Cookies and Cream

Designed by: Helen McGough, Arden Elementary

Grade Level: Kindergarten    Subject(s): Reading

1) Core Curriculum Objective:  Begin to recognize cause and effect. Cookies and Cream (K-CM-7)

2) Overview:  Students will listen to stories and identify the cause and effect situations in each.  Students will make cookies and ice cream.  They will identify the changes they see.  They will discuss why the changes happened and what caused them to happen.  Students will begin to recognize the meaning of the terms cause and effect.

3) Essential Questions:

Why do things change?

What makes things happened?

What caused them to change?

What effect does it have when they change?

4) Time Frame:

Four - thirty minute language arts period.

5) Resources:

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff

Together by George Ella Lyon

Big book in the first grade Macmillan reading series

AIMS

6) Materials:

Felt mouse with yarn tail

Packaged cookie dough (frozen – easier to cut)

Aluminum foil          cookie sheet                   spatula        oven

Plates/napkins

Drawing paper and pencils, crayons or marker

Recipe for ice cream

Gallon size zip-lock bags – one for every two students

Pint size zip-lock bags – one for every two students

Milk, salt, vanilla , sugar, ice, spoon

7)Assessment:

Students will be able to verbally explain what caused the change and what effect it had on them.

Students will verbally explain what happened when the dough was cooked.

Students will explain verbally what happened when they were selfish and/or they shared.

Students will explain verbally what happened when the milk and sugar were shaken.

Students will explain verbally what happened to the ice and salt.

Students will draw pictures to explain the changes in themselves when they ate the cookies and ice cream. They will draw pictures to explain what caused the change in them.

8) Rubric:

9)Instructional Activities:

Activity 1:

Objective: Begin to recognize cause and effect.

Teacher will introduce and read the book If You Give a Mouse a Cookie.  Teacher will help students recognize all the things that happened in the story because something else happened first.

Teacher would introduce her mouse friend (made from felt).  She would tell some things that her mouse friend likes to do. She will then explain what happens after he does them. Teacher lets each child hold the mouse.  They will pretend that the mouse belongs to them.  They will each have a turn to tell what there mouse did and what happened because of it.

Activity 2:

Objective: Begin to recognize cause and effect.

Teacher will remind students of the story they read the last time they were together, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie.  Teacher will ask what started the whole story. Teacher will ask how cookies are made. If time permits you may want to make the cookies from scratch and incorporate it into your math lesson about measuring and counting.  The Teacher will give each child some dough. Students can feel, smell and taste the dough. Give each student a piece of foil. Write their name on the foil and then place their cookie dough on it. Place on a cookie sheet and follow the directions on the package for cooking.

Teacher will give everyone their cookie.  Students will discuss what they think should happen next. Students can work through different scenarios – their neighbor has both cookies and won’t share or everyone has a cookie.  How would this change what happened next? After discussion – eat!

Students can draw a picture of themselves showing what happened when they were given a cookie. Students can draw a picture of themselves showing what happened if their neighbor took their cookie. Students can share their pictures and explain what caused the difference.

Activity 3:

Objective: Begin to recognize cause and effect.

Teacher will read the big book Together. Students will help the teacher identify all the things that are happening in the story.  Students will also help to identify what caused them to happen.

Students can draw pictures of themselves doing something with their friend. Students will explain to their group what they are doing, what will happen because of what they are doing and who it will effect. Students can post their pictures in the hall for others to enjoy.

Activity 4:

Objective: Begin to recognize cause and effect.

Teacher will help students recall some of the things that happened in the story Together. Ask the students if they remembered what happened when they salted the ice. Explain that they are going to follow a recipe to put some milk, sugar and vanilla in a small zip-lock bag and seal it.  Then they are going to put the little bag inside a large bag.  They are going to add some ice and some salt to the big bag and seal it. Go outside and each person grab an end of the bag and start to shake. It will take about five minutes of shaking for it to turn to ice milk. Go back inside and take the small bag out of the big bag.  Wipe off the salt on the little bag before opening it. Get a spoon and eat.

Recipe for Ice Cream

Place in pint bag:

½ cup milk

1 tablespoon sugar

Ό teaspoon vanilla

Seal bag and place inside gallon bag.

Fill gallon bag half full of ice and add 6 tablespoons of salt.

Give everyone a piece of drawing paper. Ask them to make a hamburger fold (fold in half). On the first side ask them to draw their face before they had ice cream. On the other side draw their face after they had ice cream.  Ask them to turn it over and draw what caused the difference in their face.  Students will share their pictures with the class and then post them in the hallway.