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Tornado Alert!

This week we will be learning about tornados by reading the story Tornado Alert! Here are some cool sites all about tornados!

Pictures of Tornados
Tornado Stories
Weather-Watch: How Tornados Work
See a Tornado!
I Survived a Tornado! A young boy's story
Scott Foresman Internet Workshop

Tornado Cause and Effect
Interactive Twister

Vocabulary

destroy--to spoit; ruin; do away with

noise--a sound that is not pleasant or musical

powerful--having great power or force;mighty; strong

storms--strong winds, usually with heavy rain, snow, or hail and sometimes with thunder and lightning

warnings--notices given in advance

wrecked--destroyed; ruined 

MORE WORDS TO KNOW:

damage--to harm or injure so as to lessen value or usefulness

detect--discover

funnel--a thing that is narrow at the bottom with a cone and a wide mouth at the top

satelllites--artificial objects shot by a rocket into an orbit around Earth

tornado--a very violent and destructive whirlwind

Vocabulary Practice:

Matching Game
Flashcards
Concentration Game
Word Search
Crossword Puzzle

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Homophones

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nose
threw
through
hour
our
hole
whole
tail
tale
their
they're
there
weak
week

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