Standards

__SCIENCE STANDARDS__  Grade 4 Physical Science Standard PS 2.1E - Unit 4 interactions of air water and land  Investigate the negative and positive impact of extreme natural events on living things.  How do natural events affect our world?

__ELA STANDARDS - Informational Texts __
 * Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
 * Determine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details; summarize the text.
 * Explain events, procedures, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text, including what happened and why, based on specific information in the text.
 * By the end of year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, in the grades 4–5 text, complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.

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