Expository
Text
Weather
All Around
by Deborah November
PAIRED
READ
Colors in the Sky
STRATEGIES & SKILLS
Comprehension
Strategy: Ask and Answer
Questions
Skill: Main Idea and
Key Details
Phonics
Long e: e, ee, ea, ie, y, ey,
e_e
Vocabulary
damage, dangerous,
destroy, event, harsh,
prevent, warning, weather
ELL Vocabulary
emergency, seasons
Content Standards
Science
Earth and Space Science
Word count: 507**
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captions, labels, diagrams, charts, and sidebars are not included.
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Genre Expository Text
Essential Question
How does weather affect us?
Weather All Around
by Deborah November
Chapter 1
What’s the Weather? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Chapter 2
Hurricanes in the East . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Chapter 3
Great Plains Snow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Chapter 4
Midwest Tornado Watch . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Chapter 5
Southwest Drought . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Respond to Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
PAIRED
READ
Colors in the Sky . . . . . . . . . . 16
Glossary/Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Focus on Science . . . . . . . . . . . 20
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What’s the Weather?
MIXA/Getty Images
People love to talk about the
weather. Sometimes it is a hot day.
Sometimes it is cold. Sometimes it
is a nice day. But sometimes, it is
not so nice. Have you ever had bad
weather where you live?
In some places,
it is hot most of
the time.
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spring
summer
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fall
winter
Many places in the
United States have
four seasons.
Seasons
Some places have four seasons. The
weather changes when the season
does. Winter is cold. Spring is rainy.
Summers are sunny. Fall is cool.
STOP AND CHECK
What are some different
kinds of weather?
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Hurricanes in the East
The Northeast has four seasons.
Most of the Southeast does, too.
Hurricanes happen here. A hurricane
is a dangerous storm with a lot of
rain and wind.
Seasons and Hurricanes
The middle of
the storm is
called an eye.
Has is one form of the verb have.
Find another form of have on page 2.
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Handout/Getty Images News/Getty Images
Most hurricanes happen in the
summer and fall. Ocean water is
warmer then. When storms blow over
warm water, they get stronger.
Hurricanes can destroy homes. People
receive a warning when a hurricane
is coming. They prepare. They try to
prevent damage to their homes.
What to Do
in a Weather
Emergency
1. Stay calm.
2. Go to a
safe place.
3. Wait to hear
that the storm
is over.
Jim Edds/Science Source/Getty Images
board
These men put
boards over
windows and
doors to protect
this home.
STOP AND CHECK
What should people do if
a hurricane is coming?
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Great Plains Snow
The Great Plains is a very big
place. It runs up the middle of
North America. Most of the Great
Plains is flat. Places that are flat
can have a harsh weather event.
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The Great Plains can
have windy weather.
Ilene MacDonald/Alamy Stock Photo
smooth. En español: liso.
Blizzards
Snowstorms happen here. Big
snowstorms are called blizzards. A
snowstorm happens when there is
cold air in the clouds. Clouds collect
cold water. There is warm air by the
ground. The warm air goes up into the
clouds. It mixes with the cold water.
Snow then falls out of the cold clouds.
(inset) Mark Hayes/Photodisc/Getty Images
A blizzard lasts a long time.
Mixes is a present-tense verb.
Find another one on page 5.
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What should you do if a snowstorm
is coming? You might have to stay
home. It is dangerous for people to
drive in the snow. Schools can have
a snow day. On snow days, children
do not go to school.
You can use a ruler
to see how much
snow fell.
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CamEI Creative/Photolibrary/Getty Images
ruler
Emergency Planning
It is a good idea to have an
emergency kit. The kit should have
water and food that does not have
to be cooked. A radio and batteries
are also good things to have.
STOP AND CHECK
What should you do if
a snowstorm is coming?
The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., Ken Karp, photographer
Your kit should
also have warm
clothing and
blankets.
clothing
blanket
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Midwest Tornado Watch
Tornadoes move very fast.
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Don Farrall/Photodisc/Getty Images
The Midwest has four
seasons. It is very windy
there. Tornadoes can
happen in the Midwest.
What Is a Tornado?
A tornado is a big, dangerous storm.
It turns around in circles.
goes around and around.
En español: gira y gira.
Stay somewhere
safe until the
weather radio says
the tornado is gone.
Jim Lane/Alamy Stock Photo
A weather radio can tell you if a
tornado is on the way. If you hear
that a tornado is coming, you should
go into a basement.
STOP AND CHECK
Why is it good to have
a weather radio?
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5
Southwest Drought
The southwestern part of the United
States is hot and also very dry. The
seasons do not change much. A lot
of the land here is desert. A desert
is a very hot and dry place.
If there is not
enough rain,
plants can die.
desert
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Droughts
There can be droughts in the
Southwest. That means that it does
not rain for a long time. People have
to be careful. They have to try not
to use too much water.
Robert Shantz/Alamy Stock Photo
Animals that live
in the desert need
very little water.
STOP AND CHECK
What is the weather
like in the desert?
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All kinds of weather can be
beautiful. Every season has something
special. No matter where you live,
enjoy the weather all around you!
The weather in Hawaii is
mostly sunny.
Kicka Witte/Alamy Stock Photo
snorkel
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Summarize
Use important details
to help you summarize
Weather All Around.
Main Idea
Detail
Detail
Detail
Text Evidence
1. How do you know Weather All
Around is expository text? Genre
2. What happens when there is a
drought? Main Idea and Key Details
3. Use what you know about antonyms
to figure out the antonym of hot on
page 2. Antonyms
4. Write about what you would put in
your emergency kit. Details from the
selection will help. Write About Reading
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Genre Expository Text
Compare Texts
Read about the colors in the sky
during one day.
Colors
in the Sky
Do you ever wake up early in the
morning? You might see the sun rise.
The sunrise has beautiful colors.
Sometimes the sky looks orange.
On a sunny day, the sky turns bright
blue after the sun rises.
(bkgd) Digital Vision/PunchStock
sunrise
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On a rainy day, the sky looks gray.
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Sometimes after it rains, you might
see a rainbow.
rainbow
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After the sun goes down, the sky
is dark. Can you see any stars?
Make Connections
How does the weather affect us?
Essential Question
How can the weather change the
colors of the sky? Text to Text
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night
Glossary
blizzard a big snowstorm (page 7)
desert an area with little to no
rainfall (page 12)
drought a long time of very dry
weather (page 13)
hurricane a strong, windy storm
formed on the ocean (page 4)
tornado a strong, windy storm that
moves across land (page 10)
Index
drought, 13
snow, 7–8
emergency kit, 9
Southeast, 4–5
Great Plains, 6–8
Southwest, 12–13
hurricane, 4–5
tornado, 10–11
Midwest, 10–11
weather radio, 11
Northeast, 4–5
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Purpose
To find out how weather
affects us
What to Do
Step 1
With a partner, talk about the
weather during the four seasons.
Step 2
Take a piece of paper. Divide it
into four parts.
Step 3
Draw a picture in each part.
Show what the weather is like in
each season.
Conclusion
Talk about the different
types of weather with your partner.
How do they make you feel? Which
one is your favorite?
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Literature Circles
Nonfiction
Thinkmark
The Topic
What is Weather All Around mostly
about?
Text Structure
How does the author organize
information in Weather All Around?
Vocabulary
What new words did you learn?
What helped you understand these
words?
What are some words in the book that
are about weather?
Weather Alert!
Science
GR J • Benchmark 18 • Lexile 370
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