Baking Cookies with Grandma Story Pack
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1. Parallel text — read with the audio
Play the story audio on the story page. Read the Hebrew column out loud with the narrator. Glance at English only when stuck.
| ¶ | Hebrew | Transliteration | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | יוֹם רִאשׁוֹן בַּבֹּקֶר, אֲנִי הוֹלֵךְ לְבֵית סַבְתָא. | yom ri-SHON ba-BO-ker, a-NI ho-LEKH le-VEIT SAV-ta. | Sunday morning, I am going to Grandma's house. |
| 2 | סַבְתָא רוֹצָה לֶאֱפוֹת עוּגִיּוֹת מְתוּקוֹת. | SAV-ta ro-TSA le-e-FOT u-gi-YOT me-tu-KOT. | Grandma wants to bake sweet cookies. |
| 3 | בַּמִּטְבָּח יֵשׁ קֶמַח, סֻכָּר, חֶמְאָה, וּבֵיצִים. | ba-mit-BAKH yesh KE-makh, su-KAR, khem-A, u-vei-TSIM. | In the kitchen there is flour, sugar, butter, and eggs. |
| 4 | סַבְתָא נוֹתֶנֶת לִי כַּף גְּדוֹלָה לְעַרְבֵּב. | SAV-ta no-TE-net LI KAF ge-do-LA le-ar-BEV. | Grandma gives me a big spoon to mix. |
| 5 | אֲנַחְנוּ שָׂמִים אֶת הַבָּצֵק בַּתַּבְנִית. | a-NAKH-nu sa-MIM et ha-ba-TSEK ba-tav-NIT. | We put the dough in the pan. |
| 6 | הַתַּנּוּר חַם, וְסַבְתָא אוֹפָה אֶת הָעוּגִיּוֹת. | ha-ta-NUR KHAM, ve-SAV-ta o-FA et ha-u-gi-YOT. | The oven is hot, and Grandma bakes the cookies. |
| 7 | הַבַּיִת מָלֵא רֵיחַ נֶהְדָּר שֶׁל שׁוֹקוֹלָד. | ha-BA-yit ma-LE RE-akh ne-he-DAR shel sho-ko-LAD. | The house is full of a wonderful chocolate smell. |
| 8 | הָעוּגִיּוֹת מוּכָנוֹת! אֲנִי וְסַבְתָא אוֹכְלִים אוֹתָן בְּיַחַד. | ha-u-gi-YOT mu-kha-NOT! a-NI ve-SAV-ta okh-LIM o-TAN be-YA-khad. | The cookies are ready! Grandma and I eat them together. |
2. True or False?
Read each statement and circle T if true, F if false. If false, write the correction in the blank.
1.The narrator visits Grandma on Sunday morning.TF
2.Grandma wants to bake savory bread.TF
3.In the kitchen there is flour, sugar, butter, and eggs.TF
4.Grandma gives the narrator a small fork.TF
5.They put the dough in a pan.TF
6.The oven is cold.TF
7.The house smells of chocolate.TF
8.Grandma eats the cookies by herself.TF
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