Expository

Text

Weather
All Around

by Deborah November

PAIRED
Colors in the Sky
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 STRATEGIES & SKILLS
Comprehension Vocabulary
Strategy: Ask and Answer damage, dangerous,
Questions destroy, event, harsh,
Skill: Main Idea and prevent, warning, weather
Key Details
ELL Vocabulary
Phonics emergency, seasons
Long e: e, ee, ea, ie, y, ey,
e_e Content Standards
Science
Vocabulary Strategy Earth and Space Science
Antonyms
Word count: 507**

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**The total word count is based on words in the running text and headings only. Numerals and words
in captions, labels, diagrams, charts, and sidebars are not included.

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 Genre Expository Text

Essential Question
How does weather affect us?

Weather All Around

by Deborah November
Chapter 1
What’s the Weather? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Chapter 2
Hurricanes in the East . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Chapter 3
Great Plains Snow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Chapter 4
Midwest Tornado Watch . . . . . . . . . . .10
Chapter 5
Southwest Drought . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Respond to Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
PAIRED
Colors in the Sky . . . . . . . . . .16
READ
Glossary/Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Focus on Science . . . . . . . . . . . 20
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1 What’s the Weather?

People love to talk about the

weather. Sometimes it is a hot day.
Sometimes it is cold. Sometimes it
is a nice day. But sometimes, it is
not so nice. Have you ever had bad
weather where you live?

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In some places,
it is hot most of
tthe time.

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 spring

summer

fall
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winter

Many places in the

United States have
four seasons.

Seasons
Some places have four seasons. The
weather changes when the season
does. Winter is cold. Spring is rainy.
Summers are sunny. Fall is cool.
STOP AND CHECK

What are some different

kinds of weather?

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2 Hurricanes in the East

The Northeast has four seasons.

Most of the Southeast does, too.
Hurricanes happen here. A hurricane
is a dangerous storm with a lot of
rain and wind.

Seasons and Hurricanes

Most hurricanes happen in the
summer and fall. Ocean water is
warmer then. When storms blow over
warm water, they get stronger.

The middle of
the storm is
called an eye.
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Has is one form of the verb have.

Find another form of have on page 2.

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 Hurricanes can destroy homes. People
receive a warning when a hurricane
is coming. They prepare. They try to
prevent damage to their homes.

What to Do
in a Weather
Emergency
1. Stay calm.
2. Go to a
safe place.
3. Wait to hear
that the storm
is over.

board
These men put
boards over
windows and
doors to protect
this home.
Jim Edds/Photo Researchers/Getty Images

STOP AND CHECK

What should people do if

a hurricane is coming?
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3 Great Plains Snow

The Great Plains is a very big

place. It runs up the middle of
North America. Most of the Great
Plains is flat. Places that are flat
can have a harsh weather event.

smooth. En español: liso.

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The Great Plains can

have windy weather.
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 Blizzards
Blizzards, or snowstorms, happen here.
A snowstorm happens when there is
cold air in the clouds. Clouds collect
cold water. There is warm air by the
ground. The warm air goes up into the
clouds. It mixes with the cold water.
Snow then falls out of the cold clouds.

A blizzard lasts a long time.

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Mixes is a present-tense verb.

Find another one on page 5.

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What should you do if a snowstorm
is coming? You might have to stay
home. It is dangerous for people to
drive in the snow. Schools can have
a snow day. On snow days, children
do not go to school.

ruler
ru

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You can use a ruler

to see how much
snow fell.

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 Emergency Planning
It is a good idea to have an
emergency kit. The kit should have
water and food that does not have
to be cooked. A radio and batteries
are also good things to have.

STOP AND CHECK

What should you do if

a snowstorm is coming?

Your kit should

also have warm
clothing and
blankets.
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clothing
othing

blanket
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4 Midwest Tornado Watch

The Midwest has four

seasons. It is very windy
there. Tornadoes can
happen in the Midwest.

Don Farrall/Photodisc/Getty Images

Tornadoes move very fast.

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 What Is a Tornado?
A tornado is a big, dangerous storm.
It turns around in circles.

goes around and around.

En español: gira y gira.

Stay somewhere
safe until the
weather radio says
the tornado is gone.

A weather radio can tell you if a

tornado is on the way. If you hear
that a tornado is coming, you should
go into a basement.

STOP AND CHECK

Why is it good to have

Jim Lane/Alamy

a weather radio?

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5 Southwest Drought

The southwestern part of the United

States is hot and also very dry. The
seasons do not change much. A lot
of the land here is desert. A desert

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is a very hot and dry place.

If there is not
enough rain,
plants can die.

desert

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 Droughts
There can be droughts in the
Southwest. That means that it does
not rain for a long time. People have
to be careful. They try not to use
too much water.

Animals that live

(inset) Robert Shantz/Alamy

in the desert need

very little water.

STOP AND CHECK

What is the weather

like in the desert?
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 All kinds of weather can be
beautiful. Every season has something
special. No matter where you live,
enjoy the weather all around you!

The weather in Hawaii is

mostly sunny.

snorkel

Greg Vaughn/Alamy

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Summarize
Use the chart to Main Idea

help you summarize

Detail Detail Detail
Weather All Around.

Text Evidence
1. Is Weather All Around fact or
fiction? How do you know? Genre

2. What happens when there is a

drought? Main Idea and Key Details

3. Look at page 2. Which two words

on this page are antonyms, or
opposites? Antonyms

4. Write about what you would put in

your emergency kit. Write About Reading

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 Genre Expository Text

Compare Texts
Read about the colors in the sky
during one day.

Do you ever wake up early in the

morning? You might see the sun rise.
The sunrise has beautiful colors.
Sometimes the sky looks orange.

On a sunny day, the sky turns bright

blue after the sun rises.

sunrise
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 On a rainy day, the sky looks gray.

Sometimes after it rains, you might

see a rainbow.
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rainbow

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 night

After the sun goes down, the sky

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is dark. Can you see any stars?

Make Connections
How does the weather affect us?
Essential Question

How can the weather change the

colors of the sky? Text to Text
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Glossary
blizzard a big snowstorm (page 7)

desert an area with little to no

rainfall (page 12)

drought a long time of very dry

weather (page 13)

hurricane a strong, windy storm

formed on the ocean (page 4)

tornado a strong, windy storm that

moves across land (page 10)

Index
drought, 13 snow, 7–8
emergency kit, 9 Southeast, 4–5
Great Plains, 6–8 Southwest, 12–13
hurricane, 4–5 tornado, 10–11
Midwest, 10–11 weather radio, 11
Northeast, 4–5

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 Purpose To find out how weather
affects us

What to Do
Step 1 With a partner, talk about the
weather during the four seasons.

Step 2 Take a piece of paper. Divide it

into four parts.
Step 3 Draw a picture in each part.
Show what the weather is like in
each season.

Conclusion Talk about the different

types of weather with your partner.
How do they make you feel? Which
one is your favorite?

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 Literature Circles

Nonfiction

The Topic
What is Weather All Around mostly
about?

Text Structure
How does the author organize
information in Weather All Around?

Vocabulary
What new words did you learn?
What helped you understand these
words?

What are some words in the book that

are about weather?