Thunder Cake Book Activities

Bring Thunder Cake to life in your classroom with this engaging read aloud companion pack. Students will love following along as a young girl and her grandmother bake a special cake while a storm rolls in, helping her face her fear of storms.

It’s a great way to build literacy skills while exploring story elements, character traits, sequencing, and cause and effect in a way that actually sticks.

Inside, you’ll find hands-on activities for sequencing, retelling, vocabulary, and writing, plus meaningful math and science connections. Everything works together to give you a cohesive, multi-day book study without extra prep.

WHAT’S INCLUDED:

⭐ Teacher Tools
• Getting Started Tips
• Book Poster
• Author Poster
• Before, During, & After Reading Discussion Questions
• Guided Comprehension Questions
• Comprehension Worksheet

⭐ Vocabulary Activities
• Vocabulary Word Wall Cards
• Vocabulary Support Cards
• Vocabulary Practice Worksheets
• ABC Order Activity

⭐ Story Elements & Reading Skills
• Story Elements Poster & Worksheets
• Flip Book Activity
• Making Predictions Worksheet
• Author’s Purpose Worksheet
• Main Idea Worksheets
• Opinion Writing Worksheets
• My Favorite Part Worksheet
• Problem & Solution Worksheet
• Character Traits Circle Maps
• Character Traits Sort, Match, & Analysis Activities
• Making Connections Worksheets
• Fiction vs. Nonfiction Worksheet
• Point of View Poster (First Person)
• Cause & Effect Activities
• Helped or Scared Sort

⭐ Crafts & Retelling
• Thunder Cake Craft
• Writing Craftivity
• Writing Prompt Pages (Differentiated Options)
• Popsicle Stick Retelling Puppets

⭐ Readers & Sequencing
• “I See Thunder Cake” Emergent Reader
• “The Storm Is Here” Reader
• Sequencing Worksheets (Differentiated Options)
• Read and Sequence Activity
• Cut and Paste Sequencing Activity

⭐ Science & STEM Extensions
• Storm Sounds Worksheets
• Label the Storm Activity
• Thunderstorm Posters
• Thunderstorms Can-Have-Are Activity
• Rain in a Jar Experiment + Recording
• Storm Shelter STEM Challenge
• Weather & Storm Writing Extensions

⭐ Math Extensions
• Graphing & Survey Worksheets
• Add and Subtract Math Mats
• Make 10 / Make 20 Math Mats
• Make 10 / Make 20 Recording Sheets
• Counting & Number Order Worksheets
• Count and Graph Activity
• Addition Story Problems
• How Many? Counting Worksheets

This is a companion resource designed to pair with Thunder Cake by Patricia Polacco. The book itself is not included. This resource was created by A Dab of Glue Will Do and is not endorsed or affiliated with the author or publisher in any way.