Center, Pacific Science Center, Space Needle, the Seattle Art Museum, the University of Washington, and the Woodland Park Zoo. We have many beaches to visit also. If you like traveling on a ferry, you can take one across Puget Sound to our islands. Do you like sports? You can watch baseball games in Safeco stadium or football /soccet at Qwest Field. Outside of the Seattle, we have many farms like the Skagit Valley Tulip Farm and apple orchards in Wenatchee. Washington State has two types of climate. On the west side of the Washington is marine climate. Marine climate has mild temperatures and it rains more. On the east side of Washington is continental climate. The continental climate has more extreme temperature and it is drier. Therefore, the east is hotter in summer and colder in the winter. Seattle rains a lot except for a few months in the summer. Sometimes Seattle even gets a little snow.

Mr. Ritsema 4-6 ELL Bowlake Elementary Seattle, Washington