Storybook STEM Spring Activities {March} – Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs

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Created by Brooke Brown and Katie King, Storybook STEM provides early childhood teachers with weekly all-in-one units to cover essential skills in reading comprehension, vocabulary, grammar, math, science, and engineering.

Four units are included to accompany favorite seasonal children’s books, with supplemental STEM challenges for each and differentiated literacy and math options for Kindergarten, First Grade, and Second Grade.

• *The Bee Tree by Patricia Polacco
• *Jamie O’Rourke and the Big Potato by Tomie de Paola
• *Basketball Belles by Sue Macy
• *Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett

Each read aloud and unit can be completed in the form of mini lessons throughout the week, or within a 2.5 hour block on one day of the week, such as Maker Mondays or STEM Fridays. Storybook STEM also provides a simple and comprehensive option for substitute teachers.

March Storybook STEM contains the following:

Week 1: (The Bee Tree by Patricia Polacco)

• Comprehension bookmark
• Lesson anchor chart, word cards, mini lesson, and student recording sheet
• Onomatopoeia anchor chart and student extension
• Vocabulary (Act it Out with picture cards, interactive games, and student recording sheets)
• Math Connection Anchor Chart – 3D Shapes
• STEM Challenge: Bee Hotel (teacher lesson plan, vocabulary cards, teacher charts, and student recording booklet)

Week 2: (Jamie O’Rourke and the Big Potato by Tomie de Paola)

• Comprehension bookmark
• Illustrations anchor chart, word cards, mini lesson, and student recording sheet
• Context Clues anchor chart and student extension
• Vocabulary (Act it Out with picture cards, interactive games, and student recording sheets)
• Math Connection Anchor Chart – Weight
• STEM Challenge: Potato Pulley (teacher lesson plan, vocabulary cards, teacher chart, and student recording booklet)

Week 3: (Basketball Belles by Sue Macy)

• Comprehension bookmark
• Narrative Nonfiction anchor chart, word cards, mini lesson, and student recording sheet
• Text Features anchor chart and student extension
• Vocabulary (picture cards, interactive games, and student recording sheets)
• Math Connection Anchor Chart – Skip Counting
• STEM Challenge: Hoop Shoot (teacher lesson plan, vocabulary cards, teacher chart, and student recording booklet)

Week 4: (Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett)

• Comprehension bookmark
• Cause and Effect anchor chart, word cards, mini lesson, and student recording sheet
• Exaggeration anchor chart and student activities
• Vocabulary (Act it Out with picture cards, interactive games, and student recording sheets)
• Math Connection Anchor Chart – Data Collection
• STEM Challenge: Cloud Viewer (teacher lesson plan, vocabulary cards, teacher chart, and student recording booklet)