4B1

4B1

We are going to read several

texts in this module to see how authors wrote about topics.

The topics we are going to explore are different natural disasters.

Today, we are

going to read about one kind of natural disaster—tornadoes.

We’ll identify important information that the author provides

about this main topic. We’ll also look at the text features and

think about how we can use the information there to help us

understand the focus of specific paragraphs in the main text.

Multiple Select

What three categories of information does the author

provide about tornadoes?

Pick 3

• describe

  tornadoes

• when to expect tornadoes

• the ways people study and classify

  tornadoes

• surviving tornadoes.

Fill in the Blank

What is the main head for pages 4 and 5?

Fill in the Blank

What is the

focus of these paragraphs?

What a tornado is and how it _________

Open Ended

Why might an author begin with a

description?

to help readers understand the basic

information before giving more specific information

Text Features

I want to find out how we learn about the topic of tornadoes. We know that headings can help us identify topics. I’ll look at the headings in the chapter.

On page 6, I see the heading “Studying Tornadoes.” That’s the section I need. I’ll write that in the first column of my chart. Now I’m looking at the photo on page 5. I see a wrecked car and other damage. What happened here? I’ll read the caption for answers.

Open Ended

What words do you connect to or think of when you hear the word: ROTATING

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct spelling.

• staple

• stable

• stafle

• stadle

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct spelling.

• tadle

• tagle

• tatle

• table

Multiple Select

What is this?

• puzzle

• ankle

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct spelling.

• waggle

• wabble

• waffle

• wattle

Multiple Choice

He is ___.

• thin

• chubby

• team

Multiple Choice

She is_____.

• veautifull

• beautiful

• been

Multiple Choice

It is __________.

• sofa

• soon

• soft

Multiple Choice

He is____.

• ugly

• oglo

• Jack