Title: Twister

Age Levels: 3rd - 4th Grade

Teacher Background Information: see following section

Brief Description

1. Major Concept - The students will learn about tornadoes and their affect on communities.
2. Objectives
   1. The students will learn and explain the scientific rationale of how a tornado is formed through the demonstration of tornadoes in bottles. This activity will be completed by the end of the week.
   2. The students will enhance their knowledge of how a tornado affects a community by researching past tornadoes and making their own weather broadcast at the end of the week.
   3. The students will demonstrate an understanding of multiplication and division facts without the use of calculators through the use of the tornado game.
   4. The students will be introduced to the book, The Wizard of Oz, and they will either write a short story or a poem about a tornado. They must be typed and meet the criteria listed on the rubric.
3. List of Materials - Located on individual activities.
1. Referenced
   For the Teacher

   1. http://www.civil.buffalo.edu/wind/windinf2.html/

   2. Williams, D. (1991). Thematic unit: Weather. CITY: Teacher Created materials, Inc.

   3. Author, Initial. (1999). Primary theme unit. Scholastic instructor 108 (6), 46-50.

   4. http://www.shorstmeyer.com/tornadoes/bubble1.html/
   

   • For the Student
     1. Baum, F. (YEAR). The wizard of oz. CITY: publisher.
     2. Berger, G. & Berger, M. (1999). Can it rain cats and dogs? New York: Scholastic Inc.

1. The student has included an introductory, body, and concluding paragraph.

1 2 3 4 5

1. The student uses proper grammar. 1 2 3 4 5
3. The paper is free of spelling errors. 1 2 3 4 5
4. The student uses at least 5 vocabulary words. 1 2 3 4 5
5. The content of the paper is comprehensible. 1 2 3 4 5
6. The paper must be at least one page in length. 1 2 3 4 5
7. The paper is typed. 1 2 3 4 5
Poem Rubric
1. The student has included at least three stanzas in the poem. 1 2 3 4 5
2. The poem has at least six lines per stanza. 1 2 3 4 5
3. The student uses proper grammar. 1 2 3 4 5
4. The paper is free of spelling errors. 1 2 3 4 5
5. The content of the paper is comprehensible. 1 2 3 4 5
6. The paper must include at least 5 vocabulary words. 1 2 3 4 5
7. The paper is typed. 1 2 3 4 5