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Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs

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The classic book, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs lesson, is used to help readers compare and contrast the weather in Chewandswallow to their own town. Young scholars write their own fantasy weather story. This lesson is intended to be an introductory lesson to a weather unit.

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Grade
K - 2nd
Subjects
Science
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For Teacher Use
Duration
45 mins

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