Judi Barrett
Lesson plans for Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett
In this SCORE Guide students develop language arts skills as they learn about weather and the food pyramid. These activities are standards-based.

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett
This lesson for grades 2-8 supporrts the development of fundamentals of geography.

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
In this activity students are introduced to the common types of precipitation.

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs: Linking Technology and Literacy
After reading the book, students use technology to create a forecast they would like to see. Click on the link for assessment ideas.

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
This page includes a 5-day unit covering the topics of weather, food groups, and immigration using integrated curriculum. Literature includes Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Grandfather's Journey, and The People From Kosovo.

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
These 6 lessons integrate literacy and meteorology.

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
A post-reading collaborative writing activity. This lesson is designed for third grade.

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Students use a spreadsheet to organize compound words they find in the book. Then they sort the words, create a new compound, and write a sentence using their new word.

Cloudy with a chance of ... what?
This lesson develops reading skills and incorporates learning about weather, healthy and unhealthy foods, and creating a database.

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Students respond to their reading by creating a slide presentation that uses correct weather terminology.

Compound Words -- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Students work with compound words and their favorite foods.

Weather Unit
This page lists several weather-related activities. About 2/3 of the way down the page find vocabulary and pre- and post-reading activities specifically related to this book.