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	Storms over Carimar             Once upon a time, on a small island not far from here. There sat a small town in the middle of a big, big sea. Carimar was a quiet place with pleasant people and breath-taking beaches. That is, until the storms came to town.             One dreadful evening, a strong gust of wind blew three, large storm clouds bring wind and rain and other terrible trouble. Carimar would never be the same again.           The terrible, gray storm clouds tormented the people of Carimar. Day after day, they blocked out the sun and poured great, big drops of rain all over the island.            At first, the people of Carimar were happy, because the rain made the trees and plants grow green and lush. Flowers blossomed. Fruit ripened. Vegetables grew. The land flourished. And the people and animals had plenty to eat.             After a while, though, everything green began to turn brown. The rains flooded the land, destroying all the plants and trees. The flowers wilted. The fruit fell from the branches. The vegetables stopped growing. The lands suffered. And the people and animals were cold, wet, and hungry.             The people of Carimar were in trouble. They had a problem and did not know what to do. The brave people of Carimar looked the storm clouds in the eye and began to scream. They screamed and snarled at the storm clouds to stop. But the storms didn’t stop. The people groaned and growled at the storm clouds to go away. But the storms strayed.             The storms were big. The storms were strong. The storms were more powerful than people of Carimar. So the frightened people of Carimar gave up, and the rain kept crashing down.             One day, the quiet people of Carimar came up with a promising pln. They gathered stones from the ground and built new houses for themselves on top of the tallest mountain. These houses would protect them from the storms and keep them dry and safe.           “We have become like the storm clouds,” answered Francisco. “Our tears will flood the ants out of their homes and make them cry, too.”             The people of Carimar were surprised. How strange! “Perhaps the clouds are just a little sad,” said Francisco. And all the people of Carimar started to laugh.             As the people of Carimar laughed and laughed, the rains slowed until only a sprinkle remained. “Look!” cried Francisco. “The rain is stopping. The clouds must have been sad and scared just like us.” The people of Carimar clapped and cheered. And the rain came to a complete stop.             From that day on, the people of Carimar lived happily laughing and enjoying the splendor of the sun and the gentle island breezes. The storm cloud stopped their winds and rains and learned to laugh and smile. Now, they only rain when they see small children crying, or at night, when everyone is asleep, and they are sad and lonely.   Cristina Cordova Suarez (Puerto Rico)   Questions   1.  What’s the small islands name? 2. What happened to the small island? 3. What did the people of the small island did? 4. What happened at the end of the story?
Page 10   Activities areas Let’s Read!   1) Circle the sentence that best illustrates what was happening to the clouds in the story.     a) The clouds were sad, and they were crying. b) The clouds were a natural phenomenon that poured rain. c) The clouds were angry with the people of Carimar.   2) Put the events from the story in order.     ___Storm clouds arrived over Carimar. ___The rain made the plants and flowers turn brown. ___The rain made the plants and flowers blossom. ___The people of Carimar started to laugh and the storms went away.   3) Make a circle O in the things that happened to the people of Carimar. Then make a cross out X to the things Francisco imagined.     ___The people of Carimar built safer houses. ___ The clouds were sad. ___ The people of Carimar were frightened by the storms. ___ People would flood the ants’ houses with their tears.   4) Mention what the ants could do to protect their houses from the flood of tears.   a) The ants cloud bite people. b) The ants could cry. c) The ants could tickle people to make them stop crying.   5) Mention what you think happened to the sorms at the end of the story.   a) They left. b) They were happy. c) The cried sometimes.   Letters and Sounds   Consonant clusters are two consonants that appear together in a word and keep their own sounds when read aloud. The most common consonant clusters are the ones that have r, s, and I.           Examples: gray, storms, clouds   1) Read the words out loud. Then circle the ones that begin with a consonant cluster.   a) flower b) plant c) rain d) cry e) frightened f) storm   2) Read the sentences out loud. Then circle the consonant clusters. The brave people of Carimar looked the storm clouds in the eye and began to scream. They screamed and snarled at the storm clouds to stop. But the storms didn’t stop. They groaned and growled at the storms strayed.   3) Circle the words that begin with a consonant cluster that has the letter r. Then underline the consonant cluster. a) green b) smile c) flower d) rock e) tree