THUNDERSTORMS: Lesson 2

Effects of Wind in Severe Thunderstorms

Teacher Downloads:

Lesson Plan: View PDF
Graphic Organizers: GO#4 | GO#5
Glossary: View PDF
Video Clip: North Texas Storm
Video Clip: Time Lapse
News Article: Storms Have Air of Destruction
Weather Web Feature: How Does Weather Work?
Extra Weather Web Feature: Beaufort Scale Chart

TEKS OBJECTIVES

English Language Arts, Grades 4-5

• Listening/Speaking:

  1A, 1C, 3D, 3C, 4A, 5F
• Reading/Vocabulary/Word Analysis:

  6A, 7A, 7B, 7C, 8B, 8C, 9B, 9E
• Comprehension:

  10A, 10B, 10C, 10D, 10G,10H, 10I, 10K, 10L, 11A, 11B, 11C,

  11D, 14A
• Writing:

  15A, 15G, 18D, 19A, 19I, 22A
• Inquiry/Research:

  13B, 13C, 13D, 13E, 13G, 13H, 21B, 21C, 21D
• Viewing/Representing:

  23A, 23B, 23C, 24A, 24B

English Language Arts, Grades 6-8

• Listening/Speaking:

  1A, 1C, 1D, 2D, 2E, 2F, 4A
• Reading/Vocabulary/Word Analysis:

  6A, 7A, 7B, 7C, 8B, 8C, 9B, 9E
• Comprehension:

  10A, 10B, 10C, 10D, 10G, 10H, 10I, 10K, 10L, 10M, 11A,

  11B, 11C, 11D, 14A
• Writing:

  15C, 15G, 17D, 18A, 18I, 21A
• Inquiry/Research:

  13B, 13C,13D, 13E, 13G, 13H, 20B, 20C, 20D
• Viewing/Representing:

  22A, 22B, 22C, 23A, 23B, 23C, 23D

Science, Grade 4

• Scientific Processes:
  2C
• Science Concepts:
  4C

Science, Grade 5

• Scientific Processes:
  2C
• Science Concepts:
  5B

Science, Grade 6

• Scientific Processes:
  2C
• Science Concepts:

  14C

Science, Grade 7

• Scientific Processes:

  2C

Science, Grade 8

• Scientific Processes:
  2C
• Science Concepts:
  10B

TAKS OBJECTIVES

Reading, Grades 4-8
• Objectives 1, 3, 4

Writing, Grades 4 and 7
• Objectives 1, 3

Science, Grade 5
• Objectives 1, 3, 4

Science, Grade 8
• Objectives 1, 4, 5

Lesson Objectives:

Learners will:

• analyze and interpret information to construct
  reasonable explanations
• compare how different forms of media present
  information on the same event
• create diagrams to represent text information
  and demonstrate understanding about how the wind
  blows (optional activity)
• listen effectively in group discussions and when
  viewing video clips
• locate and use vocabulary to describe thunderstorms
• make logical predictions about a news article based on
  its headline and on prior knowledge, and then read
  to revise/confirm predictions
• read a news article to identify examples of
  descriptive language
• share ideas with other students in group discussions
  and justify responses
• write a description of a storm using effective
  descriptive words

Skills

• comparing/contrasting
• listening, viewing video clips, speaking
• locating/interpreting/synthesizing information
• making/revising/confirming predictions
• writing descriptive text