Tornado! Comprehension

The genre for Tornado! is:

• expository text

• fantasy

• narrative nonfiction

• biography

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TEKS.ELA.1.9D

TEKS.ELA.2.9D

TEKS.ELA.3.9D

TEKS.ELA.4.9D

TEKS.ELA.K.8D

A tornado is:

• a spinning lake

• a spinning cloud

• a piece of spinning ground

• a spinning hurricane

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TEKS.ELA.1.8C

TEKS.ELA.1.8D

TEKS.ELA.2.8B

TEKS.ELA.2.8C

TEKS.ELA.2.8D

What kind of weather do most tornadoes begin from?

• snow storms

• hurricanes

• thunderstorms

• rainbows

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TEKS.ELA.RI.9C

Where do most tornadoes happen?

• Canada

• Europe

• United States

• Africa

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TEKS.ELA.1.9D

TEKS.ELA.2.9D

TEKS.ELA.3.9D

TEKS.ELA.4.9D

TEKS.ELA.K.8D

A tornado is:

• a bolt of lightning

• a broken funnel cloud

• John Cena

• when a funnel cloud reaches the ground

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TEKS.ELA.1.9D

TEKS.ELA.2.9D

TEKS.ELA.3.9D

TEKS.ELA.4.9D

TEKS.ELA.K.8D

What do we call the area of the United States where the most tornadoes happen?

• Tornado City

• Tornado Alley

• Tornado Tunnel

• Tornado Valley

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TEKS.ELA.1.9D

TEKS.ELA.2.9D

TEKS.ELA.3.9D

TEKS.ELA.4.9D

TEKS.ELA.K.8D

What was the author's purpose for writing Tornado!

• to persuade

• to inform

• to entertain

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TEKS.ELA.1.10

TEKS.ELA.1.9E

TEKS.ELA.2.10

TEKS.ELA.2.9E.I

TEKS.ELA.3.10

During a tornado, you should shelter in a room with windows.

• True

• False

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TEKS.ELA.RI.9C

When a tornado has been seen, news reports use the words:

• Tornado Warning

• Tornado Watch

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TEKS.ELA.1.9D

TEKS.ELA.2.9D

TEKS.ELA.3.9D

TEKS.ELA.4.9D

TEKS.ELA.K.8D

In the United States, tornadoes form when warm wet air from the Gulf of Mexico crashes with cool, dry air from Canada.

• True

• False

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TEKS.ELA.1.9D

TEKS.ELA.2.9D

TEKS.ELA.3.9D

TEKS.ELA.4.9D

TEKS.ELA.K.8D