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Thinking sheet · Imagine and invent
Monster Recipe Card
Write the recipe for a food monster: ingredients, amounts and steps. Then draw what comes out of the oven.
- Grades
- 1–5
- Time
- about 25 minutes
- Topic
- Imagine and invent
- Kids practice
- procedural writing, using amounts, sequencing
What kids do
“Chef, you are cooking up a monster today. Write the recipe!”
- Ingredients (with amounts!)
- What came out of the oven
- Steps
- Monster name:
- How spicy is it?
How to run it
- Show a real recipe card so kids see amounts and steps.
- Older kids can use fractions: ½ cup of slime, ¾ of a pickle.
- Steps should start with action words: mix, stir, bake, decorate.
Talk about it
- Could someone else follow your steps?
- Which step is the most important?
- What happens if you double the recipe?
Take it further
Swap recipes and draw the monster someone else’s recipe makes.
Pairs well with
Free for home and classroom use. Print as many copies as you need.
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