This is a chart displaying the Fujita Scale. It sorts tornadoes into categories (F0-F5).
Reading comes in all shapes, sizes, forms, and fashions. One of my favorite ways to read information and write information is using CHARTS. Charts help organize information. Please read the information in the chart above, think about what it means, and answer the following questions:
1. Charts have titles. What title would you give this chart?
2. Where would I find a chart like this?
3. Who would find this chart's information useful?
4. What powerful WORDS on this chart do you find very descriptive, precise, and descriptive?
5. If I wanted more information on tornadoes, where would I look (Be specific!)?
6. Which part of this chart did you find MOST interesting?
7. What questions do you still have after looking at this chart?
8. Do you agree with Miss Schaech that charts are easy to read and organize information well? Explain your answer.
.1. Charts have titles. What title would you give this chart?
ReplyDeleteI would intitle this chart "types of tornadoes and what they are" because that is exactly what it is types of tornadoes and what they are.
2. Where would I find a chart like this?
I would find this chart at a weather station because the people that work there could see what damage it does and what wind speed it is.
3. Who would find this chart's information useful?
I think a metoroligist would find this useful because he would be able to describe it for the people who are watching the news.
4. What powerful WORDS on this chart do you find very descriptive, precise, and descriptive?
I thought these words were interestng minor,foundation,incredable,motarate,and consirderable.
5. If I wanted more information on tornadoes, where would I look (Be specific!)?I think I would go see a metoroligist because they know alot about weather.
6. Which part of this chart did you find MOST interesting?I thought that the names like F0 etc. were pretty cool and interesting because they just sound interesting.
7. What questions do you still have after looking at this chart?One of my questions was how did they come up with the begging letter f?
8. Do you agree with Miss Schaech that charts are easy to read and organize information well? Explain your answerI agree with Miss Schaech because they have easy words for me and it is organized very faboulusly
1:Types of tornado damage
ReplyDelete2:You would find a chart like this in a nonfiction book about tornados.
3:A person with a tornado coming towards them would help them or help a person after a tornado.
4:I think minor,demolished,and debrisare precise words.
6:The part i found more intressing was the servere weather damage
5:to find more infomation i would go to a nonfiction book.
7:one question i still have is Can a tornado tair a house to little pieces?
8:I do agree becouse a article is only acouple paraghraghs and at a fourth grade level that is easy to read
1. I would name it Tornados Damage.
ReplyDelete2. You can find a chart like that on the internet.
3. It would be helpful to people that are about to have a tornado.
4. I think the words debris and unroofed are descriptive words.
5. A non fiction book about tornado.
6. I think the most interesing part was the wind speed.
7. Why do they call them F0,F1,F2,F3,F4,F5?
8. I agree with Mrs.Schaech because they are easy to read and are short. It is easy to organize information in a chart format.
1.Fujita Scale for Tornadoes.
ReplyDelete2.Nonfiction book on tornadoes.
3.Somone who studies tornadoes.
4.Minor,modarate,foundations,considerable,.
5.I would look in a nonfiction book about the subject.
6.the scale coulmn.
7.Why did they decide to name the power of the tornadoes F1 and F5?
8.Yes. You dont have to look every were you can just look across from the word.
1. Types of Tornadoes
ReplyDelete2. In a weather book
3. A weather person on the news (metorologist)
4. desvastating damage
5. I would go to the library and find a book on tornadoes or call my friend Even Stewart because he is a weather man.
6. The damage that could happen was interesting.
7. How many people usually die in a tornado?
8. Yes because they help me find information faster and easier than just reading a book.
1. Tornadoes and Damage
ReplyDelete2.In a book about tornadoes
3. A metoroligist
4. Consirderable
5. A book about the weather of the United States, or a non-fiction book about tornadoes.
6.The F5 scale wind speeds.
7. Has there ever been a tornadoe larger than a F5?
8. Yes because it is organized and easy to read. All the information is lined up under a certain title.
1.I would title this chart Tornadoes Damages.
ReplyDelete2.You would find a chart like this in a book about Tornadoes Damages.
3.I think a scientist that study's weather would find this chart useful.
4.The words that look descriptive on this chart are Moderate,Considerable,Severe,and Devastating.
5.You would need to look in a Non-Fiction Chapter book about Tornadoes.
6.The part in this chart that I found interesting was the damage part of the chart.
7.I only have one question to asked and it is,Why do they have f0,f1,f2,f3,f4,and f5 for the Tornado scale?
8.Yes! I do agree with Miss.Scheach about the chart organization.The reason I do agree with her is because Charts have rows and Miss.Scheach's chart has rows and charts have lines going threw the rows and Miss.Schaech's chart has that to.Thats why I agree with her.
1. Powerful Tornadoes.
ReplyDelete2. Weather books about storms!
3. The Meteorologist!
4. Devastating.;(
5.Weather books, google.
6. possible damage
7. Where do tornadoes mostly happen.
8. Yes it is easy to read.
1. Charts have titles. What title would you give this chart?
ReplyDeleteI would call this chart, "Tornado Scale" because it describes different
types of Tornados.
2. Where would I find a chart like this?
I would find it online because nowadays this information is available
to everyone.
3. Who would find this chart's information useful?
Meteoroaogist because they need to know if there is a Tornado
coming so they can report it on the news.
4. What powerful WORDS on this chart do you find very descriptive, precise, and descriptive?
These words were very interesting to me. Minor, Moderate, Demolished, Severe,
Devastating, Considerable, And foundations.
5. If I wanted more information on tornadoes, where would I look (Be specific!)?
The NOAA (National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administartion) website www.NOAA.gov.
6. Which part of this chart did you find MOST interesting?
The wind speed because I want to learn about the Tornado wind speeds.
7. What questions do you still have after looking at this chart?
Why do people call the Tornado a Tornado?
8. Do you agree with Miss Schaech that charts are easy to read and organize information well? Explain your answer.
Yes I agree because the numbering system 1-5 keeps it simple
1. Charts have titles. What title would you give this chart?
ReplyDeleteI would entitle this chart,"Tornados" because it talks about tornados and about the wind speed, how much damage it can make, and whether it's a F0-F5.
2. Where would I find a chart like this?
You could most-likely find a chart like this in a book about tornados.
3. Who would find this chart's information useful?
Probably someone who lives in tornado alley or if you're a meteorologist giving a weather forecast.
4. What powerful WORDS on this chart do you find very descriptive, precise, and descriptive?
I find that theese words are descriptive and precise: uprooted, unroofed, demolished, overturned, and devastating.
5. If I wanted more information on tornadoes, where would I look (Be specific!)?
You could look at a non-fiction book about tornados, an encyclopedia, an almanac, and you could watch storm chasers and the national weather station.
6. Which part of this chart did you find MOST interesting?
What I found most interesting is that mobile homes can get moved by a 73-112 mph winds.
7. What questions do you still have after looking at this chart?
Can people get hurt in a F0 on the fujita scale?
8. Do you agree with Miss Schaech that charts are easy to read and organize information well? Explain your answer.
Yes because they are all orginized and sorted out and they are all neat and not sloppy. I really like things to be that way because it does make things alot easier.
1. storms.
ReplyDelete2. storms and what they can do .
3. in case there was a storm coming.
4.motarate.
5. a book about tornadoes.
6. how much damage a f5 can be .
7. how many people die?
8. yes they just come easy to me.
1. Charts have titles. What title would you give this chart?
ReplyDeleteFujita Tornado Scale
2. Where would I find a chart like this?
You would find a chart like this on the website of weather organizations like the National Weather Service.
3. Who would find this chart's information useful?
Meteorologists would find this useful.
4. What powerful WORDS on this chart do you find very descriptive, precise, and descriptive?
Severe, devastating and incredible are all strong words to describe the tornados.
5. If I wanted more information on tornadoes, where would I look (Be specific!)?
I would look in an encyclopedia at the library. I would also be able to go to the National Weather Services website.
6. Which part of this chart did you find MOST interesting?
I found it most interesting that it tells you how much damage each category of tornado does.
7. What questions do you still have after looking at this chart?
I still would like to know what each type of tornado look like?
8. Do you agree with Miss Schaech that charts are easy to read and organize information well? Explain your answer.
Yes, because charts can give you a lot of information, and you only need to do but so much work to find it. It is also a great summary.
1. Charts have titles. What title would you give this chart? What tornados can do to homes.
ReplyDelete2. Where would I find a chart like this? In the weather section of the library.
3. Who would find this chart's information useful? Meteorologists
4. What powerful WORDS on this chart do you find very descriptive, precise, and descriptive? I find the words severe, devastating and considerable to be powerful words that are descriptive.
5. If I wanted more information on tornadoes, where would I look (Be specific!)? I would look in the tornado section of a weather book and in a meteorologist lab.
6. Which part of this chart did you find MOST interesting? I found the scale rating of the tornados to be most interesting.
7. What questions do you still have after looking at this chart? Why don't we ever get tornados and why is F5 the highest rating?
8. Do you agree with Miss Schaech that charts are easy to read and organize information well? Explain your answer. Yes, because charts are one of the first things you learn in school and they give you specific information on a topic.
1. Charts have titles. What title would you give this chart? I would give this chart the title, "Tornado Damages."
ReplyDelete2. Where would I find a chart like this? I would find a chart like this in a weather book.
3. Who would find this chart's information useful? A meteorologist would find the information on this chart useful.
4. What powerful WORDS on this chart do you find very descriptive, precise, and descriptive? I think the word "devastating" was a powerful word.
5. If I wanted more information on tornadoes, where would I look (Be specific!)? To find more information on tornados I would look a weather book under the severe weather section.
6. Which part of this chart did you find MOST interesting? I found the severe damage most interesting because it said strongly built houses are lifted off the ground.
7. What questions do you still have after looking at this chart? After looking at this chart I still wonder how tornados get so strong.
8. Do you agree with Miss Schaech that charts are easy to read and organize information well? Explain your answer. Yes, I agree that charts organize information well because it display the information in an easy to read manner so I am able to easily find the information I need quickly.
1. I would give the name "Tornado Fujita Scale".
ReplyDelete2.I would find charts like this in Kansas because there are a lot of tornadoes there and on websites like weather.com.
3.Farmers, construction workers and meteorologists would find this useful to predict the weather and to know what kind of damage would be done to the farmlands and buildings and to know when to plan their work schedule outside.
4.minor, considerable, severe, devastating
5.I would look online on wikipedia and google.
6.I liked how it described the kind of damage and the wind speed.
7. Why don't they give them names like they do hurricanes instead of numbers?
8. Yes, I agree because its set up like a table and they are in order from smallest to largest tornados.
I would in title the graph many types of severe weather conditions .
ReplyDeleteYou would find this chart in a weather book.
A meteorologist trying to predict what the weather is going to be.
The words that I found interesting were minor,moderate,demolish able,severe,devastating,and automobile.
To learn more about tornados I would ask a meteorologist.
What I found most interesting on the graph was the wind speed.
The question that I still have is why do you call it a Fujita scale.
Yes l agree with Miss.Schaech because you can understand the information better.
1. Toronto
ReplyDelete2. a non fiction book about tornados
3. a meteorologist
4. miner,moderate
5. a scientist that nows a lot about tornados
6. the wind speed
7. were to tornados usually start
8. yes because they have section so u can now were to look for stuff
1. Charts have titles. What title would you give this chart?
ReplyDeleteTornado Types
2. Where would I find a chart like this?
You could find a chart like this on a weather map.
3. Who would find this chart's information useful? A meteorologist would find this information useful.
4. What powerful WORDS on this chart do you find very descriptive and precise?
Severe, damage, devastating, and uprooted are all very powerful words.
5. If I wanted more information on tornadoes, where would I look (Be specific!)? I would look on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration website.
6. Which part of this chart did you find MOST interesting?
I found the wind speeds interesting because you can see how much damage they can cause.
7. What questions do you still have after looking at this chart? Has there ever been a tornado that has started and ended on water?
8. Do you agree with Miss Schaech that charts are easy to read and organize information well? Explain your answer. Yes because the information is grouped and categorized.
1. Wind damage
ReplyDelete2. A book about weather and wind speed.
3. A meteorologist.
4. Severe, devastating and incredible.
5. I would read a book on tornadoes or someone
who studies weather.
6. The amount of damage that a tornado can do.
7. What is a tornado over 318 mph called?
8. Yes, because it shows the basic information and descriptions in easy to read colums.
1. Charts have titles. What title would you give this chart? Tornado scale
ReplyDelete2. Where would I find a chart like this? A website or book about tornadoes.
3. Who would find this chart's information useful? a meteorologist
4. What powerful WORDS on this chart do you find very descriptive, precise, and descriptive?
devastating, considerable, and moderate
5. If I wanted more information on tornadoes, where would I look (Be specific!)?
On the internet at www.the weather channel.com
6. Which part of this chart did you find MOST interesting? The possible damage part is most interesting to me..
7. What questions do you still have after looking at this chart? Has there ever been wind speed faster then an F5
8. Do you agree with Miss Schaech that charts are easy to read and organize information well? Explain your answer. Yes beacause they put it in different sections that are so easy to read?
1.Scale of Tornado Damage.
ReplyDelete2.I would find this chart in a book about tornadoes and on a weather channel.
3.A student thats doing a report on tornadoes and a meterorolist thats studying tornadoes.
4.I liked was possible damage and tells the wind speed.
5.You couid ask a meterorolist about tornadoes or you could get books about tornadoes and look up tornades in a information websites.
6.Possible Damage.
7.I still wonder if I could see the damage of a real tornada?
8.Yes,becuase all charts can give people information on report,summarys,and information on what two do.
1. Fijita Tornadeo Scale.
ReplyDelete2. A Book all About Chart's.
3. Weather Expirts And Weather Statoins.
4. Devestating,Moderate,Considerable,Minor,Unroofed.
5. A Book Called "The Fijita Tonadeos.
6. "WindSpeed" and "PosibleDamage".
7. Why Couldn't They Put Down How Long "Height" The Tornadeo Was.
8. Yes! I Say Yes Because You Can See,Read,And Understand It Well.
1."Tornados Damage"
ReplyDelete2.you can find a chart like this in a book about tornatos
3.meteorolosists
4.outomoble and demoleshed
5.a book called "Tornatos"
6.the F5 category
7.can tornatos speed up any more?
8.Yes because it explains alot about the subject
1. Charts have titles. What title would you give this chart?killer speds!
ReplyDelete2. Where would I find a chart like this!in a book abowt tornados.
3. Who would find this chart's information useful?a scientst that is studying wethwther conditions!
4. What powerful WORDS on this chart do you find very descriptive, precise, and descriptive?
5. If I wanted more information on tornadoes, where would I look (Be specific!)?will i wued go to a library
6. Which part of this chart did you find MOST interesting?the speds of the wins.
7. What questions do you still have after looking at this chart?is thirs abowt tornadoes or hireakans
8. Do you agree with Miss Schaech that charts are easy to read and organize information well? Explain your answer yes i do becoes it is shorte then a artucol
1. I would call the chart Tornado Damages.
ReplyDelete2. I would find the chart in a book about tornadoes or at a weather station.
3. A weather forcaster would find the information useful.
4. The words severe, considerable, light, devistating and moderated are very descriptive words.
5. To get more information on tornadoes you can look up Fujita Scale on the internet.
6. I find interesting the amount of damage a tornado does.
7. A question I have is how many people die in a tornado.
8. I agree that they are easy to read in rows and columns.
1. Tornado Strength Chart
ReplyDelete2. A weather news channel
3. Anyone concerned about tornados
4. Devastating, severe and powerful.
5. weather.com
6. the incredible wind speeds
7. Who is Fujita?
8. Yes I agree. It makes it easy to understand and compare the different values.
1.i would name it tornado damage.
ReplyDelete2.i would find it in the newspaper.
3.a scientist would find it useful.
4.i think demolished and devastating are interesting words.
5.i would look at the library because it has a lot of information.
6.i liked the part about Possible Damage.
7.how long does a tornado last?
8.yes i agree with miss Schaech because it is easy to look at all the data at once.