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Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs Created by Hollie Griffith {holliegriffith@icloud.com}

By Judi Barrett

Name_______________ Make a prediction. What do you think this story will be about? __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ Set a purpose for reading… __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ Vocabulary 1. incident - ________________________________________ __________________________________________________ Found on page ______. Between the words ______________ and_____________. 2. surrounding - ____________________________________ __________________________________________________ Found on page ______. Between the words ______________ and_____________.

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Word Work 1. List 3 adjectives that describe the town of

Chewandswallow. _______________ _______________ _______________ 2. Use a “/” to divide the words into syllables. clearing becoming weather 3. List one synonym and one antonym for the word “occasional.” _______________ _______________ 4. Use the words “walk” and “side” to make a compound word. Use the word in a sentence. _______________ - ________________________________ ________________________________________________ Comprehension Questions 1. Why do you think the town was called Chewandswallow? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. What was so different about this town? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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3. What are some pros and cons of “raining food?” ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Describe grandpa. Use evidence from the story to support your answer. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5. Draw and describe a text-to-self, text-to-text, or text-to-world connection. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Name_______________

I predict it will be cloudy with a chance of ____________

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