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Volcanoes. By David L. Harrison Illustrated by Cheryl Nathan. THIS WEEK STUDENTS WILL LEARN Comprehension Skill Compare/Contrast Comprehension Strategy Monitor and Fix Up Vocabulary Strategy Dictionary . Expository Nonfiction. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Volcanoes
By David L. HarrisonIllustrated by Cheryl
Nathan
THIS WEEKSTUDENTS WILL LEARN Comprehension Skill Compare/ContrastComprehension Strategy Monitor and Fix UpVocabulary Strategy Dictionary
Expository NonfictionExpository nonfiction gives facts and information. Look for facts about volcanoes as you read.
Guided Reading Groups
How can people use a scientific fact to
protect themselves from natural disasters?
Compare & Contrast• When you compare and contrast, you tell
how two or more things are alike and different.
Concept Vocabulary• Authorities: the officials in control• Debris: scattered pieces or bits of
something that has been torn down or blown up
• Evacuate: to get everyone out of a dangerous place or situation
www.weatherwizkids.com/volcano1.htm
United StreamingVolcanoes:
Mountains of Fire
Youtube: Type in How Volcanoes form (5 min)
One vowel at the beginning or in the middle of a word or syllable, it usually says it’s short sound.
(At Ed’s It’s On Us !)
CV/VC
If it is not it may be a fantasy.
Vocabulary
www.intute.ac.uk/.../hazards/Volcano-maps.html
volcanoes• Hills or mountains
built up by lava and ash around an opening in Earth’s crust
Volcanoes are very dangerous- mountains that blow out ash, rock and gas.
lava• Hot, melted
rock that flows onto Earth’s surface from deep inside Earth
The lava exploded with great force-hot melted rock from inside the earth.
fireworks• Firecrackers and
other things that make a loud noise or go up high in the air and burst in a shower of stars and sparksVolcanoes are life’s big fireworks—colorful lights that blow up in the sky.
force•power;• strength
The gas trapped in the mountain, forced the lava through the vent-power.
beneathin a lower place; under; below
Beneath the crust the inner core would probably melt if it had less pressure- below.
buried• Covered up; hidden
The sofa was buried under the dirt-covered up.
chimney• A tall, hollow
column, usually made of brick, to carry away smoke from a fireplace or furnace
The chimney carried away the smoke and ash from the house- tower that carries away smoke.
trembles• Moves with a
quick shaking motion
My cat Jean trembles when it hears thunder- shakes.
crevice• A crack in the Earth’s surface
We live on the crust of the earth, and during earthquakes it can make crevices- cracks.
collide• To crash into
one another
When two plates collide, mountains can be formed—crashed.
earthquakes• Violent shaking or
shifting motion of the ground caused by the sudden movement of rock far beneath Earth’s surface
Many earthquakes occur where two plates meet- shifts of the crust.
Use some of the vocabulary words with the poster.