EDUCATION

Primary School Maths

Primary School Maths

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Activity One:

Age of children: 7-8. Year 3.

Number of children 3

Title of activity. Using Money: Making Pizza

The activity

Gather the children together and show them the cover of the book, Little Red Hen Makes Pizza. Ask them what they think the story is about? Have they ever heard about Little Red Hen before? If so, what did she do? Are there any other characters pictured on the cover? Who is the author? Who is the illustrator?

Share the book with your students. Take time to examine the wonderful cut-paper images. Discuss how Little Red Hen gives out consequences. Is the consequence appropriate? Why or why not? Do they like the way Little Red Hen forgives her friends? Did she do the right thing?

On chart paper make a list of the places that Little Red Hen visits, for example the hardware store and the delicatessen, and some of the things that you would expect to see there. The students will be able to use this as a reference when engaged in their activities.

Let's Read and Write About the Story

Provide large sheets of paper. Ask students to fold the paper into quarters and then in each section draw a picture of one of the characters from the book. They should also print a sentence telling why the character could not help, for example, "Not I" said the Duck, because she was going swimming. Encourage the children to use quotation marks.

Ask students to write in each column Little Red Hen's problems as she goes about making the pizza, and how she solves each of them. For example, Problem - she had nothing to cook the pizza in; Solution - go to the hardware store and buy a pizza pan. Encourage the children to add illustrations.

Provide papers with the letters for the word PIZZA down the left hand side of the sheet. Invite students to develop their own acrostic poem using each of the letters as a beginning sound, for example, P - pizza, pepperoni, I - inviting, items and so forth. Ask for volunteers to share their poems. Take words from each of the poems to make up a class co-operative acrostic poem.

Provide long strips of paper such as those from adding machine rolls. Ask students to make a filmstrip of the story showing scenes in the correct sequence. Students add a sentence to describe each scene or dictate it to a helper.

Helping Hands

Ask students to trace around one of their hands. On a plain sheet of white paper and cut it out. On the palm they should record the title and name of the author. On each finger draw a picture of each of the characters in the story and print how they could have helped Little Red Hen. Display on a bulletin board with the heading helping Hands.

Take My Order Please

Set up a table with some chairs. Add placemats, menus and table settings. Provide order pads and pencils and invite students to take turns being the customers and staff in ...