~   My Town Is Important 2003-2004 ~

Mrs. Brines Third Grade Class
Skyline Elementary School
Sedalia, Missouri
Class Website

 

This project was done as an extension to a unit on Famous Missourians, which is part of our Social Studies curriculum. We began by discussing famous people from Missouri and Sedalia. This led into a discussion of the importance of Sedalia.

We used Margaret Wise Brown’s book, The Important Book, to help us create a format for a poem. The students wrote paragraphs about what is important about Sedalia, they took pictures of what they felt was important, and inserted the pictures into their writings to display at our school. This led to the creation of an individual web page for each student to post his or her work on our class site. We then e-mailed businesses and government officials inviting them to visit our site and the project so they can see how proud we are of Sedalia.

We also made a display on our classroom door of our paragraphs and pictures.  You may visit the students’ web pages to view their paragraphs or email us with your comments. 

 

Sedalia, Missouri

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Sedalia is the home of the Missouri State Fair and Ragtime.

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 The population of Sedalia is 20,339.  It is located approximately 60 miles east of Kansas City.

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We are known as the "Queen City of the Prairie."

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The railroad has played a big part in our history.

 

~ Our Town Is Important ~

The most important thing about Sedalia, Missouri is it has caring people.

It is home of the Missouri State Fair.

Scott Joplin began writing ragtime music in Sedalia.

We have the Scott Joplin Ragtime Festival every year.

John Bothwell was an important person who helped our town a lot.

We have racecar races at our Fair Grounds.

The Katy Trail runs through Sedalia.

Sedalia is known as a railroad town.

We have a great hospital.

We have great schools.

People are friendly.

General George R. Smith founded Sedalia.

We have great parks.

There are nice houses to live in and we have wonderful pets,

But the most important thing about Sedalia, Missouri is it has caring people.


Missouri Show-Me Standards