Life Skills COOKING COMPREHENSION: Packaged Foods & Directions 2

Book excerpt: Life Skills | Food Prep Directions | Simple Cooking | Measurement | Reading Comprehension | Special Education | Ready-to-Use | Learning how to carefully read food packaging & cooking directions, then prepare a meal is truly an essential life skill. These ready-to-use lessons are sure to help students master this life skill and become more confident and independent when making simple meals. SKILL-BASED VISUAL LESSONS: Students carefully read popular, pre-packaged food boxes, then answer relevant food prep and cooking questions. These realistic and highly-visual activities get students using environmental print as they read for details, locate information, use context clues, sequence events, use measurements, determine cooking times and more. FOOD FAVORITES: Students are sure to LOVE learning how to cook their favorite snacks and meals. From Frozen Chicken Nuggets to Blueberry Muffins , your students will get their fill with these popular and solidly-conceived life-skills lessons. REAL FOOD PACKAGING! Each lesson features a popular and easy-to-prepare, REAL food item that can be easily purchased and prepared at home after learning. Cooking methods involve using the microwave, stove top, oven and refrigerator. COMPREHENSION ACTIVITIES: Multiple-choice comprehension questions challenge students to read each food box carefully. Questions require students to read for details, locate information, use context clues, sequence recipe steps, determine cooking times, understand measurements and more... Basic kitchen and measuring terms are used throughout, giving students opportunities to expand their vocabulary along the way. There are nine questions per food package. VERSATILE LESSONS: These multiple-choice activities require very limited writing, making them ideal for daily lessons, review, progress monitoring, enrichment, quiz games, and task cards. EASY TO USE! You're going to love these ready-to-use printable lessons. Just print and go! Includes: 29 pages answer key