Why Investigate Bread?
11/16/2018
Bread is everywhere! Nearly every culture in the world eats some type of bread. From a very young age children may be offered a variety of types of bread at meals: toast at breakfast, sandwiches at lunch, or tortillas at dinner. Few experiences are as universal as bread. A study of bread provides children with an opportunity to learn how bread is made, what kinds of bread we eat, who works with bread, and how and when we eat bread. During this study our students will work together to develop their own new bread recipe, They will use a variety of skills to predict, experiment, plan, write, draw, examine, and negotiate with others. A study of bread encourages children to explore a familiar topic and allows them to gather information, solve problems, imagine, and think symbolically. This study also offers meaningful ways children to use literacy, mathematics, the arts, and technology to investigate and represent their understanding of important concepts as we study. This week we began using some of these skills as we investigated how bread is made. We took time to inspect and explore different types of flour. We used magnifying glasses and our fingers to learn how all purpose flour, whole, wheat flour, cornmeal, flax seed meal, and masa flour were different from each other. We used our math and literacy skills to read and follow a recipe to make cornbread. After our trip to Papa Murphy's pizza we used our critical thinking skills to compare and contrast making bread dough with making pizza dough. Our trip to Papa Murphy's Pizza got us excited about bread! It was a wonderful experience to be in a real store that made pizza. The students were thrilled to help measure and weigh ingredients, and then to watch the giant mixer create a huge 62 lb ball of pizza dough. We got to use our muscles to help shred an large block of cheese. And best of all everyone got to make their own pizza! I think pizza might be our favorite type of bread. Comments are closed.
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