Pasta

15 October, 2018

Nicolas was creating a book at the writing table. He included a recipe on one page. He said, “This is a recipe of pasta.

Nicolas had drawn pasta and sauce, and a bowl of pasta.

  • Teacher “But how do we make pasta? What do we need?”

Ruby and Nicolas discussed their ideas further. They decided that they needed pasta, and sauce. We wondered where we need to go to get pasta and sauce. Nicolas suggested we go over to the supermarket.

  • Teacher “Where is it? How will we get there?”

Nicolas suggested we use a map. “I can show you the way!” He drew a map to explain how we get there.

A Map

  • Teacher “How will we buy what we need?”

Nicolas explained, “We need a credit card or Alipay! We need some money and coins.” But he didn’t have money or a credit card. He suggested we use dollars. Ruby said we should use ‘Renminbi’ instead. Nicolas agreed. He included it on his plan, “We need to get it from the bank, we put money in and the money comes out (ATM).

Money

Alejandra joined the conversation. “We need a bowl.

Teacher What else do we need to remember?Alejandra suggested we take a bag to the supermarket. Nicolas included a picture of a bag on his book.

Bag

What else do we need? Nicolas suggested that we also get some ‘Salt’!

Salt

We shared the ideas we had so far with the class.

Michelle explained that we needed ‘forks’ to eat the pasta.

Alejandra “We need an oven.

FreidaMummy cooks pasta at Opa’s house.

How will we get to the supermarket? Nicolas suggested we go over to Suguo, across from the school. He drew a map to show us the way. Ruby and Nicolas included labels to help us find our way. He drew McDonalds and a bridge. He included arrows and provided oral instructions.

The Map – The way to the supermarket

Who can help us with the shopping? We decided to ask Ms. Angie!  

26 October, 2018

Making Pasta

Nicolas was excited about making pasta. The students had created a map to show us how to get to the supermarket and a recipe to help us with the process. We went shopping to purchase the needed items, and finally it was time to make our pasta!

Ms. Angie helped us make our pasta.

  • Alejandra “We made pasta.”
  • Nicolas “We used 3 eggs.”
  • Freida “3.”
  • Alejandra “No. 2 eggs.”
  • Ruby “We put the flour in the hole. In the flour hole.”
  • Nicolas “No. We didn’t, we first put it like a mountain and then made a hole.”
  • Felix “I spaghetti pasta. 4 spaghetti. Made a egg, put it in the flour. 4 (referring to how many cups used) I got flour from the cup. 4. A little bit of water in the egg. The spaghetti is so yummy.”
    • We put a mountain of flour. (Nicolas)
    • Then we put salt in. (Nicolas)
    • Then we put 2 eggs. (Alejandra)
    • Then we mixed it with the hands. (Ruby)
    • Then we let it dry. (Ruby)
    • We just kept it to dry in a bowl. (Freida)
    • Because we let them to dry, 20 minutes. (Ruby)
  • Amber, Charlotte “Pasta!”
  • Ethan “ 我们用了鸡蛋和面粉。” “We used eggs and flour.”
  • Amber “ 撒面粉,放鸡蛋。” “Sprinkle flour and put eggs.”
  • Michelle “2个鸡蛋。” “Two eggs.”
  • Ethan, Charlotte. “6个鸡蛋” “Six eggs.”
  • Jasmine “1杯面粉,2个鸡蛋。” “One cup of flour and 2 eggs.”
  • Amber “要加水。” “We need water too.”
  • Charlotte “放了鸡蛋后要手,要用洗手液。” “After we put eggs in, we should wash our hands.”
  • Lawrence “揉成面团。” “Rub the flour into a dough.”
  • Ethan “要搅拌10分钟,然后变成面团。” “We have to stir 10 minutes and it will become a dough.”
  • Michelle “揉,揉,揉。” “Rub, rub, rub.”
  • Amber “面团需要休息一下,因为它会累。” “The dough needs rest, because he is tired.”
  • Ethan “我们可以吃了吗?” “Can we eat?”

  • Freida “First, we rolled it, rolled it. Rolled it. We put some salt. We turned the handle of the machine and then it will come pasta noodles. And then we hang it there (the drying line).”
  • Ruby “I flattened it and then I started again and then when I told Ms. Angie it was fine and then I put it in the machine and I made big pasta.”
  • Nicolas “We rolled the pasta and it was long and we put it in the pasta machine and then it goes flat and then it cuts like pasta. After I bring it here and I hand it upstairs (the drying line.”
  • Felix “Ms. Angie is noodles in the soup. We make some spaghetti bolognese. It is pasta like the supermarket. Made a pasta spaghetti.”
  • Alejandra “First go in the spaghetti. First make the roll (with the rolling pin) Second put in the past machine. I put it out and put it in my arm.”
  • Michelle “意大利面。先用鸡蛋,还有一些别的东西,还把它弄成线条。还要蒸一下,就可以吃了。 “ “Pasta. Use eggs and some other things. Then make it into string. And we need to boil it, then we can eat.”

  • Lawrence “ 我们做了pasta。先找面粉,再放一点点盐,还放6个鸡蛋,然后搅拌,然后再把它做成一个球,然后20分钟,然后再用一个棍子来滚,把它搞成平的,再把它放在那个把面条剪掉的机器里,然后再把它挂在绳子上。” “We made pasta. We found flour, and put a little bit of salt and 6 eggs. Then we stir and make it into a ball. We wait 20 minutes, and use a stick to roll it, make it flat. Then put them into a machine which could cut noodles, then we hang it.”
  • Ethan “用面粉,我再加点鸡蛋,然后flour, 还有用叉子搅拌,然后用一个棍子滚一滚,然后放到箱子里面,让它弄断,挂在上面。” “We use flour and egg. We use a fork to stir, and a stick to roll. Then we put it into a box, make it broken and hang it.”
  • Charlotte “Pasta。就是先放flour,再放鸡蛋,再放面粉,再搅拌,然后弄成球,然后把它压扁,然后就变成pasta。pasta很好吃。” “Pasta. Put the flour, and the egg, then flour. Then you mix them, make it into a ball. Then make it flat. Then it will turn into pasta. Pasta is delicious.”
  • Jasmine “Making pasta.我们是自己做的,我们先加一些不一样的面粉,鸡蛋,然后还整成一个球,然后放在一个烤机里,它就平平的,然后它就一瓣一瓣,然后粘粘的。在那个盘子里面烤一烤,然后让它休息一会儿,然后吃。” “Making pasta. We did it by ourselves. We put some flour which is different. Also eggs, then make it into a ball. Then we put it into a machine, it becomes flat, then it becomes piece by piece. We boil it in a plate, let it rest for a while, then we eat it.”
  • Amber “pasta。我们要用面粉,也要搅拌,没有碗,要用勺子敲鸡蛋,然后把它放进面粉里,然后要用那个机器转。转了之后要用点面粉放上面就不会干。然后就变成长长的了。” “We need flour, we need to stir. There is no bowl. We use the spoon to hit the eggs, and put the eggs into flour. Then we use the machine. Later we put a little bit flour on and it won’t be dry. Then it becomes long.”
  • Sarah “用鸡蛋加面粉,加雪花,还需要搅拌,把它擀平,然后把它放进面条机,然后变成面条的样子。需要煮一下,不煮的话凉的面条吃到肚子里要去医院的。直接煮一下吃就可以里。“ “We need eggs with flour and some ‘snow’. Then we mix it, make it flat and put it into a noodle machine, then it turns to noodle. We need boil it, if we eat it without boiling it, we have to go to hospital. We boil it then eat it.”
  • Si Hyun (Poli) “먼저 밀가루를 동그랗게 뭉쳐 놓은 다음에 중앙에 동그라미 모양으로 비워놔. 그안에 달걀을 넣고. 아 소금도 넣어. 반죽이 되게 잘 섞은다음에 기계에 넣고 돌리면 납작하게 그렇게 스파게티가 나오는거야. 그담에 토마토 잼이랑 섞으면 돼.” “First, put the flour like a circle and then leave the center empty. Next, put the eggs in. Oh, add the salt, too. Mix the dough well and turn it into the machine to make the spaghetti flat. And mix them with tomato jam.”
  • Jooeon “I was really happy to make pasta, because pasta is one of my favourite food! [in Korean]
  • Jiwoo “하얀 밀가루와 달걀을 포크로 섞는다.반죽을 동그랗게 만든 다음, 밀대로 밀어준다. 파스타 기계에 반죽을 넣어서 손잡이를 돌리면, 반죽이 납작해지고 커져서 나온다. 그리고 다시 파스타 기계에 넣으면 길쭉하게 파스타가 만들어져서 나온다. 우리가 만든 파스타를 선생님이 요리해서 맛있게 먹었다.” “Mix the white flour and the egg with a fork. Make the dough round, then push it to the plunger. When you put the dough into the pasta machine and turn the knob, the dough becomes flattened and comes out. And then put it back into the pasta machine and make a long pasta. The pasta we made was cooked by the teacher and delicious. “

SLO’s

  • reflect on past experiences
  • make a plan
  • sequence events
  • follow a sequence of steps
  • explain a process
  • question to find out more
  • listen to others
  • measure quantities
  • take turns
  • co-operate and share in mixed groups