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For Kids TM America's Leading News Source ® Teacher’s Edition April 13, 2009 NEXT ISSUE: SPECIAL EARTH DAY ISSUE! “FUELS OF THE FUTURE”—Now more than ever, the U.S. is looking for ways to create new, cleaner kinds of fuel. PLUS: Other stories tying in to Earth Day! DON’T FORGET: Take the Spring 2009 Teacher Survey at www.scholastic.com /sn3spring09survey. Vol. 65 No. 20 ISSN 0736-0576 A Supplement to Scholastic News issues 2008–09 SEPT OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY 1 8 22 29 - 13 - 27 3 14 - 1 8 - – 5 12 - 26 2 - 16 23 9 - 23 30 - 13 20 4 11&18 – – Edition 3 3 Edition The Survey Says . . . I’d like to take this opportunity to mention that our Spring 2009 Teacher Survey is now available online. I hope you’ll take the time to go to www.scholastic.com/sn3spring09survey and answer all the questions that we have about your level of satisfaction with this magazine. The survey is a great way to let us know how you feel about Scholastic News. It also gives you the opportunity to tell us how we can make this publication even more useful to you. In order to make the magazine as essential a part of your classroom as possible, we need to know what you want and need from it. So let your voice be heard! I look forward to getting your feedback. Sincerely, Glenn Greenberg, Editor [email protected] Twister Trouble.......pages 1-2 STANDARD OF THE WEEK EARTH SCIENCE STANDARD— Understanding how changes in weather affect people on Earth. Students will learn about a family that survived a tornado in Georgia. Read-Aloud Background ■ Tornado Trivia: • Tornadoes have created paths of damage ranging anywhere from 7 miles to more than 200 miles long. • The United States is located in the the part of the world that is most affected by tornadoes. About 1,000 tornadoes occur in the U.S. each year. • The word tornado comes from two Spanish words: tronada (troh-NAHdah, which means thunderstorm, and tornar (tor-NAHR), which means to twist or turn. • In the Northern Hemisphere, tornadoes spin in a counterclockwise direction, which is opposite to the way the hands on a clock move. In the Southern Hemisphere, tornadoes spin in a clockwise direction. • When a tornado moves over a body of water, it is called a waterspout. • Most tornadoes last for only a few minutes. • Before a tornado occurs, the air becomes very still. The sky may turn a greenish color, and large hail, or balls of ice, may fall from it. We are committed to your satisfaction. You can contact us at 1-800-724-6527. EDITION 3 / SCHOLASTIC NEWS / april 13, 2009 1 ■ Read Do Tornadoes Really Twist? Questions and Answers About Tornadoes and Hurricanes by Melvin and Gilda Berger (Scholastic, 2000). Answers available in printed version. Supersize Stingray..........page 3 LIFE SCIENCE STANDARD— Understanding the characteristics of organisms and environments. Students will learn about the largest freshwater fish ever caught with a fishing rod. 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Materials in this issue may not be reproduced in whole or829-REN in part in any form or format without SN3 special.indd 1 special permission from the publisher. 3/11/09 11:51:07 2 SCHOLASTIC NEWS / april 13, 2009 / EDITION 3 AM readiNg a chart For Kids TM America's Leading News Source ® America's Leading News Source staNdard of the Week Name: _____________________________________________________ ® Tornado Talk For Kids s k i l l s pa g e Type of Damage EF-0 65 to 85 miles per hour (mph) Winds can cause some damage to sides of, and shingles on, homes and buildings. EF-1 86 to 110 mph Winds can uproot trees and overturn mobile homes. Flagpoles bend. EF-2 111 to 135 mph Most mobile homes are destroyed. Permanent homes can shift off their foundations. Flagpoles often break. Bark comes off softwood trees. EF-3 136 to 165 mph Houses are almost completely destroyed. Bark comes off hardwood trees. EF-4 166 to 200 mph Well-built homes and large sections of school buildings are destroyed. EF-5 Above 200 mph Mid- and high-rise buildings are destroyed. Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Wind Speed 1. What is the lowest wind speed of an EF-4 tornado? �������������������������������� 3. At what wind speeds would a flagpole bend? ������������������������������������� 4. The tornado in Moreland, Georgia, had a top wind speed of about 135 miles per hour. What rank would this tornado get? ��������������������������������������������� EDITION 3 / SCHOLASTIC NEWS / AprIL 13, 2009 3 page 2. What would be the rank of a tornado with winds of 165 mph? ���������������������� s kills Rank reproducible © 2009 by Scholastic Inc. Teachers may make machine copies of this page to distribute to their students. Scientists use the Enhanced Fujita scale to measure tornadoes. The chart below shows this scale. It lists the rankings of tornadoes, the wind speeds of each rank, and the kinds of damage tornadoes in each rank can cause. Use it to answer the questions. poeTrY WriTiNg For Kids TM skills page America's Leading News Source ® For Kids America's Leading News Source ® s k i l l s pa g e Name: _________________________________________________ Write a Poem April is National Poetry Month. Celebrate it by writing a cinquain (SING-kayn). A cinquain is a five-line poem. This type of poem uses nouns, adjectives, and verbs to describe a topic. Read the example below. Then, write your own cinquain. April warm, breezy digging, planting, watering flowers will soon bloom Spring _________________________________ one noun that tells what your poem is about ___________, ___________ two adjectives that describe your topic ___________, ___________, ___________ three action verbs that end in –ing _________________________________ a four-word phrase that tells more about your topic _________________________________ another noun that tells about your topic 4 SCHOLASTIC NEWS / AprIL 13, 2009 / EDITION 3 © 2009 by Scholastic Inc. Teachers may make machine copies of this page to distribute to their students. Now, write a cinquain about recess. r epr od ucible Edition 4 Edition 4