ReadyGEN 4B11

ReadyGEN 4B11

Today we are going to return to two texts we

have already read, Danger! Earthquakes and Disaster Alert!, to

see how identifying main topics and key details in texts helps us

understand how ideas are connected.

 In this lesson we are going to describe connections

between the scientific ideas in these two texts.

Poll

Which text do you think was more informative?

• Disaster Alert!

• Danger!

  Earthquakes

Open Ended

Which text do you think was more informative?

Why?

Open Ended

How are scales used to study tornadoes?

Open Ended

How are scales used to study earthquakes?

How are scales used to study both tornadoes and earthquakes?

Scientists use the Richter and Mercalli scales to measure earthquakes’

power. Scientists use a scale to measure the strength of a tornado.

A cause is why something happens. 

An effect is what happens.

I read about bushfires on pages 28–31 of Disaster Alert! On pages 28–29, the author tells three causes of bushfires: lightning strikes, people, and faulty electrical equipment. I’ll write lightning strikes, people, and faulty electrical equipment in the first Causes box above Why did

it happen? I read that the effect, or what happens, is a bushfire. I’ll write bushfire in the first Effects box above What happened?

Open Ended

What words do you think of or connect to the word: SHELTERS

Multiple Choice

The leprechaun hides his _______ in a pot at the end of the rainbow.

• coins
• coyns
• cowns
• couns

Multiple Choice

Isabella got a __________ on her dress because the store was having a sale.

• discoint
• discownt
• discount
• dishcewnt

Multiple Choice

Ms. Frevert does not _________ doing the laundry.

• enjoy
• enjoi
• enjow
• anjoy

Multiple Choice

We ______ eggs for breakfast.

• boyl

• boil

• bowl

• boul

Multiple Choice

Tanya did not listen to her mother.

• it's

• I'll

• didn't

Multiple Choice

Tina could not get out of the way.

• counldn't

• can't

• shouldn't

Multiple Choice

I did not spill paint on purpose.

• don't

• didn't

• doesn't