Week 5: Friday - Current Events Day

Today's Current Event Topic: 
Preparing for & Responding to Natural Disasters:
Yesterday, Chile experienced an 8.3 earthquake, also triggering a Tsunami. 
The death toll was quite low due to Chile being well-prepared for handling possible natural disaster emergencies. 
Here is an article from the United Nations discussing yesterday's quake and why Chile was well-prepared for this: 
"Following earthquake, UN says Chile’s investment in disaster risk reduction paid off" 
Today's Task & Exit Ticket:  

1. Go to Edmodo.com   
   
2. Join Mrs. Stewart's 7th Grade Group. See Group Code Below to join
3. Follow task instructions on Edmodo (once you join).

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• Instructions to join Newsela (& find class code)