Using Tactile Experiences to Develop Foundation English

Baking Cupcakes 

The aim of the learning process was:

1)    To teach the names of ingredients that are commonly found in the home (e.g. butter, sugar, flour, milk, oranges and lemons).

2)    To explore plural endings (e.g. how many oranges do we need? How many cups of flour are in the mixture?)

3)    To explore present particple verbs (e.g. cutting, pouring, cracking, beating, mixing, cooking and icing).

4)    To digitally reord the experience for oral discussion and writing.

Prior to baking: Simple sentences

I can make cupcakes.

I will bake the cupcakes in the oven.

The oven will be very hot.

The cupcakes will cook in the oven.

These are the actions and sentences that were used to discuss the process:

1)    We are getting the ingredients ready.

(Pointing and naming of individual ingredients was used to demonstrate what the word ingredients meant). The students repeated the names of each ingredient.

2) We are squeezing the orange juice into the bowl.

(The term ‘squeezing’ was demonstrated by the teacher and then a student was selected to squeeze orange juice into the cup)

2)    I am cutting the butter into the bowl.

The teacher discussed the butter cutting process. The measurements were shown on the side of the packet. (e.g. 25 grm marks on the butter wrapping).

3)    Ryota is beating the eggs and sugar together.

Each student was given an opportunity to mix the ingredients together while the other students repeated the sentence.

   

4)    We are adding chocolate chips to the mixture.

The use of ‘is ‘ and ‘are’ are explained.

    

5)    Sakshi is happy and thinks the mixture is ready.

6)    We are putting the mixture in the patty pans.

7)    Yuki is putting the cupcakes in the hot oven.

8)    We are icing the cupcakes.

9)    We are putting our animals on the top of the cupcakes.

10) We like eating our cupcakes.