Year 1 English: Instructions: making a jam sandwich
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Instructions: making a jam sandwich
Instructions also tell us how to make food. Read all the steps first, then gather your things. Wash your hands before you touch food. Always ask a grown-up to help with a knife.
Instructions use order words, such as first, next, then and finally. These words show the order of the steps.
How to make a jam sandwich
- Wash your hands with soap and water.
- Put two slices of bread on a plate.
- Ask a grown-up to help you spread jam on one slice.
- Put the other slice on top, with the jam inside.
- Press the bread gently so it sticks together.
Key ideas
- Read all the steps before you start.
- Wash your hands before you make food.
- Ask a grown-up to help you with a knife.
- Order words, such as first and then, show the order of the steps.
Method. Read the question first. Then find the part of the text that answers it.
- Read the question. Look for the key words in it.Which step tells you to press the bread?
- Find the part of the text. Find the step with the word press in it.Step 5 says: Press the bread gently so it sticks together.
- Write the answer. Step 5
Check. Read the text again and point to the words that answer it. ✓
Watch out. Read the whole sentence, not only the first word.
Method. Read the question first. Then find the part of the text that answers it.
- Read the question. Look for the key words in it.How many slices of bread go on the plate?
- Find the part of the text. Read the number in the step.Step 2 says: Put two slices of bread on a plate. Two slices is 2.
- Write the answer. 2
Check. Read the text again and point to the words that answer it. ✓
Watch out. Also correct: two.
Key words. An instruction tells you how to do something, step by step.
Method. Start with the step that happens first. Then put the other steps after it, in order.
- Find the first step. Washing your hands is always the first thing to do.Wash your hands with soap and water.
- Put the rest in order. Each step happens after the one before it.Wash your hands with soap and water. → Put two slices of bread on a plate. → Put the other slice on top, with the jam inside.
- Write the order. C, B, A
Check. Read the steps in your new order out loud. It makes sense. ✓
Watch out. Check that no step is missing, and that no step is written twice.
Watch out
Watch out: the top slice goes on after the jam, so the jam is inside. If the jam is on the outside, the sandwich is not right.
Exam tip
Grown-up tip. Check first that nobody is allergic to jam or bread. Let your child read each step out loud and point to it. You do the knife work, with your child watching.
Exercise 10F Following a sandwich recipe
Method. Read the question first. Then find the part of the text that answers it.
- Read the question. Look for the key words in it.What is the first step?
- Find the part of the text. Number 1 is the first step.Step 1 says: Wash your hands with soap and water.
- Write the answer. Wash your hands with soap and water.
Check. Read the text again and point to the words that answer it. ✓
Watch out. Read the whole sentence, not only the first word.
Method. Read the question first. Then find the part of the text that answers it.
- Read the question. Look for the key words in it.What goes on one slice of bread?
- Find the part of the text. The step names the food.Step 3 says to spread jam on one slice.
- Write the answer. Jam
Check. Read the text again and point to the words that answer it. ✓
Watch out. Read the whole sentence, not only the first word.
Method. Read the question first. Then find the part of the text that answers it.
- Read the question. Look for the key words in it.What is the last step?
- Find the part of the text. The last step has the biggest number.Step 5 is the last one: Press the bread gently so it sticks together.
- Write the answer. Press the bread gently so it sticks together.
Check. Read the text again and point to the words that answer it. ✓
Watch out. Read the whole sentence, not only the first word.
Method. Read the question first. Then find the part of the text that answers it.
- Read the question. Look for the key words in it.Which step tells us to ask a grown-up?
- Find the part of the text. Find the step with the words ask a grown-up in it.Step 3 says: Ask a grown-up to help you spread jam on one slice.
- Write the answer. Step 3
Check. Read the text again and point to the words that answer it. ✓
Watch out. Read the whole sentence, not only the first word.
Method. Look at the pictures. Find the one that shows the same thing as the step.
- Read the step. Think about what is happening in it.Put the other slice on top, with the jam inside.
- Look at the pictures. Each picture shows one thing from the instructions.A, B, C and D
- Choose the picture that matches. The picture shows the same thing as the step.C
Check. Read the step again and look at the picture. They match. ✓
Watch out. Look at what is in the picture, not at how big it is.
Method. Look at the pictures. Find the one that shows the same thing as the step.
- Read the step. Think about what is happening in it.Ask a grown-up to help you spread jam on one slice.
- Look at the pictures. Each picture shows one thing from the instructions.A, B, C and D
- Choose the picture that matches. The picture shows the same thing as the step.B
Check. Read the step again and look at the picture. They match. ✓
Watch out. Look at what is in the picture, not at how big it is.
Key words. An instruction tells you how to do something, step by step.
Method. Start with the step that happens first. Then put the other steps after it, in order.
- Find the first step. Washing your hands is the first step.Wash your hands with soap and water.
- Put the rest in order. Each step happens after the one before it.Wash your hands with soap and water. → Put two slices of bread on a plate. → Put the other slice on top, with the jam inside.
- Write the order. Wash your hands with soap and water; Put two slices of bread on a plate; Put the other slice on top, with the jam inside.
Check. Read the steps in your new order out loud. It makes sense. ✓
Watch out. Check that no step is missing, and that no step is written twice.
Method. Read the question first. Then find the part of the text that answers it.
- Read the question. Look for the key words in it.Which word tells us where the jam goes?
- Find the part of the text. Look for the word that tells you a place.Step 4 says: Put the other slice on top, with the jam inside.
- Write the answer. inside
Check. Read the text again and point to the words that answer it. ✓
Watch out. Read the whole sentence, not only the first word.
Method. Read the instructions again.
- Read step 1. Step 1 says to wash your hands first.Wash your hands with soap and water
- Think about the instructions. We follow every step, in order, so we do not skip step 1.Follow every step
- Write the answer. No. Step 1 says to wash your hands first.
Check. Read step 1 again to check. It is the first thing to do. ✓
Watch out. Do not skip a step, even when you are in a hurry.
Key words. An instruction tells you how to do something, step by step.
Method. Read the sentence, then decide what kind of writing it is.
- Read the sentence. Think about what it tells us, or what it asks us to do.Put two slices of bread on a plate.
- Decide what it is. It tells you what to do, step by step. It starts with a word that tells you to do something.instruction
- Write the answer. Instruction
Check. Read it again and check the answer makes sense. ✓
Watch out. Instructions tell you what to do. Stories tell you what happened.
Key words. An instruction tells you how to do something, step by step.
Method. Read the sentence, then decide what kind of writing it is.
- Read the sentence. Think about what it tells us, or what it asks us to do.Once upon a time, a boy made a sandwich.
- Decide what it is. It tells a made-up story about a person, and it does not tell you what to do.story
- Write the answer. Story
Check. Read it again and check the answer makes sense. ✓
Watch out. Instructions tell you what to do. Stories tell you what happened.