let’s look at some of the new words in the story. what’s cooking?
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LET’S LOOK AT SOME OF THE NEW WORDS
IN THE STORY.
What’s Cooking?
Find things that are the same, similar or alike
Grams and Kilogramscompare and contrast (v.)
Find things that are different or not alike
1g is very little 1000g = 1kg
Grams and Kilogramsgrams and kilograms (n.)
petunia (n.)
Petunias are a kind of flower.
tablespoons and teaspoons (n.)
Teaspoons are use when making tea or adding ingredients when cooking.
Tablespoons are used to drink soup or when adding ingredients when cooking.
In recipes: teaspoon is tsp(Eg: 1 tsp of salt)
and tablespoon is tbsp (Eg: 1 tbsp of syrup)
butter (n.)
This is a stick of butter. It’s a measurement used when cooking.
It’s a little bit more than 100g.
eggbeater (n.)
An eggbeater is used to beat eggs quickly. You can also use a fork.
dough (n.)
Dough is flour mixed with water (and sometimes butter). It is used to make things like pizza and bread.
oven-mitt (n.)
A thick glove you use to take hot food out of the oven
oven-mitt
hot tray
grease (v.)
To grease something means to make it slippery. We grease pans and tray when cooking so the food we cook will come off easily and won’t stick.
Here the cook is greasing a pan with butter.
crumbs (n.)
Little pieces that break off something
bread
crumbs
“Crumb” can also be a verb if you are breaking something into little pieces. (Eg: When I eat my breakfast, I crumb all over the table.)
dash (n. and v.)
nouna synonym for a little
verba synonym for runexample
Add a dash of salt.
exampleI dash to the bathroom.
grind (v.)
To break something into small pieces
examplePlease grind some pepper.
grinder (n.)
grind (v.)
shove (v.)
Shove is a synonym for push.
exampleThe nasty boy shoved me and I fell over.
prance (v.)
Prancing is walking that looks like dancing.
squawk (v.)
A noise a bird makes
Squawk!
sift (v.)
We sift some ingredients to remove big pieces.
whine (v.)
To make an annoying noise when you don’t like something
Synonym in the story: moan
pout (v.)
To make a face when you don’t like something. You make your mouth into an O shape and push it out.
weed and water (v.)
Weeds are plants that we don’t want in our garden.
To weed is to take weeds out of the garden
To water means to pour water onto the plants and flowers
lost your marbles
This is a fragment. We use it as a synonym for crazy.Example:Have you lost your marbles? = Have you gone crazy?
Extra words
To hurt yourself by touching something hot
burn yank
split second
To pull something in a rough way
A fraction of a second(a very, VERY short time)