Week 6: May 11-13*

Learning Goal:

I can identify and recognize how to stay safe during different types of severe weather such as blizzards, tornadoes, floods, and hurricanes.

Estimated Time for The Week:

10-20 minutes

Type of Lesson:

Weather

Materials:

Electronic device

Learn & Practice:

For the Google Slides to click-through the below directions, click here! (It includes pictures for the steps below.)

1. Let’s Think! What is severe weather?
   • Severe weather is any kind of destructive or life threatening weather event. (Examples include blizzards, floods, tornadoes, and hurricanes.)
2. Blizzards:
   • A blizzard is a long-lasting snow storm with strong winds and intense snowfall. To stay safe during a blizzard, you should:
     • Stay inside and dress warmly
     • Eat regularly to produce energy and body heat
     • Drink water, warm broth, and warm juices.
     • When outside, wear warm layered clothing, mittens, and a hat.
3. Floods:
   • A flood is an overflow of water onto dry land.
   • Sometimes a river receives too much water. When this happens, water overflows onto dry land.
   • To stay safe during a flood, you should move to higher ground, like the highest flood in your home.
4. Tornadoes:
   • A tornado is a storm with powerful rotating winds that form a column and reach down from the clouds to the ground!
   • The winds are the strongest on Earth and can reach up to 300 miles per hour!
   • To stay safe during a tornado, you should:
     • Go to a basement, interior room of your house with no windows (like a bathroom or closet), or a storm shelter.
     • If you can, get under a sturdy piece of furniture, like a table.
     • If stuck outside, find a ditch or low lying area and lay down in it.
5. Hurricanes: A hurricane is a large rotating storm with high wind speeds that form over warm bodies of water in tropical areas. To stay safe during a hurricane, you should:
   • Stay away from low-lying and flood prone areas
   • Always stay indoors and away from windows.
   • If your home isn’t on higher ground, go to a shelter.
   • If emergency managers say to evacuate, then do so quickly!

• Watch this! Watch this fun video to learn more about severe weather!
• Let’s Play! Can you identify the different storms on each slide?
• Want more? Check out the Extension activities!
  • Make a plan with your family for staying safe during a tornado or other severe weather event. Where will you go if you are inside your home when the tornado sirens sound? What if you are not at home?
  • Visit ready.gov/kids for games and resources on being prepared for severe weather.
  • Watch this video for additional information on severe weather.
  • Create a weather forecast with your family and share it with your teacher. If you were a meteorologist, what would you tell your community to do to stay safe?

Learning Goal:

I can name different jobs in the community.

Estimated Time for The Week:

15-20 minutes

Learn & Practice:

For the Google Slides to click-through the below directions, click here!

1. Watch this Community Helpers Brainpop Video
2. Play a game! Match the community helper with the way that they help the community (keep us safe, keep us healthy, run the community).
   • Firefighters
   • Mail Carriers
   • Police Officers
   • Nurses
   • Sanitation Workers
   • Doctors
3. Read & listen to Whose Hat is This? By Sharon Katz Cooper.
   • Look at each hat and try to figure out which community helper wears it.
4. Want more? Check out the Extension activities!
   • Interview your family. What jobs do they do? How do those jobs help the community?
   • Dress up as what you want to be when you grow up. Send a picture to your teacher!
   • Read & listen to When I Grow Up by Al Yankovic. Draw a picture of your favorite part.
   • Find a way to be a community helper with your parents’ permission. (Examples: pick up trash, find a place to volunteer.)