Twisters and Other Terrible Storms Ch 5

What is Tornado Alley?

• A street in Texas

• The only place that tornados happen in the U. S.

• The safest place to go in case of a tornado

• The middle of the United States

Our book had a picture of one house with that was fine and one destroyed by a tornado.

What does that tell you?

• Tornados like some houses better than others.

• Tornados don't always damage everything around.

• The people in one house prepared better than the others.

• Tornados are the most dangerous storms.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

Which step in tornado formation would happen first?

• The funnel cloud touches the ground.

• The spinning air gets pushed to where it is standing up.

• The air spins.

• A funnel cloud forms.

A watch means the conditions are right for a tornado.

A warning means a tornado has touched down.

Which would you be more worried about and why?

• A watch because a tornado is coming soon.

• A watch because there is already a tornado.

• A warning because the conditions are right for a tornado.

• A warning because a tornado is here and has touched the ground.

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

Why is the heading on one of the pages "Twister Relatives"?

• It is about waterspouts and dust devils which are almost like tornados.

• It is about the family of people whose last name is Twister.

• Waterspouts and dust devils are dangerous.

• It looked pretty at the top of the page.

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

They rarely have wind speeds over 50 miles per hour.

What does rarely mean?

• all the time

• almost

• only sometimes

• It doesn't mean anything. They just added it for fun.

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CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4