Looking for a life skills activity related to the Winter Holidays? This resource focuses on reading recipes for Holiday treats, snacks, and meals. Students will read the recipe and answer accompanying reading comprehension and critical thinking questions. Includes real photos of the final product.
Ideas for Use:
While you can use this resource in a variety of ways at school, clinic, and in the community, some suggested uses are included below:
Reviewing recipes and meal planning
Winter Holidays-themed life skills lessons
A themed twist on cooking, baking, and meal preparation
Life skills, functional reading, and cooking lessons
Warm-up, exit ticket
1:1, small group, whole classwork on life skills
Centers, stations, independent work
Use for IEP goals around reading comprehension, and to support engagement around functional reading
Recipes Covered:
Latkes (Potato Pancakes)
Gingerbread Cookies
Yule Log Cake
Sufganiyot (Jelly Doughnuts)
Fried Plantains
Candy Cane Bark
Holiday Sugar Cookies with Icing
Sweet Potato Pie
Panettone French Toast
New Year’s Eve Sparkling Drink
What's Inside:
Resource Guide
About the Resource
Using the Resource
Resource Walkthrough
Print Worksheets
Ready to print PDF
10 Winter Holiday Recipes
40 total Winter Holiday Recipe Comprehension Worksheets
4 Levels of Differentiation
Answer Keys
Recording Sheets
Ready to print PDF
Answer Keys
Recording Sheet
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