Discussion questions and classroom activities to complement the book thunder cake by patricia polacco. It is a wonderful chocolate cake with a hint of fruit flavor from the secret. A perfect read aloud when teaching a weather unit in the classroom. All the while thinking this was a friend from school, i listened intently as she told the rest of the story surrounding thunder cake. It is a wonderful chocolate cake with a hint of fruit flavor from the secret ingredient. This is thunder cake baking weather, calls grandma, as she and her. But the list of ingredients is long and not easy to find. These book links are a great way to add some language arts into your thunderstorms unit. Watch this book trailer video for cloudette, a picture book for children by bestselling. Ask children to predict what a thunder cake could be. Unless you let go of me, we wont be able to make thunder cake today. Is your copy of thunder cake a first or second edition.
In this exclusive video interview with reading rockets, patricia polacco talks about writing and illustrating and the passing down of family. Thunder cake book unit full of activities for this book cc grade 4 unit 2. I have created a 10 day writing unit to compliment this book. Patricia polacco tells warm family tales drawn from her own childhood among an extended immigrant family of grandparents and cousins. Although the books concept is good, it does not fulfill its prom. The first edition of the novel was published in january 1st 1990, and was written by patricia polacco. This is the thunder cake recipe from patricia polaccos thunder cake picture book. Free thunder cake study unit worksheets for teachers to print. This is thunder cake baking weather, calls grandma, as she and her granddaughter hurry to gather the ingredients around the farm. Pdf thunder cake book by patricia polacco free download.
This is patricia polacco reads thunder cakes by sarah donovan on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. Comprehension by chapter, vocabulary challenges, creative reading response activities and projects, tests, and much more. A loud clap of thunder booms, and rattles the windows of grandmas old farmhouse. As it turns out, thunder cake is a book written by patricia polacco. Free download or read online thunder cake pdf epub book. Add the completed gathering ingredients book to your notebook. Thunder cake is a great book for making reading and writing connections. From that time on, i never feared the voice of thunder again. The book by patricia polacco entitled my grandmas thunder cake is one of a series of kids books with easy recipes included in the story. Thunder cake by patricia polacco grandma looked at the horizon, drew a deep breath and said, this is thunder cake baking weather, all right. This is a video of me reading the book thunder cake by patricia polacco for my students during the covid19 school shut down. Dont pay attention to that old thunder, except to see how close the storm is getting.
I had the opportunity to hear this book being read to a group of elementary school age children 3rd 5th grade. Are any of your little ones afraid of lightning and thunder. This wonderful old recipe comes from a childrens storybook that i came across when i was shelving away books in a school library. She went on and on about how some little girls babushka made the cake for her to help her overcome her fear of thunder. Scholastic book clubs childrens books for parents and. The strawberries and tomato match wonderfully and i promise that no one will know it is tomato, they will only ask what you did to make it.
Thunder cake is the story of how patricia polacco conquered her childhood fear of michigan thunderstorms with the assistance of her grandmother. Talk about the cover picture, and ask children to identify the characters. In this story analysis lesson plan, students read the book thunder cake and identify the characters, plot and setting featured in the story. This seems like an obvious choice, but since grandma makes a cake in the book, why not make a cake. These thunder cake activities and worksheets go along with the thunder cake book and are great at teaching digraphs. One other that comes to mind is a cranberry thanksgiving. Polacco further creates a relationship with her readers when she generously includes her grandmothers thunder cake recipe at the back of the book.
See more ideas about thunder cake, patricia polacco and author studies. Thunder cake is the book that introduced me to the world of patricia polacco. The student will tell the order of ingredients for thunder cake using the words first, second, third, etc. Of course, i immediately had to try it it is chocolate cake after all. Get e books thunder cake on pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi and audiobook for free. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 32 pages and is available in paperback format. Second graders listen to a read aloud of patricia polaccos book thunder cake. Click here to visit our frequently asked questions about html5. This is a great printable that everyone will enjoy. Your browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats available.
But grandma insists that this is thunder cake baking weather and the two are soon scrambling to gather the ingredients to make the cake. Thunder cake lesson plan for 1st 3rd grade lesson planet. The thunder cake calls for different ingredients that require a. In this exclusive video interview with reading rockets. The main characters of this childrens, picture books story are. Free thunder cake worksheets and literature unit for. A real thunder cake must reach the oven before the storm arrives.
Explore our editors picks for the best kids books of the month. There are more than 1 million books that have been enjoyed by people from all over the world. This is a read aloud of thunder cake by patricia polacco. Display the cover of the book, read the title and names of the author and illustrator. In thunder cake, a grandmother helps her granddaughter overcome her fear of thunder by baking a special cake while a storm threatens. Goodreads members who liked thunder cake also liked.
We made thunder cake from the book by patricia polacco. Pupils explore reading comprehension by reading a story with their class. This thunder cake lesson plan is suitable for 1st 3rd grade. What did the little girl and the grandma go to nellie peck hen for.
Find thunder cake lesson plans and teaching resources. The videos are short, to the point, and the quiz allows me to test their knowledge on. I brainstormed a few thunder cake activities that would be good to do after reading the thunder cake book. Always update books hourly, if not looking, search in the book search column. Thunder cake activities and free printable worksheet. A loud clap of thunder shook the house, rattled the windows and made me grab her close. When the book ended, a lively discussion of the storys events took place. Find books like thunder cake from the worlds largest community of readers. Share this wonderful book by patricia polacco with them and then make your own. Scholastic book clubs is the best possible partner to help you get excellent childrens books into the hands of every child, to help them become successful lifelong readers and discover the joy and power of good books. The children paid close attention as the story unfolded.
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