Understanding Functional Texts

Understanding Functional Texts

Read each functional text carefully and answer the questions that follow. Functional texts provide information to help you do something or understand how something works.

Bus Route 12: Downtown to Parkside

Stop A (Downtown Library): 8:00 AM, 8:30 AM, 9:00 AM

Stop B (Market Street): 8:10 AM, 8:40 AM, 9:10 AM

Stop C (Community Pool): 8:25 AM, 8:55 AM, 9:25 AM

Stop D (Parkside Entrance): 8:35 AM, 9:05 AM, 9:35 AM

1. If you want to arrive at the Parkside Entrance before 9:15 AM, what is the latest bus you can take from the Downtown Library?

2. How long does it take for the bus to travel from Market Street (Stop B) to the Community Pool (Stop C)?

Easy Peanut Butter Cookies

Ingredients:

1 cup peanut butter 1 cup granulated sugar 1 large egg

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). 2. In a medium bowl, mix peanut butter, sugar, and egg until well combined. 3. Roll dough into 1-inch balls and place on an ungreased baking sheet. 4. Press each ball with a fork in a crisscross pattern. 5. Bake for 10-12 minutes, or until edges are lightly golden. 6. Let cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

3. What is the first step you should take when making these cookies?

4. If you only have half a cup of peanut butter, how much sugar would you need to use?

Read each statement and circle True or False based on the cookie recipe.

5. You should let the cookies cool completely on the baking sheet.

6. The recipe requires you to use two eggs.

Imagine you are assembling a toy. Number the following steps in the correct order: