Pancake time!

1. Jam sandwich recipe
2. Shopping list
3. Making pancakes
4. Writing a recipe for Granny

1. Sandwich recipe
2. Shrove Tuesday
3. Order ingredients
4. Writing a pancake recipe

1. Supermarket role-play
2. Story stone
3. Shopping lists
4. Quiz time

1. Read Mr Wolf’s Pancakes, until page 15. Identify the different types of writing included in the story, i.e. shopping list, recipe, signs, labels. Ask children to say what a recipe is, why people use them and why they are useful. Say that Mr Wolf needs the children’s help to make pancakes.
2. Read Mr Wolf’s Pancakes, until page 19. Display storyboard (resources). Retell story. Discuss why each character chose not to help. Identify how Mr Wolf feels; children justify suggestions.
3. Re-read Mr Wolf’s Pancakes, until page 19. Consider what fillings Mr Wolf could use to turn the pancakes into a healthy/unhealthy snack. Encourage children to identify their most/least favourite.
4. Perform Mix a Pancake for another class!

Poetry/Rhyme of the Week: Mix a Pancake (resources)
Share the poem and rehearse at suitable times throughout the week, e.g. start/end of the day. Encourage the children to vary the pitch and tone of their voice as they rehearse to emphasise the actions words, e.g. mix, stir, fry. Support the children to learn and perform the poem in small groups.

Essential text
Mr Wolf’s Pancakes by Jan Fearnley

Websites
Chocolate Easter egg nests from bbc.co.uk/food
Props for a supermarket role-play from brighthubeducation.com
Pancake Rap from bbc.co.uk/cbeebies
Vegetable Quiz from bbc.co.uk/cbeebies
3-D shape nets from fun-stuff-to-do.com
Shrove Tuesday from topmarks.co.uk

Resources
Ingredients to make pancakes
Scotch pancakes and several pans
Props for a role-play supermarket