Volcanoes

By David L. HarrisonIllustrated by Cheryl

Nathan

THIS WEEKSTUDENTS WILL LEARN Comprehension Skill Compare/ContrastComprehension Strategy Monitor and Fix UpVocabulary Strategy Dictionary

Expository Nonfiction

Expository 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 Streaming

Volcanoes:

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.