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B e n c h m a r k e d u c a t i o n c o m p a n y Science Stormy Weather Theme: Earth and Space Science Skills & Strategies Anchor Comprehension Strategies • Identify cause and effect Comprehension • Activate prior knowledge • Analyze text structure and organization • Summarize information Word Study/Vocabulary • Use context clues to determine word meaning Science Big Idea • Air and water are in constant motion that results in changing weather conditions. Level N/30 TEACHER’S GUIDE
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B e n c h m a r k e d u c a t i o n c o m p a n y

Science

Stormy WeatherNavigators Teaching Guides provide flexible options to meet a variety of instructional needs…

Theme: Earth and Space Science

Skills & Strategies

Anchor Comprehension Strategies

• Identify cause and effect

Comprehension • Activatepriorknowledge

• Analyzetextstructureandorganization

• Summarizeinformation

Word Study/Vocabulary • Usecontextcluestodetermine

wordmeaning

Science Big Idea • Airandwaterareinconstantmotionthat

resultsinchangingweatherconditions.

Level N/30

TeACher’S Guide

skiLLs and strateGies

Comprehension Strategy Posters (for Assessed Skills/Strategies)• Identifying Cause and Effect• Summarizing Information

Thematic Poetry Connections (in Reading & Writing Poetic Forms)• “The Hurricane” (Pales Matos)

Comprehension Strategy Assessment handbook (Grade 3)• Ongoing Assessments #27 and #28

notable Trade Books for Read Aloud• Cole, Joanna. The Magic School Bus Inside a Hurricane. Scholastic, 1996.• Martin, Jacqueline B. Snowflake Bentley (Caldecott Medal Book). Houghton Mifflin, 1998. • Siebert, Patricia. Discovering El Nino. Millbrook, 1999.• Simon, Seymour. Tornadoes. Morrow/HarperCollins, 1999.

Web Site for Content Information• Web Weather for Kids

http://www.ucar.edu/40th/ webweather/index.html

At this kid-friendly page, students can try weather experiments and build their own storms.

OvERvIEW

reLated resources

nationaL content standardsScience

Earth and Space Science: c Science in Personal and Social Perspectives: a, d, e

Social Studies People, Places, and Environments: f, j

This lesson teaches and/or reinforces the following skills and strategies:

• Analyze Text Structure and Organization: Cause and Effect (pp. 3–9)

Summarize or Paraphrase Information (pp. 3–6)

• Evaluate Author’s Purpose (p. 4)

• Use Knowledge of Word Structures to Determine Word Meaning (pp. 4, 6)

• Activate Prior Knowledge (p. 5)

• Use Context Clues to Determine Word Meaning (p. 5)

• Draw Conclusions (pp. 6, 7)

This skill/strategy is the focus of the Ongoing Assessments for

this title.

theme connectionsWeather

Storms

Safety

Before Reading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Chapters 1 & 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Chapters 3 & 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Chapter 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

After Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Writing Workshop and Writing Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8, 9

Reproducible Graphic Organizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Content-Area Extension Activities (BLMs). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Answer Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

tabLe of contents

Stormy Weather

introduce the bookDraw students’ attention to the front cover of the book. Read the title together. Turn to the back of the book and read the blurb and author information. Examine the table of contents. Page through the book looking at the photographs and captions. While previewing, pose the following questions to encourage students to think about the text before reading.

• Based on your preview, what do you predict this book is about? What do you think the author will talk about?

• Do you think the book is fiction or nonfiction? Why?

• What kinds of features would you expect to find in a nonfiction book? Do you see any of those features here?

• Have you had any storms like the ones in the photographs in your area? What do you know about these storms? Which of these storms have you never seen before?

• What do you already know about storms? What do you want to learn about storms? What do you think you’ll find out in this book?

• What kinds of special vocabulary words do you think you’ll find in this book?

set a purpose for readinGThis text provides an excellent opportunity for students to focus on the cause-and-effect text structure and the strategy of summarizing information. Explain that the author is going to present the characteristics of four types of storms—thunderstorm, hurricane, tornado, and blizzard. She will describe what causes these storms to form and the effects the storms have on the people and places around them. Read page 8 from the text and then say: Listen carefully to the effects that lightning can have. After reading, point out that certain words, such as since and cause can signal that an author is describing a cause-and-effect relationship. Sometimes, however, the author doesn’t use any signal words, but rather suggests the relationship by first describing a cause, then its effect. Other times, an author may describe what has happened first, and then go on to explain the cause.

introduce the Graphic orGanizerProvide each student with a copy of the Identifying Causes and Effects of Storms graphic organizer. Explain that as they read, each student will be looking for data to fill in this chart. You might suggest that students place sticky notes in the margins of pages where they note cause-and-effect relationships. Point out that identifying cause-and-effect relationships allows readers to make sense of information presented in an expository text.

BEFORE REAdInG

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From a loud clap of thunder to a blinding whiteout, author natalie Lunis gives readers the inside scoop on four types of storms: thunderstorms, hurricanes, tornadoes and blizzards. She explores the weather conditions that cause such wild weather and provides tips for staying safe. She also identifies what kinds of storms are common in different parts of the world.

Book Summary

Thunderstorms

Identifying Causes and Effects of Storms

What happened? (Effect) Why does It happen? (Cause)

hurricanes

Tornadoes

Blizzards

What happened? (Effect) Why does It happen? (Cause)

What happened? (Effect) Why does It happen? (Cause)

What happened? (Effect) Why does It happen? (Cause)

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Analyze Compound WordsChallenge students to find examples of compound words in the text. Discuss how paying attention to the words within compound words can be used to decipher meaning and spelling patterns. Create a word web like the one below as an example.

Then tell students to apply this and other strategies to unfamiliar words they flagged. These might include: lightning, p. 5

evaporates, p. 6

static electricity, p. 7

expand, p. 7

TEACHING TIPSMeaningful Activities for Rapid Readers• Read the sidebar fact on page 4. If

there are 10 seconds between a flash of lightning and a clap of thunder, how many miles away is the storm?

• Think about the question prompt on page 8. Then write a story in response and share it with the class.

Prompts to help Readers Monitor Comprehension• If you lose the meaning, go back

and reread the section where you lost concentration.

ChAPTERS 1 & 2

read the text pages 2–9Use the following prompt to set a purpose for the reading: As you read, think about the information the author is presenting. What does she want you to know about? What is the author’s purpose for writing this book?

Ask students to read the chapters independently. Invite them to use sticky notes to flag sections of the text that support their ideas about the author’s purpose. Also ask them to flag examples of cause-and-ef-fect relationships that illustrate how storms happen and what the results are, and any unfamiliar words they encounter. When the group has finished, use the activities below to focus on skills, strategies, and text and graphic features of the book.

focus on comprehensiondiscuss the Author’s Purpose Invite students to share their ideas about the author’s purpose. Invite them to point out examples from the text that helped them figure it out. If students have difficulty, use a think aloud to model how a good reader thinks through an author’s purpose. In the first paragraph on page 2, the author describes how storms happen when huge masses of hot and cold air meet and clash. She then goes on to say that the rest of the book will be about storms in my area and around the world. This made me think that throughout the book she was going to describe how storms happen and what their effects are.

Begin the Graphic Organizer: Identifying Cause and Effect Ask students to reread or skim and scan the text to locate information for the graphic organizer. Draw students’ attention to the text structure of Chapter 2. On page 6, the author explains what causes thunderstorms. On the following pages, she describes what causes the lightning and thunder that accompany a thunderstorm. Ask: How does recognizing the cause-and-effect text structure help you find the information you’re looking for?

Summarize InformationExplain to students that a summary is a short statement of the most important ideas or information in a text. Point out that stopping every few paragraphs and summarizing the main point can help them make sure they understand what they’re reading. Have students use the following tips to summarize what they’ve read in Chapter 2:

• Figure out the topic of what you are reading.

• Think about the most important points the author has made about the topic.

• Restate the most important points in your own words. Include only the main ideas, not the supporting details.

• Keep the summary short.

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word parts

definitions

sentenceA rainstorm with

thunder and lightning is called a thunderstorm.

thunder

loud, rumbling sound that comes

after lightning

storm

heavy rain, snow, sleet, or hail with strong winds

thunderstorm

read the text pages 10–19Use the following prompt to set a purpose for the reading: As you read, think about what you already know about hurricanes and tornadoes—from television, movies, books, or first-hand experience. Think also about what you’d like to know about these storms but don’t know now. How can activating prior knowledge help you read and understand new information?

Ask students to read the chapters independently. Encourage them to use sticky notes to jot down personal connections they make to the text as they read and new information that they wanted to know prior to reading. Also ask them to flag examples of cause-and-effect relationships, and any unfamiliar words they encounter. When the group has finished, use the activities below to focus on skills, strategies, and text and graphic features of the book.

focus on comprehensiondiscuss using Prior knowledgePrompt a discussion of what students have read by using the KWL strategy. On the board or chart paper, create a table with three col-umns: (1) What do I know?; (2) What do I want to know?; and (3) What have I learned? Ask: What information was already familiar to you? (Jot their responses in the first column.) What information did you want to know before reading the chapters? (Jot their responses in the second column.) What have you learned that you did not know before? (Jot their responses in the third column.) Did having prior knowledge about hurricanes and tornadoes make you more interested and curious about this topic? Why and how?

Continue the Graphic Organizer: Identifying Cause and Effect

Ask students to reread or skim and scan the text to locate information for the graphic organizer. Remind students to look for signal words and phrases that can help them identify cause-and-effect relationships, such as because, as a result, and so.

Summarize Information Invite students to summarize the key points in the two chapters they have just finished. Explain that summarizing will help them remember what they’ve read and enable them to check their understanding as they read. Here are some possible summary statements for each chapter:

• Chapter 3: Hurricanes are powerful storms made up of wind and rain that can cause tremendous damage if they hit land.

• Chapter 4: Tornadoes are funnel-shaped windstorms that happen when a mass of cold air collides with rising hot air. Like hurricanes, tornadoes can be very destructive if they hit land.

Then tell students to apply this and other strategies to unfamiliar words they flagged. These might include: hurricanes, p. 10 coastal, p. 13homeless, p. 13meteorologist, p. 14tornado, p. 15collides, p. 17

use Context CluesPoint out that using context clues in surrounding text is a valuable strate-gy for determining the meaning of an unfamiliar word. Have students look at the word eye (page 11). The author defines this word in context using a synonym (hole). Create a visual word web like the one below and have the group complete it.

ChAPTERS 3 & 4

TEACHING TIPSMeaningful Activities for Rapid Readers• Read the sidebar on page 10. On a

map or globe, locate the places where typhoons and cyclones occur.

• Make a “Tornado Safety Rules” poster using the information in the sidebar on page 19.

Prompts to help Readers Monitor Comprehension• If you lose the meaning, go back

and reread the section where you lost concentration.

• Look for context clues to help you define unfamiliar words.

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eye

synonym hole

definitionthe calm area at the center of a hurricane

sentenceThe winds swirled around the eye of the storm.

similar word center

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Analyze Compound WordsPoint out that some of the weather terms in this chapter are compound words. Create a visual word web like the one below to demonstrate how analyzing compound words can help readers define them.

Then tell students to apply this and other strategies to unfamiliar words they flagged. These might include: evaporates, p. 6

whiteout, p. 21

snowfall, p. 21

snow drift

definitionsnow that drifts and piles up

focus on comprehension

discuss Summarizing InformationInvite students to share summary statements based on their reading of Chapter 5. If students have difficulty, use the following think aloud to model how readers formulate summaries:

In the first paragraph on page 20, the author defined a blizzard. She then went on to describe certain conditions that may result from a blizzard, such as snowdrifts, whiteouts, and the inability to travel or go to work. My summary statement would be: A blizzard is a heavy snowstorm with strong winds and cold temperatures that can cause snowdrifts, whiteouts, and many interruptions to people’s lives.

Complete the Graphic Organizer: Identifying Cause and Effect

Ask students to reread or skim and scan the text to locate information to complete the graphic organizer.

draw ConclusionsNow that students have read about four distinct types of stormy weather, challenge them to use the information they read to help them draw conclusions about which types of storms are the most dangerous. Encourage them to go back and skim and scan the text to remind themselves of the characteristics and effects of each type of storm. Possible conclusion statements include:• All four types of storms are serious, but hurricanes and tornadoes

have the potential to cause the widest and most severe damage.

• Blizzards are the least deadly type of storm, and lightning is usually limited to small areas. Tornadoes and hurricanes, however, cover wide areas and can kill many people.

ChAPTER 5

read the text pages 20–22Use the following prompt to set a purpose for the reading: As you reach the end of the book, summarize the key points of the final chapter. When describing a blizzard, be sure to include only the key points, not all of the details.

Ask students to read the chapter independently. Also ask them to flag examples of cause-and-effect relationships and any unfamiliar words they encounter. When the group has finished, use the activities below to focus on skills, strategies, and text and graphic features of the book.

TEACHING TIPSMeaningful Activities for Rapid Readers• Do the sidebar activity on page

22. What does this experiment teach you about snow? What problems could arise when lots of snow suddenly melts?

Prompts to help Readers Monitor Comprehension• If you lose the meaning, go back

and reread the section where you lost concentration.

• Look for context clues to help you define unfamiliar words.

word parts

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snowdrift

AFTER REAdInG

Thunderstorms

Identifying Causes and Effects of Storms

What happened? (Effect) Why does It happen? (Cause)

hurricanes

Tornadoes

Blizzards

thunderlightning heats the air, making it expand; sudden expansion causes sound waves

kills and hurts people; damages places and things lightning

terrible damage—floods that destroy homes and cars; winds that knock down trees and tear roofs off buildings; waves that break up boats

hurricane conditions

What happened? (Effect) Why does It happen? (Cause)

suck up or destroy cars, hous-es, and people

the whirling winds of a tor-nado

What happened? (Effect) Why does It happen? (Cause)

tornadoa mass of cold air moves in and collides with rising hot air

What happened? (Effect) Why does It happen? (Cause)

driving becomes impossible; travel-ers are stranded; schools and businesses are closed

blizzards

sYnthesize and assessRetell and Summarize As a group, generate an oral or written retelling of the book. Select the key points to create a summary.

Respond Ask students what they found most interesting about the book. What they did not like and why. What questions they still have. What additional information they might have included if they had been the author.

Identify Cause and Effect Challenge students to use their com-pleted graphic organizers to discuss some of the effects storms can have on our lives. Have them identify what causes these storms to occur.

draw Conclusions Ask students to formulate conclusion statements based on their reading and the information they charted. Record these ideas.

The completed graphic organizer below can serve as a model for assessing students’ ability to identify cause and effect.

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mini-Lesson Writing Focus: using Cause-and-Effect Text StructureRemind students that throughout the book Stormy Weather, they read about storms—how they happen and their effects.

Ask students to review their Identifying Causes and Effects of Storms graphic organizer to remind themselves of the different types of storms and how they occur. Did the storms that they’ve experienced have effects similar to the ones they read about?

On chart paper or the board, create a chart describing the cause-and-effect relationships that resulted from a storm. Remind students that one cause (e.g., the storm) can have many effects. You may also want to point out that the storm is not always the cause—that it may also be described in terms of being the effect, or result, of certain weather patterns.

Use the reproducible Writing Model to demonstrate how the information from the chart can be used to write a paragraph that describes cause-and-effect relationships. Remind students that certain signal words can help them describe the cause-and-effect relationships in their writing.

WRITInG WORkShOP

TEACHING TIPSProcess WrItINg Steps

1. Have students create a chart similar to the one shown, describing the various cause-and-effect relationships of a storm they’ve experienced.

2. Using notes from their charts, have students independently write a first draft using a cause-and-effect text structure.

3. After students complete their paragraph, they should revise and edit them.

4. Conference with each student following the first revision and editing.

5. Have students make any additional changes and create a final copy of their paragraph.

6. Finally, invite students to share their paragraph with a group of other students.

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Write a short descrip-tive paragraph of a time you experienceda storm; use a cause-and-effect text structure.

WrITING ASSigNmeNt

CAuSE

temperature dropped to 10 degrees Fahrenheit and winds blew at 45 miles per hour

blizzard

teachers couldn’t get to school

blowing wind

buried cars

firm snow

EFFECT

big blizzard

two feet of snow, trains and buses can’t run, play all day – make snowmen and angels

principal closed school for day

snowdrifts

stay at home

make hard, packed snowballs

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The Blizzard

One cold January day last year, the temperature

dropped to 10 degrees Fahrenheit and the winds blew

at 45 miles per hour causing one of the biggest

blizzards our town has ever had. As a result of the

blizzard, two feet of snow fell to the ground. The

principal closed school for the day because the teachers

couldn’t get to school! Since the trains and buses

weren’t running, even our parents couldn’t go to work.

The blowing wind caused snowdrifts to bury our cars,

so there was nothing to do but stay home and play.

Making snowmen, snow angels, and snowballs was fun

and easy because the snow was firm and easy to

pack. Snow days are the best!

WrITING TIP

When writing a descriptive paragraph, use words that show what you

mean rather than simply telling a fact. For example, don’t just say

that the snow was firm. Instead, show how firm it was by describing

what you could make or do with it because of its firmness.

Name: __________________________________________ Date: __________________

Writing Model: describing Causes and Effects

signal words for cause and effect

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Thunderstorms

Name: __________________________________________ Date: ________________

Identifying Causes and Effects of Storms

What happened? (Effect) Why does It happen? (Cause)

hurricanes

Tornadoes

Blizzards

What happened? (Effect) Why does It happen? (Cause)

What happened? (Effect) Why does It happen? (Cause)

What happened? (Effect) Why does It happen? (Cause)

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Summaries

This storm, which starts over tropical waters, is made up of fierce winds that swirl around an eye. When it hits land, it causes terrible damage.

This storm is caused by static electricity that builds up in clouds. It is made up of heavy rains, flashes of lightning, and claps of thunder.

The heavy snows and strong winds of this storm can cause whiteouts, which make it impossible to see right in front of you.

Caused by a collision of cold air and rising hot air, the powerful winds of this funnel-shaped storm suck up anything in its path, causing mass destruction.

Name: ________________________________________ Date: _________________

Storm Match-upRead the summary statements below. Then draw a line to match the storms to their summaries.

Storms

• blizzard

• hurricane

• tornado

• thunderstorm

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Name: __________________________________________ Date: ________________

how a Tornado happens

Cut out the following pictures and captions, which illustrate how a tornado occurs. Then put them in the correct order.

[art: thundercloud with funnel of twisting wind approaching the ground]

[art: show cold air mass colliding with hot rising air]

A funnel shaped “twister” begins to form.

[art: thundercloud with funnel of twisting wind beginning to form in cloud]

A thundercloud full of spinning wind begins to form.

On a hot afternoon, a mass of cold air collides with hot rising air.

The twister gets longer and touches the ground.

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Name: ________________________________________ Date: __________________

Postcard to a Friend

Maria Jones1 BroadwayNew York, NY 10000

Imagine that you live in the Midwest and have just seen a tornado. Write a postcard to a friend in New York describing what it looked like and what happened when it hit land. Use the information from the book to help you write your postcard.

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Name: __________________________________________ Date: ________________

hurricanes and TornadoesHow are hurricanes and tornadoes similar? How are they different? Compare and contrast the two storms. Write how they are different in the outer parts of the circles. Write how they are the same in the part that overlaps.

hurricane Tornado

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A n S W E R k E y

Summaries

This storm, which starts over tropical waters, is made up of fierce winds that swirl around an eye. When it hits land, it causes terrible damage.

This storm is caused by static electricity that builds up in clouds. It is made up of heavy rains, flashes of lightning, and claps of thunder.

The heavy snows and strong winds of this storm can cause whiteouts, which make it impossible to see right in front of you.

Caused by a collision of cold air and rising hot air, the powerful winds of this funnel-shaped storm suck up anything in its path, causing mass destruction.

Storm Match-up how a Tornado happens

hurricanes and TornadoesPostcard to a Friend

Maria Jones1 BroadwayNew York, NY 10000

hurricane Tornado

Starts over the ocean

Can keep growing for several days

Can stretch out over hundreds of miles

Ring shaped winds up to 150 mph

Named by meteorologists

Powerful winds swirl around

Can cause great destruction

Meteorologists put out warnings

Starts over land

Can form quickly

Stretches out about 11/2 miles

Funnel shaped

Winds up to 300 mph

Sucks up dirt and objects

[art: thundercloud with funnel of twisting wind approaching the ground]

[art: show cold air mass colliding with hot rising air]

A funnel shaped “twister” begins to form.

[art: thundercloud with funnel of twisting wind beginning to form in cloud]

A thundercloud full of spinning wind begins to form.

On a hot afternoon, a mass of cold air collides with hot rising air.

The twister gets longer and touches the ground.

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Storms

• blizzard

• hurricane

• tornado

• thunderstorm

2.1.

4.3.

Student answers will vary. Check for content

accuracy and writing competency.

Introduce the Book Set a Purpose for Reading√ Introduce the

Graphic Organizer

Read the Text: Ch. 1 & 2Focus on Comprehension:√ Begin the Graphic Organizer√ Summarize

Information

Read the Text: Ch. 3 & 4Focus on Comprehension:√ Continue the Graphic

Organizer√ Summarize

Information

Read the Text: Ch. 5 Focus on Comprehension:√ Discuss Summarizing

Information√ Complete the

Graphic Organizer

Synthesize and Assess

Writing Mini-Lesson Writing Assignment

Writing Assignment

Content-Area Extension Activities (BLMs)

Introduce the Book

Read the Text: Ch. 1 & 2 Select or create mini-lessons by using the comprehension pre-assessments to deter-mine student needs.*

Read the Text: Ch. 3 & 4

Select or create mini-lessons.*

Read the Text: Ch. 5 Select or create mini-lessons.*

Writing Mini-Lesson Writing Assignment

Writing Assignment

Content-Area Extension Activities (BLMs)

BEFORE REAdInG (p. 3) Introduce the Book Set a Purpose for Reading√ Introduce the Graphic Organizer:

Identifying Cause and Effect*

duRInG REAdInG (pp. 4–6)Read the Text: Chapters 1 & 2Focus on Comprehension Mini-Lessons: Discuss the Author’s Purpose*√ Begin the Graphic Organizer*√ Summarize Information* Analyze Compound Words*

Read the Text: Chapters 3 & 4Focus on Comprehension Mini-Lessons: Discuss Using Prior Knowledge√ Continue the Graphic Organizer*√ Summarize Information* Use Context Clues*

Read the Text: Chapter 5Focus on Comprehension Mini-Lessons:√ Discuss Summarizing Information*√ Complete the Graphic Organizer* Draw Conclusions* Analyze Compound Words*

AFTER REAdInG (p. 7) Synthesize and Assess Activities: Retell and Summarize* Respond√ Identify Cause and Effect* Draw Conclusions*

WRITInG WORkShOP (pp. 8–9)Mini-Lesson √ Assignment: using Cause-and-Effect

Text Structure*

COnTEnT-AREA ExTEnSIOn ACTIvITIES on Blackline Masters (pp. 11–14) Storm Match-up how a Tornado happens Postcard to a Friend hurricanes and Tornadoes

Lesson-at-a-GLance

Navigators Teaching Guides provide flexible options to meet a variety of instructional needs…

√ Checkmarked skills may be assessed by using the tests provided in the Comprehension Strategy Assessment Handbook.

* Preassessments are available in the Comprehension Strategy Assessment Handbook.

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sampLe Lesson pLanninG Guides

Accelerated 3-day Lesson

5-day Flexible Lesson

5-day Lesson for Assessed Skills & Strategies

Introduce the Book

Read the Text: Ch. 1 & 2

Read the Text: Ch. 3 & 4

Read the Text: Ch. 5 Synthesize and Assess

day

Copyright © 2011 Benchmark Education Company, LLC. All rights reserved. Teachers may photocopy the reproducible pages for classroom use. No other part of this guide may be reproduced or transmitted in whole or in part in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher.ISBN: 978-1-59000-492-0

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