Literacy: instructions comprehension

We read a set of instructions for making cheese on toast. We answered some questions about the instructions. My answers (except number 5, which was a different kind of question) are on the board. Why do instructions have numbers? At first we thought that the numbers helped us do the steps in the right order, but we soon realised that was not the answer. Even if the numbers were erased, we could still see the order of the steps. After thinking carefully, we hit upon the real answer. If we have to keep looking away from the list, and coming back to it, the numbers help us quickly find where we were up to, without having to count from the top of the list.

At home please do the sheet about washing your hands. Enjoy doing your homework, and think carefully about your answers.