{"id":449201,"date":"2010-03-19T14:17:29","date_gmt":"2010-03-19T18:17:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/archives\/2457"},"modified":"2010-03-19T14:17:29","modified_gmt":"2010-03-19T18:17:29","slug":"teaching-processing-skills-with-children%e2%80%99s-literature-cook-a-doodle-doo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/449201","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Processing Skills with Children\u2019s Literature: Cook-A-Doodle-Doo!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Cook-A-Doodle-Doo!<\/a>, written by Janet Stevens<\/a> and Susan Stevens Crummel<\/a> and illustrated by Janet Stevens<\/a>, is a charming picture book about a hen who decides to make a strawberry shortcake.\u00a0 She finds the recipe and some of her animal friends try to help. \u00a0 The only problem is…her friends know nothing about cooking.\u00a0 They try to bring her a flower instead of baking flour.\u00a0 Iguana tries to measure the flour with a ruler and Turtle tries to beat the eggs with a bat.\u00a0 Hen explains everything the animals need to know and the shortcake turns out beautifully.\u00a0 Hen teaches about measuring properly with the right tools and following directions.<\/p>\n

\u00a0The side notes on several pages show measuring equivalents such as 1 stick butter=1 cup=8 tablespoons.\u00a0 It explains the use of dry measuring cups versus liquid measuring cups and other cooking terms. The recipe is written on the last page for readers to try at home.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Curriculum Connections<\/strong><\/p>\n

This book can be used to introduce students to proper measuring techniques and tools.\u00a0 It also shows the importance of following directions or working in sequence.\u00a0 This book is funny and can be enjoyed by any elementary student.\u00a0 Teachers can use the book before going over the rules or directions for a science experiment.\u00a0 Students can practice measuring the ingredients like the animals did or even try the whole recipe.\u00a0 This book would also be useful in math while teaching fractions and measurement conversions.\u00a0 Teachers can use this book as an introduction to any of the elementary scientific investigation, reasoning, and logic skills.<\/p>\n

Additional Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0For more ideas on teaching processing skills, read the first edition of Science in School.<\/a><\/p>\n

For ways to encourage the teaching of\u00a0 science processing skills at home, try this handbook written for parents<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Use recipes for a valuable math lesson.<\/a><\/p>\n

See the Susan Stevens Crummel website<\/a> for more ways to use this book in the classroom.<\/p>\n

General Information<\/strong><\/p>\n

Book:\u00a0 <\/strong>Cook-Doodle-Do!<\/a>
\nAuthor:\u00a0 <\/strong>Janet Stevens<\/a> and Susan Stevens Crummel<\/a>
\nIllustrator:\u00a0 <\/strong>Janet Stevens<\/a>
\nPublisher:\u00a0 <\/strong>Harcourt Brace & Company
\nPublication Date:\u00a0 <\/strong>1999
\nPages:\u00a0 <\/strong>46
\nGrade Range:\u00a0 <\/strong>K-5
\nISBN:\u00a0 <\/strong>0-15-201924-3<\/p>\n

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  Cook-A-Doodle-Doo!, written by Janet Stevens and Susan Stevens Crummel and illustrated by Janet Stevens, is a charming picture book about a hen who decides to make a strawberry shortcake.\u00a0 She finds the recipe and some of her animal friends try to help. \u00a0 The only problem is…her friends know nothing about cooking.\u00a0 They try […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-449201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=449201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449201\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=449201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=449201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=449201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}