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First published in 2006 by Red Rocket Readers, an imprint of Flying Start Books Ltd.
Reprinted 2007, 2010, 2016, 2017, 2018.
13/45 Karepiro Drive, Auckland 0932, New Zealand.
story Maria Gill
Printed in New Zealand
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Word Count = 349
Have you ever made pancakes? Its not hard to do if you follow
the recipe carefully. Before you start, you need to wash your hands.
What ingredients will you use?
What tools will you need to get ready?
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Develop research skills based on this topic.
Use Table of Contents to locate specific information.
Refer to Glossary to clarify basic concepts.
Compare hard and soft c sounds: circle/cup
Notice compound words: tablespoon pancakes
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ISBN 978-1-776853-43-4

written by Maria Gill
Contents Page
Ingredients 2
Tools 3
Dry mixture 4-5
Wet mixture 6-7
Cooking the pancakes 8-9
Turning the pancakes 10-11
Setting the table 12-13
Toppings 14-15
Washing the dishes 16
Let's Make Pancakes

To make pancakes , you will need :
Flour Sugar
Milk An egg
Salt Baking powder

You will need these tools :
Bowl Measuring spoons
Strainer Frying pan
Spatula Wooden spoon
tools

First , get one cup of flour ready .
Add one teaspoon of baking powder
and a pinch of salt .

Strain this dry mixture into the bowl .
Then sprinkle in one tablespoon of sugar .
strainer

Get half a cup of milk ready .
Break an egg into a cup , and stir
it with a fork . Pour it into the dry
mixture with some of the milk .
mixture

Stir the mixture with a wooden spoon ,
and keep adding more of the milk .
You need to stir the mixture until it
is smooth . This is called batter .

Put a pan on the stove to get hot .
Add a teaspoon of butter to the
pan and watch until it melts .
Pour in some of the batter until
it makes a circle .
batter

When the pancake gets bubbles on top ,
it is time to turn it over .
Put the spatula under the middle of it .
Flip the pancake over so the cooked
side is on top .
Use the spatula to take the pancake
off when the other side is cooked .
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Cook all the batter like this , and you
will have a big stack of pancakes .
Cover them with a clean cloth .
Get plates and knives and forks ready .
stack

Try these toppings on your pancakes :
Butter and warm maple syrup
Butter and jam
Chopped fruit and ice - cream
Lemon juice and sugar . Delicious !
fruit

syrup

After that , it is time to clean up .
Good cooks clean up after themselves !

batter a runny mixture of flour, milk
and eggs
pinch a little bit
pour to tip something from one place
into another
spatula a tool used for lifting and turning
stack things piled on top of each other
syrup thick, sweet liquid
tools things that help to do work
,
Glossary

Fluency Level 1
Non-Fiction Set A
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