HomeMy WebLinkAboutRead Aloud Book Gr. 1-Lesson 18Do you like to eat eggs? You can have them scrambled, fried, or poached.
They can be cooked on the stove or in the oven. But do you ever wonder how
the eggs we eat for breakfast get to us? Hens, or female chickens, lay most of
the eggs we buy.
Hens live on farms. The farmers take special care of them so that the hens
will lay healthy eggs. Farmers who have small farms collect eggs from their
hens by hand. Some farmers sell their eggs at farm stands. But some bigger
farms have thousands or even millions of hens. On these farms, it would be too
hard for farmers to collect eggs by hand.
When a big farm has a large number of hens living there, machines bring
food and water to the hens. When one of these hens lays an egg, the egg
gently rolls onto a conveyor belt. A conveyor belt is like a thin, moving road. It
moves the egg away from the cage.
Once the egg is carried away from the cage, it is taken to another room. In
this room, machines are lined up in a certain order along the conveyor belt.
First, the eggs are brought to a cleaning machine. This machine washes the
eggs. Then, another machine checks the eggs for cracks. Another machine
sorts the eggs by size and color. After the machine has sorted the eggs, a
different machine puts them into containers.
The packaged eggs stay in a cool room until it is time for them to go to a store.
Then workers load the eggs onto a cool truck. The truck takes the eggs to the store.
Then people can buy the eggs. They can take them home to make an omelet.
Making an omelet is easy. You need just a few ingredients: eggs, water,
butter, and salt. Scramble together the eggs, water, and salt until the mixture
is yellow. Then have an adult help you melt the butter in a frying pan. When
the butter has melted, pour the mixture into the pan. Use a spatula to push the
cooked edges of the mixture toward the middle of the pan. When the mixture
is cooked, add meat, cheese, or any vegetables you like. Now you’ve made an
omelet! Fold it in half, slide it onto a plate, and eat. Yum!
COMPREHENSION Retell how an egg moves from a very large farm to
your kitchen. Which words help you understand how to make an omelet?
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One day, Squirrel found a recipe for peanut cake. He read it quickly. It
sounded tasty, so he decided to bake it. First, he gathered the ingredients to
make peanut cake. He found butter, sugar, fl our, salt, and baking soda. Then
Squirrel put the ingredients on the counter. He took out his bowl and mixing
spoon and was ready to bake.
“I think I need a pound of butter,” said Squirrel. He needed the entire box
of butter to have a pound. He put all the butter in the bowl.
Then Squirrel fi lled a measuring cup twice. He fi lled it once with sugar and
once with fl our. He mixed the sugar and fl our with the butter.
“The recipe calls for either a cup of salt or a teaspoon of salt,” said
Squirrel. He should have checked the recipe, but he did not. “I know that a
teaspoon is less than a cup. A teaspoon looks like too little salt, so I think the
recipe calls for a cup of salt.” So Squirrel mixed a cup of salt into the batter.
Then Squirrel added eggs. He beat the batter until it was smooth.
Just then, Squirrel’s neighbor Owl came by.
“What are you doing?” Owl asked.
“I’m baking peanut cake,” said Squirrel. “See how smooth the batter is?”
“It is smooth. But shouldn’t it be bumpy? Peanuts are bumpy, and there are
usually peanuts in peanut cake. Peanuts make the batter bumpy,” said Owl.
“You’re right! I forgot to add peanuts to the batter,” laughed Squirrel. He
tossed some peanuts into the batter. “Now I will bake the cake,” he said.
Soon the peanut cake was ready. Squirrel gave Owl a slice and said, “Have
a tasty treat!”
Owl tasted the peanut cake. His face twisted into a frown and he stuck out
his tongue. “Your cake is not tasty, Squirrel. It is salty!”
“Oh no!” cried Squirrel. “I should have read the recipe carefully, but I didn’t.
I used too much salt. I’ll bake another peanut cake, and this time, I’ll read the
recipe carefully.”
COMPREHENSION Which words help you understand how much of each
ingredient Squirrel uses? Why does the peanut cake taste so salty?
Squirrel’s Tasty Treat
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