Making Yogurt 6-pack Author: Jan Trafford ISBN: 9780478186055 Lesson Plan Blackline Master Grade Level: 2 Reading Level: K Genre: Procedure Theme/Topic: Food Classification: Nonfiction Fluency: Early-Fluent

Book Summary

This book contains step-by-step instructions for making yogurt and suggests different ways that it can be eaten.  It also includes the history and health benefits of this food.

Features of the Book

• Instructions for an activity
• Captioned photographs
• Question-and-answer format
• Specialized vocabulary – bacteria, calcium, Celcius, degrees, Fahrenheit, ingredients, liquid, multiply, powdered, protein, sterilizes, temperature, thermometer

Word Study Opportunities

• Double vowels – cool, smoothie; sweet, freeze
• Word ending “est” – creamiest, thickest
• Digraph “ch” – change, children, check
• Initial blend “fr” – Francesca, fresh, from
• Multisyllabic words – bacteria, dishwasher, everything, ingredients, multiplying, temperature

Purpose

Making Yogurt can be used to introduce and reinforce the following standards-related skills:

• recognizing the features of nonfiction text
• using context clues and prior knowledge to understand unfamiliar words
• reading and writing procedural text
• exploring multisyllabic words through segmenting
• writing simple instructions

For more information please see our Lesson Plan