Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs

Written by Judi BarrettDrawn by Ron Barrett

Here are some of the vocabulary words we can expect to see while we are reading. Try to remember them the best you can, because you will need to recall them during reading.

Abandon

To abandon means to leave something behind and not come back to get it

So a decision was made to abandon the town of Chewandswallow.

Consisted

Consisted means was made up of.

Dinner one night consisted of lamb chops, becoming heavy at times, with occasional ketchup.

Frequently

Frequently means that something happens often.

Violent storms blew up frequently.

Prediction

• A prediction means a guess of what will happen in the future

The people could watch the weather report on television in the morning and they would even hear a prediction for the next day’s food.

Temporary

• Something that is temporary does not last forever or not very long.

The bread had held up surprisingly well, well enough for them to build temporary houses for themselves out of it.

Incident

• An incident is an event or a thing that happens to a person or a place.

That night, touched off by the pancake incident at breakfast, Grandpa told us the best tall-tale bedtime story he’s ever told.