ThunderBoomer

Created by Anne Hubbell =Thunder-Boomer!= by Shutta Crum

Crum, S. (2009). Thunder-boomer! New York: Clarion.

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Summary:
It is a hot, summer day on the farm and the kids are trying to stay cool by the pond. A thunderstorm rolls in and everyone is frantically getting the animals and themselves inside. There is a humorous part about their father's underwear and there are lots of great descriptions of a summer thunderstorm. At the end of the storm, they find a lost kitten and decide to name her "Thunder-Boomer".

Online Links:
About the Author: [|Shutta Crum]

Lesson Ideas: [|Texas Librarian] [|EdHelper][|A to Z Teacher-Weather Ideas] [|YouTube Video about a Thunder Boomer]

Discussion Questions:
1. Have you ever been in a thunderstorm? How did your storm compare to the storm described in the story? 2. Different parts of the country and world experience different types of storms. If you had to choose an area and the storms in that area to live in, where would you live? 3. What did you think of the lost kitten at the end of the story? Where did she come from? What would you have done in that situation?

Classroom Activity:
Have students study the different types of storms and weather patterns such as thunderstorms, tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, tsunamis, and floods. Put the students into groups assigning each a specific storm/weather pattern. Let groups work together to prepare an information bulletin about the storm/weather pattern and what people can do to prepare themselves. Students can use posterboard, animoto, imovie, video, etc to present their projects.