MAY 11 MAY 15 C Assignments Weekly Reading

MAY 11 -MAY 15 C Assignments Weekly Reading Name: TYPE YOUR NAME HERE

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This week in reading, we will focus on Natural Disasters! A natural disaster is a major event resulting from natural processes of the Earth. Examples are floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, tsunamis, and storms. This Week’s

Bill Nye the Science Guy - Volcanos Watch this episode on volcanos by clicking the link below and answer the questions that are on the next slide! Bill Nye - Volcanos I would PRE-READ the questions before you watch so you know what you are listening for!

Bill Nye – Questions QUESTION ANSWER Where did some of the oldest land come from? TYPE YOUR ANSWER HERE Name one thing that volcanos can do to the surrounding environment when they erupt. TYPE YOUR ANSWER HERE Do all volcanos explode when they erupt? Explain. TYPE YOUR ANSWER HERE Where do volcanos usually occur? TYPE YOUR ANSWER HERE

Nearpod Click the link below and go through each slide! Some slides you will just read, some you may type into, and others you will watch videos! Have fun! Nearpod Assignment

Lesson – Recounting Stories • Learning Target Retell or recount stories from around the world by telling key events in the order in which they happened. • When you recount a story, you are retelling the story in your own words. . Be sure that you include the key details and events that happened in the beginning, middle, and end. Tell the events in the sequence, or order, in which they happened. • Read this story. Think about what happens at the beginning, middle, and end. Then reread the story. What are the most important details?

The chart below will help you to organize the most important details of a story. Think about what happened in the beginning, middle, and end of the story. Then, add those details to the chart. Beginning TYPE HERE Middle TYPE HERE End TYPE HERE

Recount the folktale “Brother and Sister” by adding key details to the chart below. Beginning A brother and sister grow and sell rice. They each get the same number of bags of rice. Middle Sister: TYPE HERE Brother: TYPE HERE End TYPE HERE

Which details from the chart do you think are most important? List them and tell why you chose them. • TYPE HERE

Literacy Pro Book Report • Log into Literacy Pro and read this book • You will complete a book report on the next slide!

Hurricanes - Book Report 3 Interesting facts you learned 1. 2. 3. 2 new words you learned 1. Word: Definition: 2. Word: Definition: 1 question I still have about Hurricanes. 1.

Read. Works • Login to Read. Works and complete the assigned passage called “Protecting Against Tornadoes” (I assigned it to you. ) Then, answer the questions! I will be checking and commenting back to you! Read. Works link: click here Read. Works class code: CEDN 4 Y Password: 1234

Writing Prompt The Prompt Compare and contrast a hurricane and tornado. How are they the same? How are they different? • Use information from the Bill Nye video, the Literacy Pro text and the Read. Works passage to answer it. You can also research on other websites or books on your own. • The planner is on the next slide!

Planner! HURRICANES THE SAME TORNADOS Type here Type here Type here Type here

Write Your Response • Use the information you included in your planner yesterday to write your response (on the next slide) • Your response should be 2 paragraphs long. Each paragraph should have about 5 sentences and should be indented! (This means that your first line is pushed over a few spaces!) • Your first paragraph can explain how a hurricane and volcano are the same. • Your second paragraph should explain how a hurricane and volcano are different. • Be sure to use scientific terms in your response, such as funnel, cyclone, etc. and to write in complete sentences!

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