A Family Recipe: Story and Reading Questions
Read about the Cow and Duck families, then answer five questions on comparisons, vocabulary, motives and Papa Cow’s changing feelings.

- Grades
- Grades 3–5
- Pages
- 4
- File type
- Subject
- Reading, ELA
- Resource types
- Worksheets
- Ontario expectations
- C3.2 — make inferences using stated
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About this resource
This A Family Recipe Reading Comprehension Worksheet is a great way for your students to practice reading comprehension while learning about cooking. This resource is perfect for teachers who are looking for a fun and engaging way to help their students improve their reading skills.
In the classroom
Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
- Compare the two families using story details.
- Explain the message about family closeness.
- Support an inference about Papa Cow’s reaction.
Teaching tips
- Mark the Duck-family and Cow-family details on the two story pages before answering the comparison prompt.
- Return to Mama Cow's dinner conversation when explaining the message and Papa Cow's changed appetite.
Skills covered
- Text comparison — identify similarities and differences in family activities.
- Inference — connect Papa Cow’s observations with his changed reaction.
- Context vocabulary — interpret peculiar from the surrounding story.
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Ontario curriculum
Ontario curriculum expectations
Ontario expectations
- C3.2 — make inferences using stated and implied information and ideas to understand texts
Core concepts
- A Family Recipe reading comprehension
- Narrative comprehension
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