Pivroates “900 + nowncwny PRE sudent Revi _k ¥ Lucy Qum V Teacher © Recording Form Part One: Oral Reading Place the book infront of the student. Read the ttle and introduction, Seismologists are scientists who study ways to measure earthquakes and Introduction: their causes. Read to find out what scientists have learnt. Comprehens Recording Form ral } |Paee StartTime ___min. __ see. Fortnquokes Level U, RW: 230, E13 ei pse m[s[v | 1 | What takes place during an earthquake? Huge | (eemore! tremars ‘shake the ground; buildings sway back and —& forth; highways crumble and bridges collapse | [white its true that major earthquakes do cause all || this damage and more, you may be surprised to learn | that not all earthquakes are so destructive. Scientists | say several thousand earthquakes may be happening | majg¢.ity SCY across the planet every day. However, the majority “of them are so slight that we don't even realise they're | happening! Measuring Earthquakes | J Seismologists [siz-MOH-luh-jists], scientists who | study earthquakes, measure how strong an earthquake Subtotal = ‘tes & Pnnell Benchmark Assessment Stem 2ee SU Bupsonay Peierls tet men vr romuna rou Wns ene men. @ Recording Form Earthquakes + Levee U + Now-ricro Part One: Oral Reading continued Sources maton i E Page| Text E |sc| ce mu] s[v[m]s|v cont is by using @ device called a seismograph i=muh- ses. graf]. A séismograph is attached to the ground; when sez the ground vibrates, the Seismograph shakes. ses. Scientists describe the seismogreph’s measurements with numbers. Since the 1930s, they have used Vv Ritcher / @ system called the Richter [R/K-ter] scale. if an Sf earthquake measures below 3.0 on the Richter, people avai can't feel it. Earthquakes over 5.0 on the scale | Re can cause! damage, while a measurement of 7.0 is evidence of a major earthquake. What Causes Earthquakes? How and why do all these earthquakes occur? Earth has many different layers. Its outermost layer is 08 Subtotal} C} | Fount & Panel Benchmark Assessment Sater 2“Earthquakes * Level U * Non-Fiction Part One: Oral Reading contived Sources of lformation sed Recording Forms sec. fre | | called the crust and is made up of huge sections called tectonic plates. Below the crust is another layer, called man tel the mantle, which is made up of softer rock. When wp tectonic plates push ,against each other, © huge amount ‘of force or pressure builds up. a End Time 4 rnin, 4 S sec. Have the student finish reading the book sitenty. Fountos& Panel Benchmark Assessment System 2