L 11:  Hurricanes

1. Compound Words (Tasks for your center)

   1. Watch this video all the way through:  Compound Words Explained
2. Vocabulary Practice
   1. Quizlet Hurricane Words (debris is added to this list)
   2. Study Stack- Hurricane Words
3. Official Videos from Journeys Lesson #11
   1. Channel 1 News:  The Next Superstorm Sandy
   2. Intro Video: Nature is Showing Her Strength

Leveled Readers:

1. Tornadoes (Vocabulary)
2. Tsunamis (on-level)
3. Nature Creates and Nature Destroys (above-level)

SCIENCE links about wind and storms (on this site)

National Resources

• Weather Wiz Kids hurricane resource
• SJI Weather Links (simulate a hurricane)
• SJI Weather games (a choice of games around the topic of Earth)
• Create a ‘Cane (create a hurricane by changing 4 variables)

Video Resources

1. Anatomy of a Hurricane video 
2. Hurricane Katrina video
3. Puting Harvey in Perspective video
4. Hurricane Andrew vs. Hurricane Irma news broadcast
5. Japan’s Tsunami from 2011
6. Why did Houston Flood?
7. NOAA  Hurricane Hunters

Grammar Snap Videos

Teacher resources:

Ms. Hawks’ Weebly for Unit 3

Reading Rainbow– Optical Art (green screen info)-  SafeYoutubei

Lesson 14:  The Life and Times of an Ant

1. Text read aloud (SafeYouTube video)
3. !!!   VOCAB and STRATEGIES Prezi (some pics are not so strong)
4. Ms. Hampton’s page with video links & other resources:  Scroll down the page
6. Quizlet – key vocabulary words
7. Leveled Readers
   1. Vocab: Social Life of Insects
   2. ELD : Arthropods Everywhere
   3. At: Arthropods Rule
   4. Challenging: Love Those Bugs

Videos: (some in video.link, others in embedded YouTube)

• Ant Body diagram explained.
• New: Fire Ants Move into Their New Home (Ants Canada)- VideoLink
• Leaf Cutter ants build a complex air conditioning anthill (Giant Ant Hill)
• BBC Army Ants
• National G Kids:  Army Ants (2 minutes)
• Inside the Fire Ant (It’s Okay to be Smart) 
• Empire of the Ant:  BBC
• Time Lapse of ants creating a tunnel in a commercial ant farm kit
• Ant Fire Nation- a Canadian ant farm expands the next.
• Ants in slow motion
  • Ants drink blue water in slow motion
  • Ants drinking different colors of sugar water

Teacher Resources:

1. TES links for the story (videos)
2. Jeopardy Labs game