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)