Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs Resource Set

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  • Grade Level: 2
  • Guided Reading Level: M
  • Genre: Fantasy

Summary

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett

The rich descriptive language used to illustrate the outrageous weather in ChewandSwallow is ideal for teaching students the strategies of determining importance, visualizing, synthesizing, and skilled retelling and summarizing.

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Teach with Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett

This resource set includes everything you need to deliver meaningful reading instruction

  • Comprehension Strategy Lesson Plans
  • Page by Page Guided Think Sheets
  • Text Based Reader's Notebook Prompts
  • Word Work Lesson Plan and Activities for Two-Syllable Words
  • Interactive Vocabulary Games and Activities
  • Running Record Assessment
  • Common Core Aligned Comprehension Assessment
  • Extension Activities for Early Finishers
  • Answer Keys
  • Complete Common Core Alignment
  • and More!

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CCSS Alignment

TEKS Alignment

  • Determining Importance: L.2.6 RF.2.3 RF.2.4 RL.2.10 RL.2.2 RL.2.7 SL.2.1b SL.2.2 SL.2.3 W.2.8
  • Retelling & Summarizing: L.2.6 RF.2.3 RF.2.4 RL.2.1 RL.2.10 RL.2.2 RL.2.3 RL.2.5 RL.2.7 SL.2.1b SL.2.2 SL.2.3 W.2.8
  • Synthesizing: L.2.6 RF.2.3 RF.2.4 RL.2.1 RL.2.10 RL.2.2 RL.2.3 RL.2.4 RL.2.5 RL.2.6 RL.2.7 SL.2.1b SL.2.2 SL.2.3 W.2.8
  • Visualizing: L.2.6 RF.2.3 RF.2.4 RL.2.10 RL.2.5 RL.2.7 SL.2.1b SL.2.2 SL.2.3 W.2.8
  • Word Work: RF.2.3 RF.2.4
  • Vocabulary: L.2.4a L.2.5a L.2.6

  • Determining Importance: 2.13C 2.13E 2.13G 2.1A 2.1C 2.1D 2.6A 2.6B 2.6E 2.6G 2.6I 2.7A 2.7B 2.7C 2.7D 2.7E 2.7F 2.8A 2.8C 2.9C
  • Retelling & Summarizing: 2.13C 2.13E 2.13G 2.1A 2.1C 2.1D 2.6A 2.6G 2.6I 2.7A 2.7B 2.7C 2.7D 2.7E 2.7F 2.8A 2.8C 2.8D 2.9C
  • Synthesizing: 2.13C 2.13E 2.13G 2.1A 2.1C 2.1D 2.6A 2.6B 2.6H 2.6I 2.7B 2.7C 2.7D 2.7E 2.7F 2.8C 2.9C
  • Visualizing: 2.10C 2.13C 2.13E 2.13G 2.1A 2.1C 2.1D 2.6A 2.6D 2.6E 2.6I 2.7A 2.7B 2.7C 2.7D 2.7E 2.7F 2.8C 2.9C
  • Word Work: 2.2B(i) 2.2B(iii) 2.2B(iv) 2.2B(v) 2.2B(vi) 2.2C(i) 2.2C(iii) 2.2C(iv) 2.2C(v)
  • Vocabulary: 2.3A 2.3B 2.3D 2.7E 2.7F

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    Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs Resource Set

    Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs offers young readers excellent practice in determining importance because they have to distinguish between the events that move the story along and the events that serve as pure entertainment.

    Common Core Alignment:

    L.2.6 RF.2.3 RF.2.4 RL.2.10 RL.2.2 RL.2.7 SL.2.1b SL.2.2 SL.2.3 W.2.8

    TEKS Alignment:

    2.13C 2.13E 2.13G 2.1A 2.1C 2.1D 2.6A 2.6B 2.6E 2.6G 2.6I 2.7A 2.7B 2.7C 2.7D 2.7E 2.7F 2.8A 2.8C 2.9C

    The "story within a story" text structure in Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs is excellent practice for readers who are learning to retell and summarize more sophisticated texts. Readers need to distinguish the events and characters within both stories to effectively retell and summarize.

    Common Core Alignment:

    L.2.6 RF.2.3 RF.2.4 RL.2.1 RL.2.10 RL.2.2 RL.2.3 RL.2.5 RL.2.7 SL.2.1b SL.2.2 SL.2.3 W.2.8

    TEKS Alignment:

    2.13C 2.13E 2.13G 2.1A 2.1C 2.1D 2.6A 2.6G 2.6I 2.7A 2.7B 2.7C 2.7D 2.7E 2.7F 2.8A 2.8C 2.8D 2.9C

    The variety of characters and unpredictable events in Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs provide excellent practice to students working on synthesizing. Wouldn't it be cool if it rained juice? Students will enjoy discussing how their feelings changed on this matter throughout the story.

    Common Core Alignment:

    L.2.6 RF.2.3 RF.2.4 RL.2.1 RL.2.10 RL.2.2 RL.2.3 RL.2.4 RL.2.5 RL.2.6 RL.2.7 SL.2.1b SL.2.2 SL.2.3 W.2.8

    TEKS Alignment:

    2.13C 2.13E 2.13G 2.1A 2.1C 2.1D 2.6A 2.6B 2.6H 2.6I 2.7B 2.7C 2.7D 2.7E 2.7F 2.8C 2.9C

    Young students will have tons of fun visualizing the outrageous weather in ChewandSwallow thanks to the vibrant language used by the author.

    Common Core Alignment:

    L.2.6 RF.2.3 RF.2.4 RL.2.10 RL.2.5 RL.2.7 SL.2.1b SL.2.2 SL.2.3 W.2.8

    TEKS Alignment:

    2.10C 2.13C 2.13E 2.13G 2.1A 2.1C 2.1D 2.6A 2.6D 2.6E 2.6I 2.7A 2.7B 2.7C 2.7D 2.7E 2.7F 2.8C 2.9C

    The BookPagez extension activities are a great way to push student engagement beyond the pages of the text. Try using this activity with early finishers, with students who show a deeper connection with the text, or as a center activity.

    Use this "done for you" Running Record to assess oral reading fluency of Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs. Track meaning, structure, and visual accuracy using the first 100 words of the text to determine whether or not this book is a good fit for the readers in your classroom.

    Use this Common Core aligned comprehension assessment to evaluate students' comprehension of Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs.

    This set of Spanish student facing resources includes comprehension strategy practice pages, reader's notebook prompts (complete with Spanish Common Core "I Can" statements), and extension activities for use with Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett. These resources are intended to be used with the lesson plans included in the Super Pack for this book.

    Not only is Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs an excellent anchor text for teaching comprehension strategies; it also pairs well with a phonics lesson on two-syllable words. Select this individual lesson or download the super pack to access lesson plans, interactive games and fun worksheets that directly tie word study to your classroom reading.

    Common Core Alignment:

    RF.2.3 RF.2.4

    TEKS Alignment:

    2.2B(i) 2.2B(iii) 2.2B(iv) 2.2B(v) 2.2B(vi) 2.2C(i) 2.2C(iii) 2.2C(iv) 2.2C(v)

    Before your students can successfully comprehend and enjoy Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, they must be able to decode new vocabulary used in the story. When you choose any of our comprehension strategy packs, you'll also receive resources and activities that support vocabulary growth through fun and productive interactions with new words. Download these resources to pre-teach Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary words.

    Common Core Alignment:

    L.2.4a L.2.5a L.2.6

    TEKS Alignment:

    2.3A 2.3B 2.3D 2.7E 2.7F

    Complete TEKS alignment for all of the mini lessons, resources, and activities in the Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs Resource Set.

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