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Hurricanes and Tornadoes: Reading Comprehension

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a selection about hurricanes and tornadoes, then complete 4 multiple choice questions based on the selection.
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Natural Disasters

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders write a description of a natural disaster. They list as many natural disasters as they can think of. The class discusses any natural disasters individuals have witnessed first hand. They watch a brief clip of a film that...
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Learning About Weather

For Teachers 1st
First graders investigate natural weather disasters by writing an essay.  In this weather instructional activity, 1st graders research one aspect of dangerous weather such as hurricanes, snow, floods, etc.  Students take notes on their...
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Research a Severe Weather Pattern of Interest

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Learners select a severe weather pattern of interest (tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, lightning, hail, and thunderstorms) and research these patterns to collect data for a report they write in the next lesson.
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What's In The Wind?

For Students 7th - 10th
In this what's in the wind worksheet, students, with a partner, complete four activities involving different types of wind, different types of phrases involving wind and conversation questions regarding homeland weather conditions.
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Weather Emergency Safety

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify different types of weather emergencies that may happen during the seasons. They list the steps involved when taking cover and fleeing dangerous weather patters. A comprehensive list of service agencies that can...
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The Shape of Disaster - Current Event- Swine Flu/Hurricanes/Tornadoes/Wild Fire

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students create a disaster preparation book. In this disaster preparation lesson, students research disasters and use the kidspiration program to create a shape to represent each disaster. They create a page for each disaster.
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Do Some Research: Air Science 1

For Teachers 4th - 5th
For this universe research worksheet, students read the sentence and then use a library or the Internet to find the answer and write it on the blue line. Students then write a short report about this topic: a violent whirlwind in which...
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Novel Study- As You Read: Night of the Twisters

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In this reading worksheet, learners discover that author Ivy Ruckman doesn't describe or explain what tornadoes are in Night of the Twisters. Students jot notes as they read about what the characters experience before, during and after...
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And Tomorrow's Forecast Is...

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students create original short stories that feature distinctive weather phenomena, such as rainbows, snowstorms, tornadoes, thunder and/or lightning. They use a story map, imbedded in this plane, to help them organize their story.
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Forces of Nature Vocabulary Quiz

For Students 4th - 5th
In this science worksheet, learners draw lines to match 13 words pertaining to forces of nature to their definitions in another column. Example: tornado, tide, erosion, pressure.
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Night of the Twister

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students use reading strategies for Night of the Twister. In this reading strategies activity, students name five major catastrophes and books about each. Students complete a vocabulary section, make inferences and predictions, read the...
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EngageNY

Building Background Knowledge and Making Inferences: What Is a Natural Disaster?

For Teachers 5th Standards
That's a disaster! Scholars complete a gallery walk to view images and make inferences about natural disasters. They fill out a note catcher about what they observe and infer any questions they may have. They then participate in a World...
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Word Search: Storm in the Night

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this literature vocabulary instructional activity, students locate 21 words in the word search puzzle. All pertain to the book Storm in the Night. This is a tornado shaped puzzle.
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Weather Handwriting Worksheet

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this handwriting activity worksheet, students look at each of the weather related pictures and trace the name of the following words: sun, cloud, tornado, and lightning.
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Weather Word and Picture Matching

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this weather activity learning exercise, students draw a line from each weather related word to the matching picture. Students identify rain, tornado, lightning, sun, cloud, and snow.
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Feelings about Current Events

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students explore feelings about negative events. In this health and social studies lesson, students discuss and write about personal feelings about events that have had an impact on their life, such as hurricanes, tornadoes, and plane...
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ESL Flow

Natural Disasters

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Learners examine different natural disasters.  In this natural disaster lesson plan students complete a worksheet that has the learners label the pictures of natural disasters and answer questions. 
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Franklin D. Roosevelt

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Discuss the life of Franklin D. Roosevelt. This story, called "Franklin D. Roosevelt" by Laura Hamilton Waxman, is used to explore comprehension skills. Some of these skills include identifying prefixes and suffixes, making comparisons,...
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Wiki Comment: The News and You

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Kids explore the world of news media by creating a wiki page. They will create a wiki page on the Internet in order to comment on and question the stories that take place in the world. They will practice creative writing by summarizing...
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Cambridge English

Words Related to Weather: Vocabulary Activities

For Students 4th - 6th
Study all things weather with a packet of weather vocabulary activities. The 12-page packet includes three crosswords varying in difficulty, a mixed letter sort, a sentence sort, weather word search, and fill-in-the-blank sentences with...
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Check Out Community Preparedness

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners research storm preparedness in local community, identify ways citizens are notified of impending weather emergencies, contact city administrators to discuss disaster plan and whether it has ever been implemented, and interview...
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K12 Reader

Extreme Weather

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
What is thunder? After reading a short article about extreme weather, middle schoolers must use information in the text to explain this weather phenomenon.
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Hatchet: Concept Analysis

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
Take an in-depth look into Gary Paulsen's Hatchet with a concept guide. With a list and explanation of thematic motifs, types of conflicts, and vocabulary in the novel, learners will engage with the text in a whole new way.

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