Cloudy with a Chance of
Meatballs
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0689707495/sr=1-1/qid=1146522575/ref=sr_1_1/103-7623409-5959009?%5Fencoding=UTF8&s=books
Written by Judi Barrett
Cyberlesson by Danielle Dubman
Introduction
Have you ever wondered what it would be like if
doughnuts fell from the sky?
…It could be really messy!
We are going to read a story about people who eat
food that falls from the sky until one day, things
start to go wrong…
Materials
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Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Pencil
crayons
Computer with internet and printer
access
Before reading
• Have you ever wondered how weather affects us?
• Do we have to change the way we do things
because of the weather?
• In this book, people’s lives are VERY different
from our lives because of their unusual weather.
• While reading the story, think about how their
lives are different because of the weather.
Before reading
• Look at the cover and the pictures in the book.
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What do you think will happen in this story?
• Print out and write your predictions here. Later,
we will find out if your predictions are correct!
During reading
• While we are reading the story, look at your
prediction chart.
• Did your predictions come true? Draw a star next
to a prediction that was correct.
• Write down what really happened in the story on
your prediction chart.
After reading
The people of Chewandswallow had some wild
weather!
If you lived there, what would be the good things
about Chewandswallow?
What would be bad about living there?
Click on the rain cloud to print and write about this!
Beyond reading: How does
weather affect you?
• In real life, we do NOT have meatballs,
doughnuts or any kind of food fall from the sky.
• Our weather consists of clouds, rain, snow and
other things.
Beyond reading: How does
weather affect you?
• Click on
to learn more about clouds.
• Click on
to learn more about rain.
• Click on
storms.
to learn more about winter
• Click here to print, write, and draw about how
different kinds of weather affect you.
Rubric
Activity
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Prediction sheet
Makes predictions based
on cover and pictures and
writes them on a recording
sheet.
Makes 3-4 reasonable
predictions about the story
from cover and pictures and
records them on sheet.
Makes two predictions that
may be unrealistic about
the story and records them
on the sheet.
Does not make predictions
about the story or record
them on the sheet.
T-chart
Compares good and bad
parts of living in
Chewandswallow
Writes 3-4 thoughtful
statements for good parts
and bad parts of living in
Chewandswallow.
Information comes from
story.
Writes 2 statements for
good parts and bad parts of
living in Chewandswallow.
Some information may
come from story.
Writes one statement or
less for good parts and bad
parts of living in
Chewandswallow. Very little
information may come from
story.
Weather and you activity
Record one weather fact
from each website. Draw
and describe clothes you
would wear for weather.
Record an activity you
could do during this
weather.
Records at least one
weather fact that comes
directly from each website
(three facts in all). Pictures,
clothing descriptions, and
activities are appropriate for
weather.
Records less than one fact
directly from each website
or some might not be from
websites. Some pictures,
clothing descriptions, and
activities are inappropriate
for weather.
Records one fact or less
directly from each website.
Most pictures, clothing
descriptions, and activities
are inappropriate for
weather or Incomplete.
Credits
Pictures
• http://www.free-graphics.com/
• http://www.amazon.com
• http://www.bestclipart.com/
Beyond activity
• http://www.weatherwizkids.com/
Text
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Written by Judi Barrett
Illustrated by Ron Barrett