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Grade 5 (A1) · Personal story · 96 words

Friday with Grandpa

A short personal story about a girl who bakes challah with her grandpa every Friday.

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1Every Friday I go to my grandpa's house. His name is David, and he makes the best challah in the family.

2First, we put , water, sugar and in a big . Then we mix it with our hands. It is and funny! We wait one hour, and the gets bigger.

3Next, Grandpa shows me how to make a . My is not perfect, but Grandpa says it is beautiful. We bake the challah in the . The whole house smells wonderful.

4In the evening we eat it with all the family.

📘 Glossary
  • flour - the white powder used to make bread
  • yeast - something that makes bread rise
  • bowl - a deep round dish
  • sticky - it sticks to your hands
  • dough - soft flour and water mix before baking
  • braid - long pieces twisted together
  • oven - the hot box in a kitchen where food is baked

Questions

  1. Finding details

    1. When does the writer go to Grandpa's house?

  2. Finding details

    2. What do they do FIRST?

  3. Word meaning

    3. Copy the word from paragraph 2 that describes the dough in their hands.

  4. Finding details

    4. What happens after they wait one hour?

  5. Making inferences

    5. What does Grandpa think about the writer's braid?

  6. Finding details

    6. Where do they bake the challah?

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