UNIT X UNIT 1 | 7 Use the Vocabulary A • Classify vocabulary Write the vocabulary words from page 6 on cards. Then create a three-column chart with the headings weather, actions, and jobs. Model how to identify one term for each category. Students take turns to put the vocabulary cards in the correct columns. Then have pairs answer questions 1–3. • Build content vocabulary Introduce the concept that some severe weather conditions only happen when the temperature is either very hot or very cold. Ask: Look at the picture for drought. Do you think it is very hot or very cold? Look at the picture for blizzard. What are the people wearing? What does this suggest about the temperature? Then have pairs answer questions 4–5. • Connect to self Have students brainstorm the weather that they have experienced. Then direct pairs to discuss and answer question 6. ANSWERS 1. thunderstorm, tornado, hurricane, flood, drought, blizzard; 2. unplug, evacuate; 3. meteorologist; 4. blizzard; 5. thunderstorm, tornado, hurricane, flood, drought; 6. Sample answer: thunderstorm Develop Vocabulary: Use a Dictionary A Interpret a dictionary definition Read the directions aloud. Have students read the sentence. Then call on a volunteer to read the dictionary definition. Have students study the two images. Ask: Which picture shows the air around Earth? ANSWERS The picture on the right (B) best represents the word atmosphere. Practice Book pp. 2–3 Assessment Program p. 2 FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION Scaffold Discuss the meaning of both dictionary entries. Say: Look at the two pictures. What does the first picture show? What are the red and orange areas? What does the second picture show? Why are there different layers of blue? Amplify Direct students to use the new vocabulary and draw a comic about a severe weather condition. They can include ways to be prepared for severe weather. Talk and write: Weather Define weather in your own words. Contrast a flood and a drought. Compare a tornado and a hurricane. List three ways to prepare for a tornado. PRACTICE Use the Vocabulary A Answer the questions. 1. Which words describe weather? 2. Which words are verbs that show actions? 3. Which word is a job? 4. Which weather events do you think happen in cold weather? 5. Which weather events do you think happen in hot weather? 6. Which types of weather have you experienced? Develop Vocabulary Use a Dictionary You can use a dictionary to find the meaning of new words. A Read this sentence from A Meteorologist Talks Weather. Then, read the dictionary entry. Choose the picture that best represents the word. Weather is the combination of events that happen in our atmosphere. atmosphere /'at-muh-sfer/ (noun): the air around Earth A B UNIT 1 7 UNIT X1 / BEFORE YOU READ
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