Teaching tornado safety through literacy

Tornado safety is an extremely important subject to teach no matter where one is teaching! This is another activity that can be altered depending on the grade level you are teaching, especially since a refresher is usually needed before tornado season starts no matter what grade level!

Materials Needed:

Book about tornadoes (magic school bus is a great one for younger grades, dependent on grade level)

Black construction paper

Pencil

White crayons

scissors 

Steps:

- Read grade level appropriate book about tornadoes to students

- Discuss as a class different safety tips during a tornado, importance of these tips/rules

- Write down these steps on a small piece of paper (one tip per piece of paper)

- Hand out one piece of paper to each student

- Give each student one piece of black construction paper

- Have the student trace an outline of a tornado on their paper with pencil

- Have the student cut out their tornado outline

- Have the student write down their safety tip with white crayon inside the tornado outline

Extension/Assessment:

- This activity should be done shortly before tornado season begins so that it is fresh in the students' minds.

- The students' tornadoes can then be taped up onto the wall inside the classroom as a reminder for the students of all the tips incase of emergency

- Students will be assessed during tornado drills performed by the school.