Pancake Day/Shrove Tuesday Celebration

We celebrated Pancake Day by reading a wordless picture book by Tomie dePaulo and Pancakes, Pancakes by Eric Carle. We compared both books and I modeled on the board how to write a recipe. The students recalled the ingredients from the books as I wrote them on the board. Then I called on different students to tell me the steps of how to make pancakes. I wrote these on the board. Then the students read each step to me as I acted them out (Unfortunately I'm allergic to milk so I had to nix the butter and milk and use water!). The kids were AMAZED! Especially when the pancakes started bubbling. We had a delicious snack while we did our morning seatwork!