Gourmet Green Eggs and Ham

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Following a reading of Green Eggs and Ham, have your students put on their chef hats and cook up a batch of the yummy meal. It's a great way to make connect ions between literature, math, and real-life skills.

OBJECTIVE

• Makre real-life connections to litrature
• Practice following directions
• Get an introduction to cooking and safety
• Turn their expereince into a story

MATERIALS

NOTE: You will need to decide food quantities based on number of students.

• parsley
• green pepper
• eggs
• ham
• cheese cutting board
• bowl
• electric fry pan
• knife
• mixing spoon
• spatula
• plates and forks (one each per student)
• easel board with paper
• markers
  

SET UP AND PREPARE

• Wash the peppers and parsley before the lesson.
• Wash a table to serve as a work area to cut the vegetables.
  

DIRECTIONS

Gather students together near the easel board and share with them that they will be making green eggs and ham. Show students the ingredients and supplies one at a time as you record them on the paper. List any ingredient quantities as well. When showing electric fry pan, stress the importance of not touching it, due to potential burns.

Working in small groups and after washing hands, have students crack eggs and beat them in the bowl. Cook them up as scrambled eggs in the fry pan. After students have cut them up, add cheese, peppers, parsley and ham. (Be certain knives are of an appropriate type to use with young children.)

When eggs are thoroughly cooked, serve on plates and have class sit down to eat as a whole group. Be sure students wash again after cooking, as they may have raw egg on their hands.

SUPPORTING ALL LEARNERS
Have ingredients written on sentence strips with pictures of the ingredients as visual cues. Pre-teach scrambled egg cooking in your dramatic play center.

LESSON EXTENSION

1. Take pictures of students during the various steps of the activity. Use them to create a class book.
2. Share small plates of egg with a neighboring classroom, allowing students to practice good table manners.
   

ASSESS STUDENTS

• Are students engaged and on task?
• Do all students have a role in making the eggs? 
  

ASSIGNMENTS

1. Draw a picture and label your favorite soup. 
2. Create a "vegetable face" using Play-Doh.
   

HOME CONNECTION
This lesson can establish a home connection in a variety of ways. Make a copy of the egg recipe and send it home with students. Include the recipe, along with photos of students cooking, in the class and school newsletters. Invite parents to class for an "egg tasting" and have them read passages from their favorite Dr. Seuss books.

EVALUATE THE LESSON

• Was I clear in my directions?
• Was I setup and prepared with the proper materials?
• Would I do anything differently next time?
  

Jeremy Brunaccioni is a kindergarten teacher in Massachusetts.

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