CONTENT CONNECTION WORKSHEET Grade 4
Theme Title
NATURAL CHANGES
Content Connection
Theme #3 Lesson #13
Social Studies
Essential Questions
 What clues might help you predict that a dangerous storm was on the way?
Resources
Main Selection and Leveled Books
 Firestorm
 Hurricane on the Way! (Below-Level)
 Tornado! (On-Level)
 The Calm After the Storm (Advanced)
 Forest Fires (ELL)
 “Big Ed” Pulaski: Wildland
Firefighting Legend (Comprehension)
 Flame Busters (Paired Selection)
Core Program Vocabulary (Tier
II)
 treacherous
 drudgery
 plunge
 smoldering
 altered
 scoffed
 skeptically
 discouraged
Other Resources
 Classroom Library
The Disappearing Island
To Go
Arctic Lights, Arctic Nights
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Rivers
Fire Race: A Karuk Coyote Tail
Fire!
Content Vocabulary (Tier III)
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archaeology
artifacts
communication
erosion
excavations
landforms
natural resources
regions
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seismic activity
transportation
tourism
Comprehension Focus Strategy
 Use appropriate strategies while
reading
 Read ahead to clarify information or
unfamiliar words
Comprehension Focus Skill
 Draw conclusions about story
information
 Support conclusions with text evidence
and experience
Connecting Social Studies Standard
 Standard I: Students will understand
the relationship between the physical
geography in Utah and human life.
Objective
 2.e. Examine the interactions between
physical geography and public health
and safety (e.g. inversions, flooding,
fire)
Intended Learning Outcomes
 Students will connect the relationships between physical disasters to the environment
Social Studies Activities t0 Develop Social Studies Concepts