1. LET’S LOOK AT SOME OF THE NEW WORDS IN THE STORY. What’s Cooking?

2. Find things that are the same, similar or alike Grams and Kilograms compare and contrast (v.) Find things that are different or not alike

3. 1g is very little 1000g = 1kg Grams and Kilograms grams and kilograms (n.)

4. petunia (n.) Petunias are a kind of flower.

5. 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)

6. butter (n.) This is a stick of butter. It’s a measurement used when cooking. It’s a little bit more than 100g.

7. eggbeater (n.) An eggbeater is used to beat eggs quickly. You can also use a fork.

8. dough (n.) Dough is flour mixed with water (and sometimes butter). It is used to make things like pizza and bread.

9. oven-mitt (n.) A thick glove you use to take hot food out of the oven oven-mitt hot tray

10. 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.

11. 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.)

12. dash (n. and v.) noun a synonym for a little verb a synonym for run example Add a dash of salt. example I dash to the bathroom.

13. grind (v.) To break something into small pieces example Please grind some pepper. grinder (n.) grind (v.)

14. shove (v.) Shove is a synonym for push. example The nasty boy shoved me and I fell over.

15. prance (v.) Prancing is walking that looks like dancing.

16. squawk (v.) A noise a bird makes Squawk!

17. sift (v.) We sift some ingredients to remove big pieces.

18. whine (v.) To make an annoying noise when you don’t like something Synonym in the story: moan

19. pout (v.) To make a face when you don’t like something. You make your mouth into an O shape and push it out.

20. 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

21. 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?

22. Extra words To hurt yourself by touching something hot burnyank split second To pull something in a rough way A fraction of a second (a very, VERY short time)