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Tío Ramiro's Pepper Tasting: Hotter and Hottest

Read a story about a family pepper tasting, then form comparative and superlative words and choose between adjectives and adverbs.

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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 3
Subject: ELA
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

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What students practice

Students form comparative and superlative adjectives such as hotter, sweetest and best.
Students form comparative adverbs such as faster and more slowly.
Students choose an adjective or an adverb depending on the word being described.

How to use

Read the story together and list the comparing words students notice. Remind them that -er or more compares two things and -est or most compares three or more.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

L.3.1.g

Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs, and choose between adjectives and adverbs depending on the word being described.

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Tío Ramiro's Pepper Tasting: Hotter and Hottest

Compare with -er, -est, more and most, and choose adjectives or adverbs.

Read the story

The Pepper Tasting

1On Sunday, Tío Ramiro set up a pepper tasting on the long kitchen table. He cut four peppers into thin slices and put each kind on its own blue plate. "Taste them slowly," he said. "Some of them are hot!"

2Marisol tried the red bell pepper first. It was sweet and crunchy, and it was not hot at all. Her little brother Tavi tasted the green bell pepper. "This one is crunchier than the red one," he said, "but it is less sweet."

3Next came a jalapeño. Marisol took a tiny bite. Her mouth felt warm, so she drank her milk quickly. "The jalapeño is hotter than the bell peppers," she said.

4The last plate held a small orange pepper. Tío Ramiro said it was the hottest pepper on the table. Tavi touched it with his tongue and jumped up. He ran faster than anyone to the milk jug! Marisol laughed loudly.

5At the end, everyone voted. Marisol liked the red bell pepper best because it was the sweetest. Tavi said the green one was the best for dipping. Tío Ramiro just smiled. "I like the orange one," he said, "but I eat it very carefully."

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