Book Summary
Tsunamis is an informative book that tells about the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. Additionally, it provides a history of tsunamis, explains their causes, outlines vulnerable areas, and tells about the warning systems in place. A checklist tells how to survive a tsunami. Photos, maps, diagrams, and illustrations support the text. 

About the Lesson 

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Visualize

Objectives

• Use the reading strategy of visualizing
• Identify cause-and-effect relationships
• Understand how to read symbols within numbers
• Recognize and use content vocabulary

Materials

• Book -- Tsunamis (copy for each student)
• Chalkboard or dry erase board
• Cause and effect, symbols, vocabulary worksheets

Indicates an opportunity for student to mark in the book. (All activities may be completed with paper and pencil if books are reusable.)

Vocabulary

• Content words: buoy, devastating, earthquake, evacuation, magnitude, fault line, Richter scale, siren, tidal, tsunami