Dangerous Weather

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Dangerous Weather

• PPT Created by Morgan Blanton
• Story Guess the Covered Word for 4th Grade
  (Carson-Dellosa)

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Guess the Covered Word Reading Strategy

• Start
• Where is the word? Beginning, middle, or end of
  the sentence? What about grammatical cues?
• Think
• What makes sense?
• Look
• How long is the word?
• Listen
• How does the word begin?
• Letters, suffixes, prefixes, syllables known
  little words

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Think
Guess the Covered Word Strategy
Start
Look
Listen
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• The whole class heard the forecaster predict a
  hurricane. Some students made a list of how
  their families prepared by purchasing extra
  batteries and supplies. Our teacher thought
  water and canned food were the most important
  items to have on hand in a possible emergency.

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• We all listened to the weather updates
  continuously. The predictions were for heavy
  rains with up to 10 inches of rainfall leading to
  rivers cresting by morning. We knew that winds
  exceeding 100 miles per hour could spawn
  tornadoes and cause millions of dollars in
  damages.

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• Major evacuations would be necessary to prevent
  loss of life and keep severe injuries to a
  minimum. The hurricanes course indicated it
  should make landfall near Wilmington. We
  understood that the best way to be safe in such
  weather is to be knowledgeable about current
  conditions and to be prepared.

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edge of a hurricane
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References

• Guess the Covered Word for 4th Grade
  (Carson-Dellosa)