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Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs-Part I

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Here is a lesson plan that gives learners a chance to practice using context clues. They read the story, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. Young scholars use different word strategies (base words, synonyms, antonyms) to decode and...
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Sequencing / Story Events

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students read a story and use sentence strips to order story events.  In this sequencing instructional activity, students learn new vocabulary words centered around the story Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, preview the story, make...
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Compound Words: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students create compound words by combining two words chosen from the board. After listening to the read-aloud of the book, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, each student responds to the story by drawing a picture, and listing his/her...
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Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
The young scholars investigate the role of symbols in literature by participating in prereading and postreading activities for "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs." Teacher questions are included.
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Observing Weather

For Teachers All
Students investigate the weather by reading children stories.  In this weather observation lesson, students read Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs and several other stories about weather before they create a KWL chart.  Students utilize...
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Compare and Contrast

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students learn about similarities and differences between different types of weather patterns.  For this weather lesson, students read Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs and Weather.  Students create a word search puzzle, complete a Venn...
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Probability With a Random Drawing

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students define probability, and predict, record, and discuss outcomes from a random drawing, then identify most likely and least likely outcomes. They conduct a random drawing, record the data on a data chart, analyze the data, and...
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It's Raining Meatballs

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners participate in activities to determine their macro process and elaborative process abilities. During macro processes readers organize and summarize ideas as they read. They look at the big picture of the entire text as well as...
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Children's Literature Across the Curriculum Ideas-The Wind Blew

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners read The Wind Blew by Pat Hutchins. They complete a variety of cross-curricular activities surrounding the study of wind and weather. Included are reading, art, math, science, writing, social studies, and library connections.