Craft – Ingredients and Explanation for the making snacks like Banana Bread Primary 1 Home Economics
Lesson Plan Presentation
Subject: Home Economics
Class: Primary 1
Term: Second Term
Week: 4
Topic: Craft – Making Banana Bread
Sub-topic: Ingredients and Explanation for Making Snacks
Duration: 30 minutes
Entry Behaviour: Students are expected to share one ingredient they know is used in baking.
Key Words:
- Craft
- Banana Bread
- Ingredients
- Microwave
- Yeast
- Baking soda
- Whisk
- Dough
- Baking
Behavioural Objectives: By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- List the ingredients required to make banana bread.
- Demonstrate understanding of the steps involved in making banana bread.
- Identify the purpose of key ingredients such as yeast and baking soda.
Embedded Core Skills:
- Observation
- Communication
- Collaboration
Learning Materials:
- Pictures of banana bread ingredients.
- Flashcards with key words.
- Samples of ripe bananas, flour, and nuts.
Content:
Crafting Banana Bread – Easy Recipe for Primary 1
- Ingredients You Need:
- 🍌 Ripe bananas – 2-3 pieces
- 🍚 Flour – 1 cup
- 🥚 Eggs – 4 pieces
- 🥛 Evaporated milk – 1-2 cups
- 🧈 Butter – 0.75 cup
- 🍬 Sugar – 0.25 cup
- 🍞 Yeast – 0.5 teaspoon
- 🥄 Baking soda – 1 teaspoon
- 🧂 Salt – 0.5 teaspoon
- 🥜 Nuts (cashew or ground nuts) – 0.25 cup
- Preparing Ingredients:
- Take eggs out of the fridge to reach room temperature.
- Preheat milk in the microwave for 30 seconds or on the stove.
- Carefully mix yeast with milk.
- Mixing Dry Ingredients:
- In a bowl, mix flour, baking soda, sugar, and salt.
- Preparing Nuts:
- Break nuts into tiny pieces using a spoon or rolling pin.
- Melting Butter:
- Melt butter.
- Mashing Bananas:
- Peel bananas and mash them in a bowl.
- Whisking Eggs:
- Break eggs into another bowl and gently whisk.
- Creating the Dough:
- Slowly add melted butter and mashed bananas to the flour mixture.
- Add all other dry ingredients and keep mixing.
- Add nuts and continue mixing until the dough is smooth.
- Baking:
- Place the dough in a bread pan and decorate the top with leftover nuts.
- Preheat the oven and bake the bread for about 60 minutes.
Crafting banana bread is easy and fun! Enjoy your delicious homemade treat! 🍌🍞😊
- To make banana bread, you need ____ ripe bananas.
- a) 1-2
- b) 2-3
- c) 3-4
- d) 4-5
- The ingredient that adds sweetness to banana bread is ____.
- a) Flour
- b) Sugar
- c) Butter
- d) Eggs
- The number of eggs required in the banana bread recipe is ____.
- a) 2
- b) 3
- c) 4
- d) 5
- What needs to be preheated in the microwave for 30 seconds?
- a) Eggs
- b) Flour
- c) Milk
- d) Butter
- In the recipe, yeast is mixed with ____.
- a) Eggs
- b) Butter
- c) Milk
- d) Nuts
- The dry ingredients for banana bread include flour, baking soda, sugar, and ____.
- a) Salt
- b) Pepper
- c) Vinegar
- d) Honey
- Nuts in the recipe should be broken into tiny pieces using a ____.
- a) Knife
- b) Fork
- c) Spoon
- d) Rolling pin
- What needs to be melted before adding to the mixture?
- a) Flour
- b) Eggs
- c) Butter
- d) Sugar
- The bananas should be ____ before adding to the mixture.
- a) Sliced
- b) Mashed
- c) Diced
- d) Peeled
- How many teaspoons of yeast are used in the recipe?
- a) 0.25
- b) 0.5
- c) 1
- d) 2
- The total baking time for banana bread is approximately ____ minutes.
- a) 30
- b) 45
- c) 60
- d) 75
- The primary purpose of preheating the oven is to ____ the bread.
- a) Cook
- b) Freeze
- c) Warm
- d) Bake
- What is the main ingredient responsible for the smooth texture of the dough?
- a) Milk
- b) Eggs
- c) Bananas
- d) Butter
- How many cups of flour are needed in the banana bread recipe?
- a) 0.5
- b) 1
- c) 1.5
- d) 2
- The ingredient used to add a slight nutty flavor to banana bread is ____.
- a) Chocolate
- b) Honey
- c) Nuts
- d) Cinnamon
Presentation:
Step 1: (The teacher revises the previous topic which was “Craft – Making Delicious Foods “)
- Briefly discuss the importance of personal hygiene.
- Connect the concept of taking care of ourselves to the new topic on crafting banana bread.
Step 2: (The teacher introduces the new topic)
- Show pictures of banana bread and ask if any student has ever tasted or made it.
- Present the ingredients needed to make banana bread.
Step 3: Teacher’s Activities
- Engage students in a discussion about their favorite snacks.
- Introduce key words using flashcards to aid understanding.
- Discuss each ingredient and its role in making banana bread.
- Demonstrate the process of preheating the oven and preparing the dough.
Learners Activities
- Identify and repeat key words to reinforce understanding.
- Ask questions about the ingredients and their uses.
- Discuss their experiences with baking or tasting banana bread.
- Participate in a group activity to mimic the steps of making banana bread with playdough.
Assessment:
- Observe students’ participation during discussions.
- Ask questions to check their understanding.
- Evaluate their ability to identify ingredients and their functions.
Evaluation:
- What is the main ingredient for making banana bread?
- How do you preheat the milk for the recipe if you don’t have a microwave?
- What is the purpose of adding yeast to the milk?
- Can you name two dry ingredients used in making banana bread?
- How do you break nuts into tiny pieces for the recipe?
- Why is it important to melt the butter before adding it to the mixture?
- What tool can you use to mash bananas in the recipe?
- Why should eggs be at room temperature before adding them to the recipe?
- What is the total baking time for banana bread?
- Why do we need to preheat the oven before baking?
Conclusion:
- The teacher goes round to mark and assess the pupils’ activities.
- Reinforce the idea that crafting banana bread is a fun and delicious activity. Emphasize the importance of following the steps carefully
