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Before visiting the cake shops at Woodside Square Mall, we shared what we know

about cake shops and what we would like to learn.

What do you know about cake shops?

They put toys on the cake (Pranavan)

Some cakes have some creams (Jayden D - verbatim)

You can make cakes (Rayne)

They sell cakes (Kathleen)

Sprinkles (Carol)

Blueberry and strawberry (Jayden D)

Cake shops have cake so they can let people eat cakes when they go home (Saleh)

Jellybean cake (Kamali)

They sell jellies (Marziya)

Put candles (Kimberley)

What would you like to learn about cakes or cake shops?

Why do people put candles on cakes? (Rethuran)

Why do people eat cakes (Kimberley)

What do people candle fire? (Jayden D.)

Why do you blow the candle when there is fire? (Aksshith)

Why do people make cakes? (Mandy)

Why do people have toys on cakes? (Pranavan)

Why do cakes have candles on them? (Kathleen)

Do apple cakes have green apples? (Jason)

How do people make cakes (Saleh)

How do people make apple cake? (Rethuran)

How do people sell grapes cake? (Jessica)

How do you cut the cake after you blow the fire? (Aksshith)

Why do people sell cake (Kathleen)

Walking Field Trip

We were supposed to go on a walking field trip on Wednesday, December 16, but it

was rainy and some students were not dressed appropriately for the weather.

On Thursday, December 17, we were lucky because it was a sunny and warm day.

We went to look at two different cake shops.

Use the questions starters:

Who?

How?

What?

When?

Where?

Why?

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We visited the Toronto Public Library to look at books about cakes.

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After walking to the mall to look at the cake shop, we talked about what we learned

and shared some question.

What did you learn about cakes and cake shops?

I learned there are wedding cakes. (Rethuran)

I learned that there is frosting in it. (Carol)

I learned there is fruits on the cake. (Evan)

Do you have any questions?

Who makes the cakes? (Jason)

How do you make cakes? (Rethuran)

How do you make cookies? (Mandy)

What do we need to make our Drama Centre into a cake shop?

Boxes, plastic, paper, glue to make pretend cake, cupcakes, and muffins.

It is now 2016 and we are now starting to add things that we find in a cake shop to our

Drama Centre.

Saleh made a birthday cake using foam blocks

Pranavan made some cupcakes using egg cartons and

construction paper

Carol made a strawberry cake using plasticine.

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We also talked about the different kinds of Canadian coins by naming each of them and

talking about what things we see on them.

Photograph Name What do

you see?

Penny or

one cent

Maple leaf

Nickel or

five cents

Beaver

Dime or

Ten cents

Boat

Quarter or

twenty five cents

Moose

Loonie or

one dollar or

100 cents

Duck (Loon)

Twoonie or

two dollars or

200 cents

Polar bear

Rabisa and Mandy are reading a cookbook at the Drama

Centre. They are reading a recipe to make a cake.

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We made cupcakes on Wednesday, January 13.

We continue to make things for our cake centre using different things.

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sand cake strawberry cake birthday cake

Our cake shop is now open and students are learning to about coins and how to use them to

buy and sell items in our cake shop.

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Cake Shop Menu

Cake

Lollipop

Ice cream

Cupcake

Apple pie

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What did you learn about making and selling cakes? (January 18, 2016)

Cakes can be expensive. (Saleh)

We use money to buy cakes. (Kamali)

We can sell cakes.

You have to make them first before you eat them. (Marziya)

Make cakes. (Mei Tian)

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