CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS Written by Judi Barrett and illustrated by Ron Barrett

Name: __________________ Class: ________________

CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS Before reading Before we read, let’s get to know the words in the story.

General words English

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pour flew ocean mountains deserts gardens prediction sneeze

Weather words English weather tornado flood rain snow wind storm fog hurricane

Food words English pancake orange juice soup mashed potatoes green peas hamburgers eggs toast hotdogs mustard ketchup soda lamb chops Jelly cheese broccoli peanut butter bread lettuce

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While Reading 1. Why do they call Saturday “Pancake day? ___________________________________________________________________________ 2. The town is named Chewandswallow. If you could rename it, what would it be? ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ 3. Why did you choose that name? ___________________________________________________________________________ 4. What weather was served in Chewandswallow?

It rained…

Weather served in Chewandswallow

It snowed…

The wind blew in…

5. List three ways the leftover food was used to benefit the town. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 6. Explain why the school had to close. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 7. a. b. c. d. e.

Name 5 weather words from the story. _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________

8. Do you think the decision to leave Chewandswallow was a good one? Explain. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________

Post Reading 9. Cut out the story events from the next page. Glue them in the correct order below. CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS

CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS

We all ate the breakfast, even the one that landed on Henry. And sometimes the wind blew in storms of hamburgers. We were all sitting around the big kitchen table.

No one ever got hit by a hamburger again.

So everyone decided to leave the town

A huge pancake covered the school.

A bit of Grammar – Compound Words

What are compound words? Answer in your own language. .‫מה הם צירופי מילים? לענות בשפה שלך‬ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ Go through the story and make a list of compound words that you found.

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Write 2 sentences using two words from above. Illustrate each sentence. .‫ להמחיש כל משפט‬.‫לכתוב שני משפטים באמצעות שתי מילים מלמעלה‬

1. _______________________________________________________________________ 2. _______________________________________________________________________

A bit about the weather 1. Translate the words for each. sunny

cloudy

rainy

foggy

windy

snowy

icy

hot

cold

warm

2. Match the word to the picture sunny

cloudy

rainy

foggy

windy

snowy

icy

hot

cold

warm

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Look at the TV and News Weather symbols

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Look at the symbols and answer the questions.

How many places have rain? _________________________ How many places are sunny? _________________________ How many places are windy? _________________________ How many places are cloudy? _________________________

Draw the symbols on the map. It is raining in North America. It is sunny in Africa. There is wind in Australia. There is fog in Asia. There is a thunderstorm in Europe.

Book Task Name of the Book: _________________________________________________ Author: _____________________

Part one: Vocabulary Write at least ten words that you did not know and the translation of the word. English

Hebrew

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Chose five of the words above and write five sentences using these words. 1. ____________________________________________________________ 2. ____________________________________________________________ 3. ____________________________________________________________ 4. ____________________________________________________________ 5. ____________________________________________________________

Make a list of the food in the story? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ Choose one scene and briefly describe it. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ What is the setting of the story? (Where did it take place?) ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ What is the plot (‫ )העלילה‬of the story? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ How does the story end? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________

Creative Task 1. Draw a scene from the story (cartoon). Write at least 5 sentences describing your scene.

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Or Make a mini book describing the story