Unit: Cooking with numbers

HOW TO MAKE A CAKE

Cooking with numbers. Area MATHEMATICS

TEACHING
OBJECTIVES

Ed. Level 1st Primary. UNIT 6

To identify and count from 1 to 99.

To measure ingredients for making a cake.
To follow instructions for making a cake.
To use the vocabulary and structures necessary to buy the ingredients.
At the market
To recognize and use European currency (coins).
To see that measuring is useful for cooking.

FINAL TASK

At the end of unit, pupils will bake a cake, following the recipe.
They will measure ingredients previously purchased in the market.

EVALUATION
CRITERIA

Students are able to:

Identify numbers from 1 to 99.
Count numbers 1 to 99.
Recognize European currency (coins).
Participate in classroom activities.
Follow teacher's instructions.
Participate in a role play, using vocabulary and structures of the unit.
Work in groups.
Complete a self-assessment sheet at the end of each unit.

KEY
COMPETENCES

Linguistic communication.
Mathematical competence.
Treatment of information and digital competence.
Social and civic.
Cultural and artistic.
Learning to learn.
Autonomy and individual initiative.

MATERIAL
RESOURCES

Printable activities sheets.

Computer and projector.
Recipe book.
Kitchen utensils.
Cake ingredients.
A measuring cup.
Pencil, colours.

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Cooking with numbers. Area MATHEMATICS

Ed. Level 1st Primary. UNIT 6

Student Learning Outcomes

CONTENT

COMMUNICATION

Numbers 1 to 99
(figures).
To count from 1 to 99.
European Currency:
coins.

COGNITION

CULTURE

Cognitive skills:
identify, classify,
enumerate,
represent...

Cake as a
traditional element
of the celebrations.

Skills to process
information: follow
instructions, select,
remember...

Concepts: more, less

and equal and
mathematical
Symbols >, <, =

Collaborative work.

Tens and units.

Evaluation of the
market (fresh and
healthy food).

LANGUAGE FOR
THE TOPIC

Vocabulary of
ingredients needed
to make a cake
(sugar, butter, flour,
milk, chocolate,
eggs) and other
foods (tomatoes,
lemons, fish, salt...)

Collaborate with
classmates to
achieve a goal.
Use European
currency (coins).

Estimation of
measurements.

VOCABULARY

Collaborate in the
housework: help
parents in the
Kitchen.

STRUCTURES
How many
how much
What do you want?
I want
It's more / less /
equal than
Present simple

LANGUAGE FOR
INTERACTION
To perform activities
in the classroom:
trace, draw, write,
match, color or
paint, fill in the gaps,
copy, circle...

Learn the
importance of
maths in daily life,
in routines like
buying at the market
or making a cake.

Classroom language.
For example: Be
quiet, Silence,
please, Can you
repeat that,
please?...

Vocabulary of
European currency
(coins).
Numbers 1 to 99.
Verbs of actions:
break, mix, add,
enjoy, put, bake...

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Cooking with numbers. HOW TO MAKE A CAKE

LESSON 1

Learning Outcomes

CONTENT

COMMUNICATION

COGNITION

CULTURE

Numbers
(figures)

Vocabulary of
ingredients
needed to make a
dessert.

Identify.

Cake as a
traditional element
of celebrations.
Collaborate in the
housework: help
parents in the
kitchen.

Listening to a text
in English: a
cooking recipe.

Classify.
Remember
(numbers and
ingredients).

INTRODUCTION.
REVISION

Let's celebrate the end of the course with a cake

Teacher explains the final task: pupils will bake a cake, following a
recipe. Presentations of the cake's recipe. Teacher shows a recipe book.

WARM UP
ACTIVITIES

Colour the ingredients to make a cake

Students color the ingredients necessary to make a cake.
Students differentiate between foods such as fish, fruits...
Activity sheet number 1.

MAIN
ACTIVITIES

Fill in the missing letters for these English words

Students complete the word with the initial letter.
(The goal is to learn the basic vocabulary of the unit).
Activity sheet number 2.

WANT TO KNOW.
REINFORCEMENT.
EXTENSION

I learned...
Activity to reinforce the vocabulary learned in the lesson.
Activity sheet number 3.

EVALUATION.
REFLECTION

I learned...
Students must reflect on what has been learned in the lesson: vocabulary
of the cake ingredients and numbers (1 to 10).

MATERIAL.
RESOURCES

A recipe book (or a website of recipes like www.allrecipes.com).

Colours.
Pencil.
Printable activities sheets.

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Cooking with numbers. NUMBERS

LESSON 2

Learning Outcomes

CONTENT

COMMUNICATION

COGNITION

CULTURE

To count numbers
from 1 to 99.

To copy numbers
in letters and
figures.

To learn the
numbers in figures
and letters.

To say numbers
out loud.

To represent an
amount.

To show interest
in learning
numbers and
maths.

To trace numbers.

INTRODUCTION.
REVISION

Teacher explains the importance of measuring ingredients needed to

make a cake. Therefore, it is necessary to know the numbers and count.

WARM UP

Sing the 123 song

Pupils watch a videoclip to work numbers 1 to 10 orally.
CHOO CHOO SOUL. 123 SONG
http://www.kideos.com/video/choo-choo-soul-123-song

MAIN
ACTIVITIES

From 1 to 10
Pupils copy numbers in letters and figures and draw the amount.
Activity sheet number 4.
From 10 to 20
Pupils copy numbers in letters and figures and draw the amount.
Activity sheet number 5.
From 1 to 99
Pupils copy numbers in letters and figures and draw the amount.
Working on concepts of tens and units. Activity sheet number 6.
Oral activity
For one day, every student is named with a number (from 1 to 25).
Game.

WANT TO KNOW.
REINFORCEMENT.
EXTENSION

How many eggs?

Activity to reinforce numbers 1 to 99. Activity sheet number 7.
Singing The ingredients all went in two by two
Tune The animals went in two by two. In order to improve their oral
comprehension, pupils listen to a song about numbers from 1 to 99.
Worksheet number 8.

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Cooking with numbers. MONEY MONEY

LESSON 3

Learning Outcomes

CONTENT

COMMUNICATION

COGNITION

CULTURE

Euros and cents.

Vocabulary of
currency.

Identify.

Recognize and use

European currency.

Asking for the

price of some
products and
giving an answer.

Classificate.
Remember.

INTRODUCTION.
REVISION

Count to ten with music!

To remember and pronounce the names of the numbers (1 to 10).
http://www.kideos.com/video/song-ten

WARM UP

How many euros? How many cents?

Teacher shows samples euro coins and pupils learn to recognize and
say the amount of the coins.
(Oral activity)

MAIN
ACTIVITIES

How much is it?

Pupils circle the coins needed to buy different products.
Activity sheet number 10.

WANT TO KNOW.
REINFORCEMENT.
EXTENSION

How much is it?

In pairs, student number 1 asks the price of an object (a pencil, a
T-shirt...) and student 2 answers with the price.
How much is it?
It's two euros.
(Work in pairs. Oral activity)

ASSESSMENT.
REFLECTION

I learned...
Students must reflect on what is learned in the lesson: count with euros
and cents coins. Activity sheet number 11.

MATERIAL.
RESOURCES

Euro coins (from any game).

Pencil.
Printable activities sheets.

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Cooking with numbers. AT THE MARKET

LESSON 4

Learning Outcomes

CONTENT

COMMUNICATION

COGNITION

CULTURE

Numbers 1 to 99.

Vocabulary of
ingredients.

Identify.

Evaluation of
market (fresh and
healthy products,
quality...)

Remember.

To ask for the

price (How much
is it?) and give an
answer (It's...)

Collaborate with
housework: to go
shopping.

INTRODUCTION.
REVISION

Word search of ingredients needed to make a cake

To remember the ingredients learned in lesson 1, pupils find the name
of 5 ingredients, circle the name of ingredients and copy them. Activity
sheet number 12.

WARM UP

Lets go to the market!

Maze. Activity sheet number 13.

MAIN
ACTIVITIES

In the market
Reading and completing (with teacher's help) a dialogue at the market
Activity sheet number 14.
Role play
The student 1 is a merchant, and student 2 goes to the market to buy
ingredients he needs to make a cake. (Word in pairs. Oral activity).

ASSESSMENT.
REFLECTION

Students remember the structures previously worked for the dialogue.

MATERIAL.
RESOURCES

Ingredients to make a cake (sugar, milk, eggs, chocolate, flour) and

other food like fruits or vegetables (tomatoes, lemons...)
Coins from any game (euros).
Pencil.
Printable activities sheets.

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Cooking with numbers. IT'S TIME TO COOK!

LESSON 5

Learning Outcomes

CONTENT

COMMUNICATION

COGNITION

CULTURE

Comparison of
amounts
Mathematical
symbols (>, <, =)
Measures (g and ml)
Ordinal numbers
(1-10).

Verbs of actions
(break, mix, add,
put).
Listening and
reading a text in
English: a recipe
(instructions).

Following
instructions step
by step.

Recognize and use

European currency.

INTRODUCTION.
REVISION

Students move around the class. When the teacher claps her/his hands
they make lines of 10. Then they say their position using the ordinal
number (1-10).

WARM UP

Read the cake recipe

Teacher reads the recipe and pupils follow the reading.
Activity sheet number 15.

MAIN
ACTIVITIES

Actions
Pupils put the letters in order and then put them in the boxes (underlined
verbs from the recipe). Activity sheet number 16.
Actions
Students relate the words (verbs) with action illustrations and copy
them. Activity sheet number 17.
More than / Less than
Students compare different amounts and indicate which is more than
or less than.
Students must compare different numbers and indicate if the number
is more than, equal or less than.
Activity sheet number 18.

WANT TO KNOW.
REINFORCEMENT.
EXTENSION

Students can play any game to reinforce the knowledge acquired.

MATERIAL.
RESOURCES

Cake recipe.
Games from the course.
Pencil.
Printable activities sheets.

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Cooking with numbers. ENJOY YOUR MEAL

LESSON 6

Learning Outcomes

CONTENT

COMMUNICATION

COGNITION

CULTURE

Numbers.

Vocabulary of
ingredients needed
to make a cake.

Identify.

Cake as a traditional
element of the
celebrations.

Measures.
To count.
To estimate amounts.

Action verbs (mix,

break...)
Reading a recipe.

Following
instructions.
Remember.

Collaborate with
classmates to
achieve a goal
(make a cake).

INTRODUCTION.
REVISION

In groups, pupils prepare the ingredients they need to make a cake,

Using the recipe.

WARM UP

Review of the name of ingredients.

Teacher guides revision of ingredients. He/she says the name and pupils
repeat. Another possibility is to ask students the name. What is it?
It's an egg.

MAIN
ACTIVITIES

Make a cake
In groups, pupils prepare ingredients. They count ingredients or measure
amounts. They follow instructions step by step.
(work in groups).

WANT TO KNOW.
REINFORCEMENT.
EXTENSION

Game: Choose the measure, Use a measuring scale and Calculate

and measure
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/starship/maths/aliencookbook.shtml

MATERIAL.
RESOURCES

A recipe book (or a website of recipes like www.allrecipes.com)

Ingredients.
Cooking utensils.
A measuring cup.

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