A short recipe on how to mix pancake batter before baking. A pancake is a flat cake, often thin and round, prepared from a starch-based batter that may contain eggs, milk, and butter and cooked on a hot surface such as a griddle or frying pan, often frying with oil or butter.
1. Poem & Mini-lesson “Mix a
2. Teaching Ideas • Action: Read the poem together as you act out the directions it gives. • Rhyme: What two words in this poem rhyme? Can you think of any other words that rhyme with can/pan? • Cooking: Have you ever made pancakes? What ingredients do you mix together? How do you prepare the pancakes? What is a pancake called before it is cooked? (batter) Why does the poem say “catch it if you can”? Have you ever seen someone flip a pancake high in the air? • Shades of Meaning: Look at the words in the poem that are almost synonyms (mix/stir). Find other words to describe those actions (beat, blend, whip, whisk, etc.) and talk about the differences. Take another word from the poem (pop, fry, toss) and find synonyms in the same manner. • Compare: Compare “Mix a Pancake” with a picture book about pancakes and with a recipe for making pancakes. How can you tell that “Mix a Pancake” is a poem? What is the purpose of each type of writing? Poem is in the public domain. Accessed via Project Gutenberg. Images licensed from Kate Hadfield, Ashley Hughes, and Christine O’Brien. Terms of Use Remember, this product is for your personal or classroom use only. If you wish to share, please purchase an additional license. Even if you received this product for free, you must refer your friend or associate to my store to download this product. This item may not be resold since the purchase includes one license, for one teacher or classroom, and does not include the copyright. All copyright remains with the original author/creator, Rebecca Reid dba Line upon Line Learning. Visit www.LineUponLineLearning.com for more information about my educational products.
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