Summarize

Using Main Idea Web record details and main ideas about what you have learned about tornadoes.  Summarize the important information you learn into your own words.

Think and Compare

1. Skim page 4 in Tornadoes.  What does the weather need to be like for a tornado to form?

2. What did you learn about tornadoes that you did not know before you read this week's story?  How can this new information be helpful for you?

3. Why is it important for people to take storm warnings or Tornado Watches seriously?

Report a Tornado

Choose a tornado from this week's story.  Pretend you are a journalist reporting on on the tornado you chose.  Write a newspaper article telling readers what happened .  Include made-up quotes from some of the people who witnessed the disaster.