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How to Make Popcorn Worksheet

After reading a named popcorn-themed book, partners reconstruct the preparation steps in order using temporal transition words and a shared procedural-writing frame.
Grades
Grades 2–4, Elementary
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Updated Jul 11, 2021

Subject
ELA, Reading
Topic
Sequencing
Resource types
Worksheets & Printables, Worksheets
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This How to Make Popcorn Worksheet is perfect for any elementary teacher looking for a fun and easy way to teach their students about making popcorn. This worksheet includes a reading from The Popcorn Book by Tomie De Paola and students will be required to write the steps to make popcorn. This is a great way to introduce a new unit on cooking or food and it's a perfect way to get your students engaged and excited about learning.

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Recall procedural events from a source text

  • Arrange actions in chronological order

  • Use time-order words to connect written steps

Teaching tips

  • Record the steps on movable notes during discussion before drafting them in order.

  • Read the finished procedure aloud and check whether a listener could follow the sequence. Apply the same ordering skill to a new routine with this cereal-making sequencing activity.

Skills covered

  • Text-based recall — procedure details come from a shared reading.

  • Sequencing — actions are organized from beginning to end.

  • Transition use — temporal words clarify the order of steps.

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Concepts & topics

Core concepts

  • Procedural writing

  • Popcorn sequence

  • Time-order words

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