TO START:

*Complete the following activities on Thunder Cake

 in the order they are listed*

Remember :

•Before you start reading, make sure you print of the checklist so you know  what you have completed and in the correct order.

• Print off each activity and staple it to the checklist.

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Pre-Reading:

ACTIVITY #1

Fill in the KWL chart that I have created for you

Print it out, then fill out the Know and Want to Know

sections.

ACTIVITY #2

Print off the Thunderstorm coloring page.

Draw yourself outside with Bill and Maria, then draw a thunderstorm in the sky. When you are finished, the coloring page should be neat and complete.

Make sure to be creative!

 Here is a website to look at the stages of a thunderstorm.

While You Read:

ACTIVITY #3

Patricia is scared at the beginning of Thunder Cake and hides under the bed.

In Microsoft Word, type a journal entry about a time when you were scared of something. What did you do while you were scared?

Your journal entry should have 3-5 complete sentences.

REMEMBER:

print out your finished entry.

Type your name and the date at the top of the paper.

ACTIVITY #4

As you are reading Thunder Cake, you will probably find some words that you do not know.

As you read:

1. Write down 5 words on this worksheet that you do not know.

After you find 5 words:

1. Go to this online dictionary to look up your words!

2. Write the definition in the box next to your word.

After Reading:

ACTIVITY #5

Now that you know the process of a thunderstorm, Print out this poem and add in your own descriptive words.

To see some examples of descriptive words go to this website.

ACTIVITY #6

Fill out the Learned section of you K-W-L chart that you printed out for Activity #1.

WHEN YOU ARE FINISHED:

Look at the Rubric to see how you are going to be graded.

Print this out and staple it behind all of the activities.

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JUST FOR FUN...

If you have extra time:

Print this, then do the word find on sight words from the book Thunder Cake.