CHDV 150 Introduction to Curriculum

Small Group Activity Form

Name of Activity:
Cooking Books
Curriculum Area:
Language and Literacy
Length of Activity:
15-20 Minutes
Learning Objectives (specify at least three):
The children will be able to describe what a recipe and how to read a recipe with steps and
easureents! "#$#% Measure 2&! Math1-'uber (ense) *nderstands +uantity and Counting, "#$#%
Measure -2! Math.-Measureent,
The child will be able to describe what the word teperature eans and identi/y when a teperature is
hot and when a teperature is cold and understand what akes teperatures go up and down! "#$#%
Measure 20! Math --'uber (ense) Coparison o/ +uantity, "#$#% Measure 1&! Lang1-Language
Coprehension,
The children will be able to describe the di//erent cultures o/ /ood in the class! "#$#% Measure 1! (el/1-
1dentity o/ (el/, "#$#% Measure 10! (oc.-2wareness o/ #i3ersity,
Material/!uipment Nee"e":
$ecipe cards /ro the /ailies!
Binders with sheets set up /or the cards!
Theroeter
Measuring (poons4Cups
(taps
Cut out pictures /ro aga5ines and the internet
6lue
#reparation ($hat "o you nee" to "o beforehan"%)
(end hoe recipe cards with the children the week be/ore and ask to ha3e the ready by Tuesday7 this
is when 1 will ha3e this acti3ity introduced!
(et up the Theroeters and Measuring cups and spoons
6ather pictures and glue and scissors /or the children to decorate their pages with their cards!
#roce"ures (step by step) & 'e (pecific
)'eginning (*o+ +ill , intro"uce activity%)
1 will introduce the acti3ity during circle tie by asking 89hat is your /a3orite /ood to eat:; 89hat is a
cookbook:; 89hat is a cookbook used /or:;
1 will bring out se3eral cookbooks and pass the around /or the children to look at!
8Can anyone tell e what they see in a recipe:;
8#o you see the nuber with the little circle ne<t to it:; 8#oes anyone know what that is called:;
8That is a called a teperature! 1t is how hot or cold soething is; 89hy do we need to know how hot
to ake the o3en or sto3e:; 89hat could happen i/ it is too hot:; 89hat could happen i/ it is too cold:;
To get the children started 1 will ha3e the each pull out the recipe card that they brought /ro hoe! 1
will ha3e the say the things that they recogni5e /ro the card like nubers and words or letters!;
9e will then break up into /ree tie and 1 will sit at the table with the cards and the papers! =ach child
will recei3e a page and get to put their card on the page and use di//erent stickers> crayons> arkers> and
pictures to decorate their page and write their nae on the page! =ach child will then get to put their
page in the binder!
1 will continue to ask ?uestions about the recipe and the nubers and easureents! This is when 1 will
introduce the theroeter and the easuring cups to show the children what the nubers ean and
why they are iportant!
)Mi""le: (*o+ +ill , support/enhance/scaffol"%) & -he person rea"ing your lesson plan shoul" be able to
i"entify +hat you are saying or "oing to support your state" learning objectives. -*,( ,( /01
,M#O0-AN-.
1 will support the children by staying close and obser3ing the while they are working on their page o/
the book!
1 will help engage the children in con3ersations by asking open ended ?uestions like 89hat is a person
who cooks called:; 8#o you like to cook at hoe:; 89hat is your /a3orite /ood to eat:;
This acti3ity can help the children understand how cookbooks4recipes and /ood connect!
1 will help encourage the children to work together by asking ?uestions like 8Can you stop the sae
nuber on your card and another card that you see near you:; This will help the children
To help children who ha3e a hard tie read the recipes 1 will ha3e children who ha3e a higher le3el sit
with the to help the see the nubers and recogni5e letters!
)n": (*o+ +ill , bring this activity to a conclusion an" transition to the ne2t activity% 'e very specific
in ho+ you +ill transition the chil"ren.)
9e will transition by counting by ?uarter cups 8@ne ?uarter> one hal/> three ?uarters> one whole etcA;
and take a step with each easureent closer to the sink until they get there to wash their hands
1 will gi3e a /i3e inute warning when the /ree tie is alost done! The ne<t acti3ity will be cooking
acti3ity!
The /irst set o/ helpers will assist e clean up the e<tra pages and decorating stu//!
The children helpers /or the day will set the table and e3eryone will get in line to wash hands! My
second set o/ helpers will get their aprons on to help with the cooking acti3ity!
-hroughout the "ay/+ee34 +hat opportunities +ill the chil"ren have to reflect bac3 on this activity%
9e will be using the cookbook in the cooking acti3ities! The children helpers will be assisting each day
in the cooking acti3ities and doing their best to read the recipes!
The children will be ha3ing the opportunity to look through the cookbook as o/ten as they want!
They will re/lect on the teperatures and the easuring cups in the science areas during the science
sall group areas!
There will be cookbooks placed throughout the classroo during the week /or the to ha3e the
opportunity to re/lect on the reasoning and necessity o/ a cookbook!