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FLOODS & TORNADOES
Unusually heavy winter snows and spring rainstorms have produced two destructive forces in the United States this spring. Help students understand the conditions that combine to produce severe flooding – greater than the typical seasonal floods that farmers have relied on for centuries – and storms that produce tremendous tornadoes and other severe or violent weather.
Featured Material
Books
- Pecos Bill Rides a Tornado | Lexile 600L
- Storm Chasers | Lexile 990L
- Severe Weather | Lexile 820L
- Violent Weather | Lexile 1180L
Picture Cards
Fluency Passages
Supplementary Material
Coping Resource Packet