Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

Students explore the 5 themes of geography. In this cross curriculum literacy and geography instructional activity, students listen to Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett, and make a list of the needs of the people in Chewandswallow. Students discuss how environmental factors influenced the characters' need to adapt to their environment. Students work with a partner to compare and contrast their own needs with those of the book characters.