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Build Background Leveled Reader: Wonderously Wild Weather As a group, discuss the following: Before Reading How do weather patterns affect our lives? Recall the Read Aloud “Tornado Tales.” Tornadoes are one kind of storm. What other kinds can you name? Today you will A P

, read about three kinds of storms: hurricanes, blizzards, and e

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m dust storms. h t some ways that people’s lives were affected? r a w S

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How has your life been affected by severe h c S

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Read the book independently and answer the questions: e r o m h

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e How has technology helped keep people safer from severe h c a

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Which kind of storm do you think would be the worst to h t 4

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n Review the concept map and explain how Wonderously Wild e t t i r Weather helps you answer the weekly question How do w e R

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Cause and Effect Reading Street Book: Eye of the Storm Use p. 404 to discuss cause and effect. Revisit Some effects have more than one cause. Read Eye of the Storm on pp. 408-415 and use A P

Some causes have more than one effect. , the comprehension skill and strategy as you e r o m

h read. Look for examples of multiple causes and t r

Suggest several things that might cause a a w S

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person to want to be aruond severe storms. o h c S

Draw a cause-and-effect diagram to record your g Creative Thinking: d e l t u

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r How do you think Warren feels as he makes plans for o m h

t a trip? Predict and Set Purpose r a w S

e What are some words that describe storms such as h Review the description of predicting and setting c a e T

hurricanes? e a purpose on p. 404. The pictures show d a r g

4 If you were a storm chaser, what scenes or parts of a

different tools. I predict that the reading will , y o r l storm would you want to photograph? E explain how people use these tools, so I will c M

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Root words / Word Structure Reading Street Book: Eye of the Storm The word unpredictable has four parts: Revisit

A Read Eye of the Storm on pp. 416-419. As you read,

un-, pre-, dict, and –able. The dictionary says P

o use the strategy of analyzing root words.

that the root word dict means “to speak.” m h t r a w

S What is the root word in sustain on p.414?

, The prefix un- means “not able.” l o o h c S What does the root tain mean? e g

The prefix pre- means “before.” d e l t u

R Critical Thinking:

The suffix –able means “able to.” o m h t

r Do you think Warren took too many risks to take a w S

So unpredictable must mean “not able to speak ,

r pictures of the storm? Why or why not? e h c before.” In the context of weather, this means a e T Which of Warren’s pictures do you think is best? e d not being able to predict what will happen. a r g

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Reading Street Book: Severe Weather Safety Leveled Reader: Wonderously Wild Weather

Before Reading Reread for Fluency

Preview Severe Weather Safety on pp. 424-427. Read Silently reread passages from Wonderously Wild the panel information on Web sites. How is the text Weather. Then reread them aloud with a partner or structure different from Eye of the Storm? individually. A P

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What search words could you use to find additional o h Summarize the main idea and key details from each of c S

information about severe weather safety? e g

d the three titled sections of Wonderously Wild Weather. e l t u R

How would you plan and draw a home page for a Web e r What are the most important ideas in this selection? o m site about weather in our community? h t r a

w What did you learn from reading this selection? S

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Discuss with your teacher the article and Reading d a r g

h Complete any unfinished projects. You may share Across Texts. Then do the Get Online! activity. t 4

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