Disaster-proof!

Disaster-proof! book cover — Before After Reading Activities Before Reading Building Academic Vocabulary and Background Knowledge Before reading a book it is important to tap into what your child or students already know about the topic This will help them develop their vocabulary increase their reading comprehension and make connections across the curriculum be about about in the book’s chapters think you might learn about it from this book Why or why not 1 Look at the cover of the book What will this book 2 What do you already know about the topic 3 Let’s study the Table of Contents What will you learn 4 What would you like to learn about this topic Do you 5 Use a reading journal to write about your knowledge of 6 Read the book 7 8 After reading the book complete the activities below this topic Record what you already know about the topic and what you hope to learn about the topic In your reading journal record what you learned about the topic and your response to the book Content Area Vocabulary Read the list What do these words mean accelerometers aftershocks architect deflects dispersed fire-break levitating pliable sheathing sludge After Reading Comprehension and Extension Activity After reading the book work on the following questions with your child or students in order to check their level of reading comprehension and content mastery 1 What kinds of regions are most at risk of a flood A fire Summarize 2 Why should a skyscraper sway in the wind and not stay still Infer 3 Why do engineers think a levitating house is a good idea How does it work Asking Questions 4 What would you do to make your home disaster-proof Text to Self Connection 5 Why do you think people build houses in a floodplain Asking Questions Extension Activity Look at your school or another building where you spend time How is it fireproof How is it windproof What do you think would happen during an earthquake or a flood Write down the disaster-proof features you find and the disaster-proof features you would recommend

Disaster-proof! — page 1 — A PLACE TO LIVE People need safe places to live and work But the type of structures built in some areas might not work in others That’s because disastrous natural forces such as high winds floods and earthquakes vary from place to place 4

Disaster-proof! — page 2 — Throughout history housing designs have changed as people experienced nature’s destructive forces Homes leveled by tornadoes were replaced with hardy materials secured to stronger foundations On May 20 2013 a tornado roared through the city of Moore Oklahoma flattening entire neighborhoods and killing 25 people 5

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