Thunder Cake

Who is telling the story?

• Grandmother (Babushka)

• Granddaughter

• Someone who is not in the story

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CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.6

What is a synonym for the word 'luscious'?

• Gross

• Fail

• delicious

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CCSS.L.3.4A

CCSS.RL.3.4

What is the setting? Where does this story take place?

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CCSS.RL.3.1

What is the definition of the word 'squinted'?

• lightly or partly closing your eyes

• to win against or defeat

• delicious to taste or smell

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CCSS.L.3.4A

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

What is the granddaughter's problem at the beginning of the story?

• She does not like the rain

• She cannot find ingredients to bake

• She's afraid of thunderstorms

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CCSS.RL.3.1

Overcome means to...

• Give up on something

• Succeed in dealing with a problem

• Have a good taste or smell

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CCSS.L.3.4A

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

Why did the granddaughter count when she saw lightning?

• So she knew how many miles away it was

• So the lightning would go away

• So she knew how many hours the thunderstorm would be

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CCSS.RL.3.1

What is the definition of the word 'horizon'?

• The bottom of the ocean

• The highest point on a mountain

• The line where the earth and sky appear to meet

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CCSS.L.3.4A

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.RI.3.4

What was the solution to the problem in the story?

• The granddaughter hiding under the bed

• The granddaughter decides she will stay in the house during a thunderstorm

• The grandmother and granddaughter baking a thunder cake

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CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.2