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Author: Patricia Polacco
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Grade level(s) appropriateness: 1-3
A brief synopsis/review: The story about young Patricia Polacco and her Russian grandmother, Babushka. With the help of her Babushka, Patricia conquers her childhood fear of thunderstorms. The two of them go outside to gather the ingredients for Thunder Cake, a special recipe that will put an end to Patricia's fear.
Theme(s): Cooking, weather, grandparents and grandchildren
Noteworthy features or issues with text: The literature reflects Patricia Polacco's life growing up in Michigan with her Babushka. Patricia Polacco is the main charatcer, written in 1st person narrative. She is also the illustrator and the pictures go along with the text.
Teaching ideas: Bake Thunder Cake for your students. Students would love this! :) As a class, you could also create your own recipe for a thunderstorm- ingredients would be things you hear and see during a thunderstorm. You could then have students draw and write how they feel during storms. Another idea could be to have students draw a picture of something they are afraid of and discuss how they would conquer this fear. You could have students take the Thunder Cake quiz on Patricia Polacco's website: http://www.patriciapolacco.com/fun/quizes/thunder.html.
Curriculum tie-ins and/or related activities: For social studies, students could explore a region/country their ancestors were from. They could discuss their ancestors journey to America.
Read aloud suitability: Yes, this book can easily be read aloud to your class.
Connections to other texts/content areas: Similar to Thunder Cake, other Patricia Polacco books depict her life growing up such as The Art of Miss Chew, Thank You, Mr. Falker, Keeping Quilt, and many more.
Other additional comments: I read this book to my first grade class during student teaching. As a class, we made the recipe for My Grandma's Thunder Cake. My students loved it!
Check out Patricia Polacco's webpage, featuring author information, books, current news, activities, and a forum: http://www.patriciapolacco.com/
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Grade level(s) appropriateness: 1-3
A brief synopsis/review: The story about young Patricia Polacco and her Russian grandmother, Babushka. With the help of her Babushka, Patricia conquers her childhood fear of thunderstorms. The two of them go outside to gather the ingredients for Thunder Cake, a special recipe that will put an end to Patricia's fear.
Theme(s): Cooking, weather, grandparents and grandchildren
Noteworthy features or issues with text: The literature reflects Patricia Polacco's life growing up in Michigan with her Babushka. Patricia Polacco is the main charatcer, written in 1st person narrative. She is also the illustrator and the pictures go along with the text.
Teaching ideas: Bake Thunder Cake for your students. Students would love this! :) As a class, you could also create your own recipe for a thunderstorm- ingredients would be things you hear and see during a thunderstorm. You could then have students draw and write how they feel during storms. Another idea could be to have students draw a picture of something they are afraid of and discuss how they would conquer this fear. You could have students take the Thunder Cake quiz on Patricia Polacco's website: http://www.patriciapolacco.com/fun/quizes/thunder.html.
Curriculum tie-ins and/or related activities: For social studies, students could explore a region/country their ancestors were from. They could discuss their ancestors journey to America.
Read aloud suitability: Yes, this book can easily be read aloud to your class.
Connections to other texts/content areas: Similar to Thunder Cake, other Patricia Polacco books depict her life growing up such as The Art of Miss Chew, Thank You, Mr. Falker, Keeping Quilt, and many more.
Other additional comments: I read this book to my first grade class during student teaching. As a class, we made the recipe for My Grandma's Thunder Cake. My students loved it!
Check out Patricia Polacco's webpage, featuring author information, books, current news, activities, and a forum: http://www.patriciapolacco.com/
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