Theme 5: Family Time

Selection 4: Thunder Cake Author: Patricia Polacco

Author: Patricia Polacco

Realistic characters and events come to life in a fictional plot Genre: Realistic Fiction Realistic characters and events come to life in a fictional plot

Plot The plot is the sequence of events in the story. This often includes a problem and resolution.

Comprehension Strategy:

Comprehension Skill:

Phonics and Spelling Focus: Words that End with –ed or –ing Basic: batted clapped hugging stepped running sitting stopped getting shopping pinned Challenge: jogging flipped

Silent Consonants –gh, k(n), b Phonics Focus: Silent Consonants –gh, k(n), b light knit lamb night knight limb fight knob crumbs sight knapsack dumb thought knee numb caught kneading

at the end of Longer Words Phonics review: The sound of –y at the end of Longer Words hurry softly carefully buttery everything finally suddenly twenty

High-Frequency Words: air child heavy hour

early only half warm heard winter afraid minute High-Frequency Word Review: afraid minute early only half warm heard winter

Key Vocabulary: lightning- a flash of light in the sky bolt- a flash or stroke of lightning horizon- the line where sky and earth seem to meet

lightning A flash of light in the sky

A flash or stroke of lightning bolt A flash or stroke of lightning

horizon The line where sky and earth seem to meet

Key Vocabulary: thunder- the rumbling sound that follows lightning rumbled- made a deep rolling sound weather- what it is like outside

that follows lightning thunder The rumbling sound that follows lightning

rumbled Made a deep rolling sound

weather What it is like outside

Other Vocabulary: damp - a little wet clap - a loud, sudden sound cooed - talked softly & fondly crowed - talked happily

damp a little wet

clap a loud, sudden sound

cooed talked softly and fondly

crowed Talked happily

Other Vocabulary: penned - wrote out creased - marked with a fold ingredients - things that go into a mixture scurried - moved in a hurry gather - to bring together

penned wrote out

creased marked with a fold

ingredients parts of a mixture, or the stuff you put in

scurried moved in a hurry, fast

gather to bring together

Other Vocabulary: peck - to hit with a beak croaked - spoke in a rough, hoarse way jagged - having sharp points sticking out crept - moved slowly

peck to hit with a beak

croaked spoke in a rough, hoarse way

jagged Having sharp points sticking out

crept moved slowly

Other Vocabulary: bellowed - made a deep roaring sound churned - beat milk in a special container to make butter batter - a mixture of wet and dry ingredients faded - lost its brightness

made a deep roaring sound bellowed made a deep roaring sound

beat milk in a special container to make butter churned beat milk in a special container to make butter

batter a mixture of dry and wet ingredients

faded lost its brightness

glistening shining

samovar A metal urn with a faucet at the base, used to boil water for tea

Finding Words with Endings Vocabulary Skills: Dictionary Finding Words with Endings hugged counting steaming rattled cooed patting Look for the base word.

Information & Study Skills: Taking Notes

Verbs present to past is / was are / were Grammar Skills: Verbs present to past is / was are / were He/she/it is… He/she/it was… We/they are… We/they were…

Writing Skills: Dialogue “It’s only the thunder you are hearing,” my grandma said.

Curriculum Link: Drama Readers’ Theater “Sun and Ice”

I 􀁹 Reading Books: 53-58 Phonics Library: by Linda Dunlap Eight Daughters The Family Garden by Linda Dunlap