Mrs Marlow's class had a literacy lesson with a difference this morning!
Mrs Marlow turned into a robot! Yes, that's right a robot!
Why? .......Read on to find out!
In our english lessons this half term, we have been learning about instructions. This morning, the children were given a set of instructions to make scones. The instructions were jumbled up and the first task the children faced, was to work collaboratively to order them correctly. You can see the children using their communication skills to order the instructions above.
As soon as the children had ordered their instructions, Mrs Marlow turned into Robot Marlow! Each group nominated a speaker and that person had to tell Robot Marlow what to do. Here we can see the milk being measured accurately. Nearly every group leader had to come up and weigh an ingredient for Robot Marlow.
Next, Robot Marlow was informed that the milk needed to be poured into the food processor slowly.
Below, Robot Marlow was told that the chopping board has to be floured! That was an instruction that many of the children didn't understand.
Nearly there! Dough to be rolled to 2cm and cut out with cutters.
Throughout the lesson, Robot Marlow was not the most cooperative robot (on purpose). She often took everything literally (playing Devils Advocate). When told to "beat the egg" - that is what she did!
Five children were taken by Mrs Barter to the DT room to put the scones carefully in the oven to cook. During this time, Robot Marlow turned back into Mrs Marlow and during the plenary session we talked about instructions.
The children realised that instructions had to be clear and precise. They commented that you needed to make sure that instructions weren't accidentally missed out. They realised the importance of imperative verbs in instructions.
Last instruction - "Ensure all dishes are washed up!" Here we can see a member of J5 pretending to do the dishes - don't worry Mrs Marlow did them really!
Dyna ni - roedd y cacennau yn barod!
Da iawn J5 - your instructions were clear and precise.
We all enjoyed a scone with butter and jam during silent reading!
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