Vocabulary+Activities

__**Vocabulary Activities **__ -Students will read, __Twisters: A Book About Tornadoes__ by Rick Thomas and will have an activity that goes along with this book’s vocabulary list. The students will make an acrostic. For the higher level students, they will either be able to pick their own word, or use the example word. They will write a whole sentence for each letter that will help them remember facts about the topic that helps them comprehend the given vocabulary word. The lower level students will use the example word, and just write one word next to each letter that helps them remember a fact about the topic. -Students will read, __Tornadoes__ by Arlene Erlbach, and the activity that goes along with this book’s vocabulary list. The students will make index cards. The students will write the nine vocabulary words on index cards to help them remember the meanings. Students will read __Tornadoes__ and after they have read the specific words, they will draw a picture on the back of the card to illustrate the meaning of the word. This activity leaves the creativity up to the students. They would be able to make any illustrations that would help them remember the vocabulary word.

-Students will read, __Storm Chasers: On the Trail of Deadly Tornadoes__ by Matt White, and the activity that goes along with this book’s vocabulary list, the students will create a flyer. In this flyer, the students must include five out of the ten vocabulary words. This flyer is to be made from the position of a storm chaser to warn the town of an upcoming tornado. This activity can either be done in pairs or individually.