Bakery Room Transformation

featuring parts of a book, story elements and number sense

Set the stage to engage: 

 Students were asked to wear aprons to school, I provided the hat, tables were covered with checkered table clothes, a scentsy sugar cookie aroma and some Happy Music.......

First things First...

We talked about recipes and made Apple Pie Playdough (that we used later on for our Story Pies)

 

Parts of a Book

Students were introduced to parts of a book by using an interactive white board.  Each student was placed in a baking group and I would appoint a head Baker.  The head Baker was responsible to appropriate group work and trouble shooting.  Each table was served a front cover, spine and back cover puzzle. They had to put this together and identify the parts.

 

Characters and Setting

We discussed the importance of the characters and setting in a story and students had to go back to their seat and sort pictures. (again I assigned a Head Baker)

Problem and Solution

We then discussed problems and solutions and worked on the interactive board. Students then went back to their seats to press their dough in the bottom of their pie pans and create their own Story Pie using pictures that I had sorted in 4 different bowls.

They had to have a character, setting, problem and solution. Once they completed their pie they could add some pretend cherries or apples to their pie. Then it was time to share their story with a partner.

Brain Breaks: 

Cookie Face and GoNoodle:Cookie Boogie

 

 

Number Sense

We have been studying numbers.  This week we focused on numbers 6 and 7.  Students were given a piece of foil that had a template and they had to show different makes to represent the number using play dough.

Last But Not Least...

While they played with their cookie cutters and play dough, I baked them sugar cookies to enjoy!!!!

Sight Word Flag Race

This is a super easy game to engage your class with sight word recognition.

 I listed all of our sight words on the flags and assigned each word a point value.  (the easier words were less points)
Each student had a word list.  They were given 3 minutes to write down as many words as they could and the point value beside it.  After the 3 minutes were up, they had to read their words to me.  If they couldn't read the word, I drew a line thru it.  The student who had the most points was the winner.  They are begging to play this game again!

It's a WIN WIN

CAUTION: Kids at Work

Welcome to our Construction Site

Students were actively engaged all day!

Class Prep: 4 tables- each table was covered with plans, had a toolbox, crew assignment

Classroom: Huge box for the house- labeled with each Task, caution tape, brought tools from home- Thanks to my Fabulous Husband) had construction sounds playing in the background

I had a hat and vest for each student to wear as well

Each student was assigned a group.  Each group had a Crew Leader that would be in charge of the task.  The Crew Leader had to pass out materials, monitor the group and could only ask me questions.  After each task, the Crew Leader chose a new Crew Leader based upon how well they worked with the group. The Crew Leader also had to check on the steps that the crew completed and sign their name on the plans.

Task 1(Foundation): Match lower case letters to upper case and write the letters on paint strips and glue to designed area on the house.

 

Task 2 (Framing the Walls)- Sight Words- Each group was given a spinner and legos with letters.  Students would spin the spinner and create a sight word based on how many letters the spinner landed on.  They would then glue this to the house in their designated area.

 

Task 3 (Creating CVC words): Students had to reached into a bag and choose a picture and cute the pipe pieces to spell the word and then write the CVC word on a brick. They applied it to the designated area on the house.

 

Task 4 (Creating Magic "E" words):  Students had to roll dice and write down the word on a brick and apply it to the house in the designated area.

Task 5 (put sentences together for roof): Each student was given a bag with a sentence that was cut apart on wood pieces.  They had to put the sentence in the correct order and write it on a sentence strip.

Task 6 ( create addition and subtraction problems to outline the windows): Each student was given a sentence strip with a + and -.  They had to create 2 problems.

Task 7 (address for the house): We did this as a class.  We had 4 numbers and had to organize smallest to largest.

*If a Crew finished early, they were given a postcard to write to the character that they THINK is living in the house. We will open the house up tomorrow!

We waited patiently for our Inspector to come and check our work.  If our house received the certificate, they got a treat- a rice krispie treat with colored icing to look like a paint brush)