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Sustainability Lesson Clearinghouse

Little Red Hen Bakes Bread

Lesson Description:
Students will be able to:

explain the origins of bread and the bread baking process.
follow a step by step procedure for baking bread
compare and contrast their bread baking experiences to that of the little red hen.
organize and record data using a graphic representation (venn diagram).

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Sustainability Topic:

Time Needed:
3 hours

Standards Addressed:

language arts standard 5: use the general skills and strategies of the reading process.
- benchmark # 2: use meaning clues (e.g., story structure and repetitive phrases) to aid comprehension and make predictions about content (e.g., character’s behavior).
language arts standard 6: use reading skills and strategies to understand and interpret a variety of literary text.
- benchmark # 1: use reading skills and strategies to understand a variety of familiar literary passages and texts (e.g., picture books, predictable books).
- benchmark # 5: relate stories to personal experiences.
history standard 1: understand family life now and in the past, and in various places long ago.
- benchmark # 3: knows cultural similarities and differences in food between families now and in the past.
science standard 12: understand the nature of scientific inquiry.
- benchmark # 2: record information about the physical world (e.g., drawings, simple data charts).
technology standard 4: understand the nature of technological design.
- benchmark # 2: know that tools (e.g., microwave) have specific functions, such as to do things more easily.