Book Summary
Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Tsunamis teaches readers about some of the most intense and unpredictable forces of nature. It describes the causes of each one and explains the ways in which these three furious forces are connected. Diagrams, photographs, and a map support the text.

Book and lesson also available at Levels Q and W.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Ask and answer questions

Objectives

• Use the reading strategy of asking and answering questions
• Correctly distinguish fact and opinion
• Recognize and use commas in a series
• Identify compound words

Materials

• Book -- Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Tsunamis (copy for each student)
• Chalkboard or dry erase board
• KWL chart, commas, compound words worksheets
• Discussion cards

      Indicates an opportunity for students to mark in the book. (All activities may be demonstrated by projecting book on interactive whiteboard or completed with paper and pencil if books are reused.)

Vocabulary

• Content words: earthquake, faults, landslides, magma, mudslides, plates, Richter scale, tsunami, volcanoes