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Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs

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Third graders write a book about animals that fall from the sky instead of food after listening to a read aloud of Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs.

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3rd
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English Language Arts
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Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs-Part I

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Introduce Vocabulary: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

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Learners observe and demonstrate the process of summarization using the book "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs" by Judi Barrett. They silently read the story, and as a class discuss the five W's. Students then write a short summary of...
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Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs - Part 2

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