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.