GRADE FIVE

Sequencing Events in a story

A Recipe for Brownies
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease an 8 inch
square baking dish.

In a mixing bowl, put 2 ounces of unsweetened

chocolate and 1/3 cup of butter. Put the bowl in a
pan of hot water and heat it to melt the chocolate.

When the chocolate is melted, remove the pan

from the heat. Add 1 cup of sugar. Add 2 eggs to
the melted chocolate and beat it.

Next, stir in:

¾ cup of sifted flour
½ teaspoon of baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
½ cup of chopped nuts

Spread the mixture in the greased baking dish.

Bake for 30 to 35 minutes.

The brownies are finished baking, when a

toothpick stuck in the center comes out clean. Let
the brownies cool. Cut then into squares.
Write the letter of your answer on your paper.
1. Which is the first step in baking?
a. Measuring the ingredients.
b. Preheating the oven.
c. Spreading the mixture in the baking dish.
d. Cutting the brownies into squares.

2. When is the flour added to the mixture?

a. After the eggs are added to the melted
chocolate.
b. After the mixture is spread in the baking
dish.
c. Before the chocolate is melted.
d. Before the butter is mixed with the
chocolate.

3. What ingredients are added after the

chocolate is melted?
a. Baking powder and flour
b. salt and chopped nuts
c. Butter and eggs
d. Sugar and eggs

4. How would you know if the brownies are

finished baking?
a. The brownies become golden brown.
b. The chopped nuts are soft.
c. The butter and sugar are melted.
d. A tooth pick stuck in the brownies comes
out clean.
Write the letter of your answer on your paper.
5. When is the brownies cut into serving size?
a. When the mixture is spread in the baking
dish.
b. After the flour is mixed with the melted
chocolate.
c. When the brownies are finished baking
and have cooled.
d. After the butter is mixed with the flour.

6. How long should the baking be done?

a. Baking powder and flour
b. salt and chopped nuts
c. Butter and eggs
d. Sugar and eggs

7 – 10. Write the number of the correct order of these

steps for baking brownies.

____ Stick a toothpick in the center of the

brownies to check if they are done.
____ Mixed in the chopped nuts.
____ Melt chocolate and butter in a mixing
bowl over a pan of hot water.
____ Cool brownies and cut into squares.
____ Beat in 1 cup sugar and 2 eggs.
____ Spread mixture in a baking dish.
____ Stir in flour, baking powder and salt.
____ Bake for 30 to 35 minutes.
____ Turn oven to 350 degrees and grease the
pan.
From tadpole to frog
Frogs and toads belong to a group of animals
called amphibians. This word means living a
double life. Frogs and toads love a double life
because they live part of their lives in water and
part on land. They are able to do this because their
bodies change as they grow. This series of changes
is called metamorphosis.
A mother frog lays her eggs in water and
then leaves them on their own to grow. The eggs
contains cells that multiply and grow. Soon the
cells grow into a swimming tadpole. Tadpoles
breathe through gills or small holes in their sides
like fish do. They spend all their time in the water.
The tadpole changes as it grows. The back
legs form slowly. The front legs begin inside the
tadpole under the gill holes. The front legs pop out
when they are fully developed. At the same time
they are ready to be used. As the tadpole reaches
the last day of its life in the water, its tail seem to
disappear. When all of the tadpole’s body are ready
for life on land, it becomes a frog.
Write the letter of your answer on your paper.
1. Which is the first stage in the life of a frog?
a. The eggs are left to grow on their own in
the water.
b. The cells inside the eggs multiply and
grow.
c. Soon the cells grow into a swimming
tadpole.
d. The tadpole grows gills or small holes on their
sides.

2. Which is the final stage in the life of a frog?

a. The front legs grow inside the tadpole under
the gill holes.
b. The lungs developed and are ready to use.
c. The back legs slowly form.
d. Its tail disappeared.

3. What change happened first to the tadpole?

a. Its tail disappeared.
b. The lungs developed and are ready for use.
c. It grows small holes in its sides where it
breathes.
d. Front and back legs develop inside the
tadpole.

4. What happens after a mother frog leaves her

eggs in the water?
a. The eggs become swimming tadpoles.
b. The cells in the egg multiply and grow.
c. The eggs hatch to little frogs.
d. Adult frogs come out of the eggs.