Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs
Judi Barrett
Objective/Goals: The student will:
1. Show how to use simple tools (weather vanes, thermometer) to measure weather conditions. (CSS
Earth Science 3.a)
2. Record weather changes from day to day (CSS Earth Science 3.b)
(First grade)
Materials:
Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs, by Judi Barrett
Books about weather vanes
Writing paper
Drawing paper
Pencils
Crayons or colored markers
Daily newspaper
Map of the United States
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Your child can read information textbooks or visit web sites and gather information on clouds and
lightning, and how they are formed. Your child will write a paragraph telling about how clouds
are made. He/she will revise the paragraph for selling, punctuation, and legibility.
Using the newspaper or Internet, you child can find maps with today’s temperatures.
He/She will record the temperature of the city where they live, and at least five other locations in
the country. Maybe the city where grandma and grandpa live, or where his/her aunt and uncle
live, etc.
Record the temperatures on the United States map. Date the map with today’s date.
Your child can read books about weather vanes, or go to sites on the Internet relating to weather
vanes and the history of weather vanes. Have them look for pictures of weather vanes.
Have your child draw a picture of a weather vane they would like to have.
Evaluation/Assessment:
The child will write a simple paragraph about what they have learned about weather vanes.
Extensions:
Have your child learn about a balanced meal. Draw a picture of his/her favorite meal and label the food
groups for each item. Use a paper plate!