Understanding Functional Text
A Grade 3 worksheet focusing on reading and understanding functional texts like recipes and schedules.
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Understanding Functional Text
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Read each functional text carefully and answer the questions that follow.
Recipe: Yummy Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich
Ingredients:
- 2 slices of bread - 2 tablespoons peanut butter - 1 tablespoon jelly - 1 knife (for spreading)
Instructions:
1. Lay out two slices of bread on a plate. 2. Use a knife to spread peanut butter on one slice of bread. 3. Use the same knife (or a clean one!) to spread jelly on the other slice of bread. 4. Carefully put the two slices of bread together, with the peanut butter and jelly sides facing each other. 5. Enjoy your delicious sandwich!
1. What is the first step in making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich?
2. How much peanut butter do you need for this recipe?
3. What tool do you need to spread the peanut butter and jelly?
spoon
fork
knife
spatula
Bus Schedule: Downtown Express
Stop 1: Oak Street - 8:00 AM, 9:00 AM, 10:00 AM Stop 2: Elm Avenue - 8:15 AM, 9:15 AM, 10:15 AM Stop 3: Main Street - 8:30 AM, 9:30 AM, 10:30 AM
4. If you miss the 8:00 AM bus at Oak Street, what time is the next bus?
5. How long does it take the bus to get from Oak Street to Elm Avenue?
6. The bus arrives at Main Street at 9:00 AM.
True
False
7. A recipe tells you how to something.
8. A bus schedule tells you the when buses arrive and leave.