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5 Teacher Guide & Answers: Spinning Storms Teacher Guide & Answers Passage Reading Level: Lexile What happened to the town of Greensburg in 2007? A It was destroyed by a fire. B It was destroyed by a tornado. C It was destroyed by an earthquake. 2. What does this article explain? A how to become a scientist who studies weather B how the town of Greensburg was rebuilt C how tornadoes form 3. Studying weather can help save lives. What information in the article supports this statement? A Scientists who study weather are able to gather information about tornadoes. This information can then be used to warn people of danger. B A tornado hit the town of Greensburg, Kansas on a night in The tornado threw cars and trucks around. It pulled some homes out of the ground. After 10 minutes, it had destroyed the town. C Some scientists study and predict weather. They use radar to help them. Radar gives scientists information about how far away a storm is and how fast it is moving. 4. Based on the information in the article, what is a safe place to go during a tornado? A a basement or cellar B the backseat of a car C a wide, open space outdoors 5. What is the main idea of this article? A Scientists who study weather use radar to help them predict storms. B Tornadoes are spinning thunderstorms that can be very dangerous. C Tornado sirens warned people in Greensburg about the tornado before it arrived ReadWorks, Inc. All rights reserved.
6 Teacher Guide & Answers: Spinning Storms 6. Read the first two sentences of the article: On a spring night in 2007, disaster struck a small town in Kansas called Greensburg. Shortly before 10 p.m., a siren went off. Why might the author not tell readers what the disaster was at the very beginning of the article? A to make readers want to keep reading and find out B to explain to readers how a tornado is formed C to let readers know how important it is to be prepared for a tornado 7. Select the word that best completes the sentence. Sirens went off in Greensburg, the people there knew a tornado was coming. A but B because C so 8. What is a tornado? Suggested answer: A tornado is a swirling, funnel-shaped column of wind. 9. Describe how a tornado forms. Support your answer with information from the article. Suggested answer: At minimum, students should explain that a tornado forms when winds in a thunderstorm form a tube of spinning air that reaches down to the ground. Students may include additional information, such as a description of how the mixture of warm, wet air with cool, dry air generates a thunderstorm. 10. Describe what the weather was probably like around Greensburg when the tornado formed. Be sure to mention what kinds of air may have been present. Support your answer with information from the article. Suggested answer: Answers may vary but should be supported by the text. For example, students may respond that there was probably a thunderstorm or thunderstorm conditions around Greensburg when the tornado formed. Under such conditions, a mixture of warm, wet air and cool, dry air would have been present ReadWorks, Inc. All rights reserved.
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10 Teacher Guide & Answers: Playgrounds for Everyone Teacher Guide & Answers Passage Reading Level: Lexile A playgrounds 2. A People raised money to build playgrounds where all kids can play. 3. B "Children in wheelchairs and kids with vision or hearing problems found it difficult to get around a playground." 4. C The changes have made it easier for children to get around playgrounds. 5. B New playgrounds have been built that allow all children to have fun. 6. C join in 7. B because 8. Suggested answer: Playgrounds were not safe places for children in wheelchairs and kids with vision or hearing problems. 9. Suggested answer: Students may name any of the changes mentioned in the article: low steps, ramps, handrails, drums, chimes, other instruments, and rain wheels. 10. Suggested answer: Answers may vary, as long as they are supported by the text. For example, students may respond that low steps have made playgrounds safer. One reason playgrounds used to be unsafe is that they made it difficult for some kids to get around. Low steps have made it easier for kids to get around and play safely ReadWorks, Inc. All rights reserved.
a British scientist who left his fortune to the United States Congress had trouble getting the Smithsonian project off the ground.
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