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  Scholastic Book Guides: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Teaching "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" is effective and manageable with this Scholastic Book Guide. Everything you need is here to build important skills for successful instruction in reading. Includes: book summary and author information to build background and prior knowledge; vocabulary-builders to help your students learn important word meanings for better comprehension; discussion questions to deepen understanding, and build and check comprehension; reproducible graphic organizers an $4.99 Literature Guide | Grades K-2

  
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  	Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett and Ron Barrett In the town of Chewandswallow, it rained orange juice for breakfast and hamburgers for lunch. But a storm of maple syrup sets off a sticky situation! $6.95 Paperback Book | Grades 2-3

  
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Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

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Author: Judith Barrett

Illustrator: Ron Barrett

Interest Level:
1-3

Lexile Framework:
730L

Grade Level Equivalent:
3.2

Guided Reading Level:
M

Age:
5-8

Genre:
Comedy and Humor

Subject:
Seasons and Weather, Cooperation and Teamwork, Resourcefulness

Here's another wonderfully written and illustrated story by the Barrett team. Receiving a place on the prestigious New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Books of the Year list, this book skillfully and subtly blends funny storytelling and full-color illustrations with a very real twist about how weather can affect people's environments.

Life in the wonderful town of Chewandswallow is great: Some of its citizens even say it's downright delicious! Instead of snow, wind, or rain, they get a different kind of weather that falls from the sky three times a day: breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The only bad part about living in Chewandswallow is that the people don't get their choice of what they'd like to fall from the sky: it may snow mashed potatoes, or rain juice or soup, or there might even be a storm of hamburgers that takes them by surprise.

But no one is too worried about the weather, until it takes a turn for the worse — the portions of food get larger and larger and fall faster and faster, until everyone in the town fears for their lives. They all need to think of a plan, and they need one fast! With teamwork, smarts, and some extra-large bagels, Chewandswallow residents are able to save themselves from the torrential weather.

A cheerful approach to gearing up for a science lesson or just for reading aloud, this book makes food and weather fun.