Jenny and Tyler's Baking Adventure-Short Story
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Baking Cookies

Jenny and her brother Tyler are baking chocolate chip cookies together. They got a new cookie recipe from their grandma. The recipe makes 2 dozen cookies. They need 1 cup of flour, 1/2 cup of sugar, 1/2 cup of brown sugar, 1 cup of chocolate chips, and 2 eggs.
Jenny carefully measured out all the ingredients while Tyler mixed them in a big bowl. Once the dough was ready, they scooped spoonfuls onto a cookie sheet. When the cookies came out of the oven, the whole house smelled delicious! Jenny and Tyler enjoyed eating the warm, gooey cookies.
Comprehension quiz (4 questions)
1. What are Jenny and Tyler making?
2. Where did they get the recipe?
3. How many cookies does the recipe make?
4. What ingredient did they need 1/2 cup of?
Common Core standards for Jenny and Tyler's Baking Adventure-Short Story
By the end of the year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, at the high end of the grades 2–3 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories and poetry, in the grades 2–3 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.
Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral.
Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, at the high end of the grades 2–3 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text.
Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events.
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