Teacher Instructions

These pages are used to take notes while reading books

about weather related and other natural disasters, such
as hurricanes, tornadoes, avalanches, landslides,
blizzards, tsunamis, volcanoes, and earthquakes Fill in
the type of natural event at the top of each page and
complete the sections that you feel are important.
Pages 2-4: Notebooking Pages
Page 5-6: Two Different Options for Vocabulary Page
Page 7: Venn Diagram for comparing two different
natural events
Page 8: Sequence the Event Page

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 Natural Event: _____________________
Describe WHAT it is: _________________________________
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Draw a picture of it:

WHAT CAUSES this event to occur?

________________________________________________________
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Natural Event (cont.): _____________________

WHERE is it likely to occur? Write and/or color in

the areas. ____________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________

WHEN: Is there a certain time of year it is more likely

to occur? ______________________________________________
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Natural Event (cont.): _____________________

HOW do you stay SAFE during this event?

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Pick a famous one of these events in HISTORY and

tell us about it!

Name:__________________________________________________

Place: __________________________________________________

Date: __________________________________________________

Details: _______________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
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 Natural Event (cont.): _____________________
Vocabulary:
(Choose italicized or other words from book. Look up definitions. Write
definition and draw picture.)

1. ____________________ 2. ____________________
Definition: _____________ Definition: _____________
________________________ ________________________
________________________ ________________________

3. ____________________ 4. ____________________
Definition: _____________ Definition: _____________
________________________ ________________________
________________________ ________________________

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 Natural Event (cont.): _____________________
Vocabulary:
(Choose italicized or other words from book. Look up and write
definitions.)

1. ________________________________
Definition: ____________________________________________
_______________________________________________________

2. ________________________________
Definition: ____________________________________________
_______________________________________________________

3. ________________________________
Definition: ____________________________________________
_______________________________________________________

4. ________________________________
Definition: ____________________________________________
_______________________________________________________

5. ________________________________
Definition: ____________________________________________
_______________________________________________________

6. ________________________________
Definition: ____________________________________________
_______________________________________________________

7. ________________________________
Definition: ____________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
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 COMPARE AND CONTRAST two different natural events such as a tornado and a hurricane, a
landslide and an avalanche, a tsunami and a hurricane, or a volcano and an earthquake. Write
similarities where the circles overlap and differences in the part of each circle that does not overlap.

Event: Event:

_______________ _______________

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 Natural Event: _____________________
Events often have a SEQUENCE to them. Think about the natural disaster you are studying. Are
there different steps to how the event occurs? Do they go in a certain order? Write and/or draw in
those steps below. Or first draw or write them on separate pieces of paper and then put them in
order and copy or glue them here.

First Then Then Last

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