Reading Level 1 - 3.5Interest Level 1 - 12

The Cooking to Learn Series is integrated reading and writing activities that motivate students to learn basic reading and writing skills with the fun step-by-step cooking activities and corresponding worksheets in three books. The easy-to-follow recipes offer life-skills experience as students prepare food themselves using common inexpensive ingredients.

Each recipe features illustrated and non-illustrated activities to allow teachers to use the same lesson plan with students of varying abilities. The recipes in each book include a selection of breakfast, lunch or dinner, snack and dessert, and drink choices.

Practical Skills

The simple, real-world activities were designed to provide hands-on ways to help students improve sequencing, reading comprehension, vocabulary, expressive language, problem-solving, written language, and social skills. Multiple-choice activities prepare students for standardized test formats.

Cooking to Learn: Integrated Reading and Writing Activities

The first 290-page book in the series features 29 cooking activities, an Index of Skill, and an Assessment Checklist. The recipes include strawberry banana waffle, grilled cheese sandwich, pita sandwich, ravioli, fruit salad, no-bake cookies, stuffed celery, raspberry orange blend, and more.

Cooking to Learn 2: Integrated Reading and Writing Activities

The second 300-page book in the series includes 29 more recipes, and also features an Index of Skills and an Assessment Checklist. The recipes include breakfast burrito, cheese bread, tuna melt, fruit pizza, raspberry twists, red lemonade, and more.

Cooking to Learn 3: Recipes From Around the World

The newest addition to the Cooking to Learn series is a 300-page book that includes 25 multicultural recipes representing various countries and regions around the world. The lesson structure remains the same as in the two previous books, with the addition of two new features. A page covering interesting facts about the country or region and a page with a black-and-white outline of the national or regional flag are provided along with each recipe. Cooking to Learn 3 features simple recipes from Canada, China, India, Ireland, Mexico, Tahiti, Vietnam, and more. Cooking to Learn 3 also includes an Index of Skills and an Assessment Checklist.

Lesson Format:

• Materials Needed (Food and Cooking Items)
• Directions (Preparing the Food)
• Comprehension Questions (Multiple Choice)
• Comprehension Questions (Short Answer)
• Cloze Activity(Fill in the Blank)
• Writing Activity (Essay)
• Fact Sheet (Book 3 Only) (About the Country or Region)
• Flag Outline (Book 3 Only) (For the Country or Region)

Program Components Include: 3 Reproducible 290-300 pages books with 25-29 Recipes each, Lists of Safety Rules, Activity Sheets, and Assessments.