Requirements:
1. Recite, by memory, the Preamble to the Nevada
Constitution (NO errors and NO helps)
2. Sing or recite, by memory, the Nevada State Song:
“Home Means Nevada” (NO errors and NO helps)
3. Identify Nevada Facts (list is inside the packet)
*(15 out of 19 passing score)
4. Identify and write the 17 counties and county seats
of Nevada (NO errors and NO helps)
This packet belongs to:
Mrs. Whitley’s 4th Grade Class
NEVADA CHALLENGE
September 01, 2016
Dear Parents:
In fourth grade your child will participate in the Nevada Challenge which requires them
to recite the Nevada Preamble, State Song, State Facts, and Counties & Seats by
memory. Your child will receive a social studies grade for each portion. Following is a list
of dates they should complete the four requirements:
DUE DATES:
Track 4

October 14, 2016
Preamble

December 09, 2016
State Song

February 10, 2017
State Facts

May 05, 2017
Counties and Seats
Your child has received a packet that includes information on the Nevada Challenge requirements. This is always a
fun and informative learning task for them to complete as they will receive a special acknowledgement at the end
of the year. We encourage you to help them master this information at home!
This packet includes examples of how your child is assessed on the written portions of the Nevada Challenge.
You may want to make photocopies of these tests for them to practice at home. We will test on Fridays
beginning in September. Students who are ready to test on any portion of the challenge may do so on a
Friday. Students must go in the order listed above but are free to move on to the next challenge as soon
as they have completed the previous challenge. Students not completing the challenge by the due date will
have a letter grade drop for each week they continue not to pass that portion. For example, if a student
completes a challenge within one week after its due date, the best they can receive is a ‘B’ in the grade
book for that assignment. It is suggested that students listen to the state song on a web-site while reading
the words to learn the song in its entirety. They may sing that portion of the challenge.
Please sign & detach the bottom portion of this page to acknowledge your receipt of the NV Challenge Packet
and the important due dates.
Thank you for your support!
Twitchell’s 4th Grade Team
CUT / DETACH / RETURN TO TEACHER
I have read the NV Challenge requirements, acknowledge the importance of the due dates, as it relates to my
child’s grade, and will assist my child in preparing for this portion of their Social Studies grade.
Student Name:
___________________________________________________________________
Parent Signature:
___________________________________________________________________
Date:
___________________________________________________________________
Great Nevada Challenge Rubric
Track:
4
Student Name: __________________________________________
Preamble
State Song
State Facts
Due Date:
10/14
Week 6
Due Date:
12/09
Week 10
Due Date:
2/10
Week 17
State Counties
&Seats
Due Date:
5/05
Week25
Attempts:
(Shows effort;
Students may
try 3 times for
100% grade)
100%
Completed by
Due Date
90%
Completed
within 1 week
after Due Date
80%
Completed
within 2-3
weeks after
Due Date
70%
Completed
within 4 weeks
or more after
Due Date
No Student
will receive a
grade below
70% if
completing a
Challenge
within the
semester it is
due.
***NOTE: If a student does not successfully complete a challenge,
they will receive a minimum F (55%) grade for that assignment.***
“Home Means Nevada”
Written & Music by Bertha Raffetto
Verse 1
Way out in the land of the setting sun,
Where the wind blows wild and free,
There’s a lovely spot, just the only one
That means home sweet home to me.
If you follow the old Kit Carson trail,
Until desert meets the hills,
Oh you certainly will agree with me,
It’s the place of a thousand thrills.
Chorus
Home means Nevada
Home means the hills,
Home means the sage and the pine.
Out by the Truckee, silvery rills,
Out where the sun always shines,
Here is the land which I love the best,
Fairer than all I can see.
Deep in the heart of the golden west
Home means Nevada to me.
Verse 2
Whenever the sun at the close of day,
Colors all the western sky,
Oh my heart returns to the desert grey
And the mountains tow’ring high.
Where the moon beams play in shadowed glen,
With the spotted fawn and doe,
All the live long night until morning light,
Is the loveliest place I know.
Chorus
Home means Nevada
Home means the hills,
Home means the sage and the pines.
Out by the Truckee’s silvery rills,
Out where the sun always shines,
There is the land that I love the best,
Fairer than all I can see.
Right in the heart of the golden west
Home means Nevada to me.
Nevada Facts
State Meaning:
Statehood:
State Capital:
State Tree(s):
State Flower:
State Motto:
State Song:
State March:
State Animal:
State Grass:
State Fish:
State Gemstone(s):
State Colors:
State Nickname(s):
State Bird:
State Fossil:
State Metal:
State Rock:
State Reptile:
Spanish for “Snowcapped”
(36th) October 31, 1864
Carson City
Single-Leaf Pinon Pine/Bristlecone Pine
Sagebrush
“All for Our Country”
“Home Means Nevada”
“Silver State Fanfare”
Desert Bighorn Sheep
Indian Rice Grass
Lahontan Cutthroat Trout
Black Fire Opal/Turquoise
Silver and Blue
Silver State/Battle-Born State/Sagebrush State
Mountain Bluebird
Ichthyosaur
Silver
Sandstone
Desert Tortoise
Nevada Facts
Practice Quiz
Name: ______________ Date: _______
Pass
Did Not Pass
State Meaning:
Statehood:
State Capital:
State Tree(s):
State Flower:
State Motto:
State Song:
State March:
State Animal:
State Grass:
State Fish:
State Gemstone(s):
State Colors:
State Nickname(s):
State Bird:
State Fossil:
State Metal:
State Rock:
State Reptile:
***Parents, please give a practice quiz or quizzes at home before your
child take the real challenge test at school. Thank you!
Nevada Facts
Challenge Test
Name: ___________________________
State Meaning:
Statehood:
State Capital:
State Tree(s):
State Flower:
State Motto:
State Song:
State March:
State Animal:
State Grass:
State Fish:
State Gemstone(s):
State Colors:
State Nickname(s):
State Bird:
State Fossil:
State Metal:
State Rock:
State Reptile:
 Pass
 Did Not Pass
Teacher Signature: _______________________
Date: ______________
Nevada Counties and
County Seats
County :
County Seat:
1. Carson City
2. Churchill
3. Clark
4. Douglas
5. Elko
6. Esmeralda
7. Eureka
8. Humboldt
9. Lander
10. Lincoln
11. Lyon
12. Mineral
13. Nye
14. Pershing
15. Storey
16. Washoe
17. White Pine
Fallon
Las Vegas
Minden
Elko
Goldfield
Eureka
Winnemucca
Battle Mountain
Pioche
Yerington
Hawthorne
Tonopah
Lovelock
Virginia City
Reno
Ely
Nevada Counties and
County Seats
Practice Quiz
8
5
16
14
2
15
1
4
7
9
17
11
12
13
10
3
Nevada Counties and
County Seats Practice Quiz
Name:
County :
1. ______________________
2. ______________________
3. ______________________
4. ______________________
5. ______________________
6. ______________________
7. ______________________
8. ______________________
9. ______________________
10. _____________________
11. _____________________
12. _____________________
13. _____________________
14. _____________________
15. _____________________
16. _____________________
17. _____________________
County Seat:
1. ______________________
2. ______________________
3. ______________________
4. ______________________
5. ______________________
6. ______________________
7. ______________________
8. ______________________
9. ______________________
10. _____________________
11. _____________________
12. _____________________
13. _____________________
14. _____________________
15. _____________________
16. _____________________
17. _____________________
Nevada Counties and
County Seats Test
Name:
County :
County Seat:
1. ______________________
2. ______________________
3. ______________________
4. ______________________
5. ______________________
6. ______________________
7. ______________________
8. ______________________
9. ______________________
10. _____________________
11. _____________________
12. _____________________
13. _____________________
14. _____________________
15. _____________________
16. _____________________
17. _____________________
1. ______________________
2. ______________________
3. ______________________
4. ______________________
5. ______________________
6. ______________________
7. ______________________
8. ______________________
9. ______________________
10. _____________________
11. _____________________
12. _____________________
13. _____________________
14. _____________________
15. _____________________
16. _____________________
17. _____________________
Pass
Did Not Pass (Try again!)
Teacher Signature:
Date: