Thunder Cake

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Thunder Cake

• By Patricia Polacco
• Houghton Mifflin Reading Series
• PowerPoint by Jeanne Guichard

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bolt

• We saw a bolt of lightning and counted to five.

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lightning

• Lightning could be seen from miles away.
  
  

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thunder

• We saw the lightning and then heard the thunder.

5
weather

• Bob Breck forecasted nice weather for today.

6
cooed

• Sweet dreams my sweet baby, the grandma cooed

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churned

• The girls churned the milk into butter.

8
peck

• She was not afraid that the hen would peck her.

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clap

• She covered her ears when she heard the clap of
  thunder.

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penned

• He penned in his name and address on the first
  page.

11
trellis

• The grandchild climbed the trellis to pick the
  tomatoes.

12
samovar

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

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horizon

• We could see the rain clouds near the horizon.

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jagged

• The cloth had jagged edges.