Aperçu
Les apprenants du primaire découvriront le monde de la fabrication en créant, en gérant et en emballant leurs propres commandes de beignes en pâte à modeler. Pour leurs propres créations, ils pourront également s’inspirer des procédés de fabrication des experts en beignes du Nouveau-Brunswick, Mrs. Dunster’s.
Overview
Primary learners will experience a “taste” of the manufacturing world by creating, filling, and packaging their own playdough donut orders. They will also gain insight and inspiration for their own creations, from the manufacturing processes of NB’s own donut experts, Mrs. Dunster’s.
NB Curricular Connections
This lesson is ideally suited for grades 1-3FI, however can be adapted according to your learners’ needs.
FILA 2e année
- Volet: Lecture – Grande idée: Compréhension – Descripteur de compétence: Lire avec compréhension une variété de textes de plus en plus complexes.
Mathématiques
- Volet: Sens du nombre – Grande idée: Quantité et valeur de position – Descripteur de compétence: Représenter et étudier les relations entre les nombres jusqu’à 100 de diverses façons.
Explorer votre monde
- Volet: Jeu et esprit ludique – Grande idée: Imagination et créativité – Descripteur de compétence: Pratiquer une pensée souple et fluide dans de nouvelles situations ou familières.
- Volet: Jeu et esprit ludique – Grande idée: Exploration et résolution de problèmes – Descripteur de compétences: Négocier, faire des compromis et travailler ensemble.
What You’ll Need
- Chart paper & marker
- Playdough (2-3 containers per group)
- Brown paper bags (20)
- Assorted playdough tools: cutters, rollers, cookie cutters, etc.
- Donut Order printable cards (see Learning Activity downloads)
- Placemats (Optional)
- PowerPoint Presentation – B, comme beigne (see downloads)
Instructions
Read Aloud – D is for Donut: Before reading, ask: “Quel est votre beigne préféré?” and allow learners to share. Write down their responses on chart paper. During reading, encourage learners to read the alphabet letters with you on each slide of Powerpoint. After reading, have learners think about their favorite donut mentioned in the story and describe it to an elbow partner.
Donut Order #1: Divide learners into small groups of 3-4. Begin with, “Normalement, c’est notre salle de classe, mais nous allons la transformer en fabrique de beignes. Nous sommes désormais des “fabricants” de beignes. Que veut dire le mot fabricant? “ Use slide 15 of the PPT and allow learners to share their thinking. Click again for the definition to appear.
Un fabricant est une personne ou une entreprise qui produit des marchandises, à la main ou avec une machine, en vue de les vendre. (Dictionnaire La langue française, 2024)
Use slide 16 and instruct: Nous allons créer, avec nos mains, des beignes pour les clients qui veulent acheter notre délicieuse recette. Je vais donner à chaque groupe deux pots de pâte à modeler, une commande de beignes et un sac en papier brun. Vous devez lire votre commande de beignes, préparer les beignes et les mettre dans un sac à donner au client. Chaque commande de beignes indique le nombre de beignes demandés par le client. After the supplies and orders have been handed out, get groups to start making and bagging their order.
Once groups have completed their orders, have groups switch their bags with a group to do a quick check – do they have the right number of donuts, do they have the right kind? Return the brown paper bags and have learners consider: Lorsque l’on regarde la taille et les formes des beignes que nous avons fabriqués, que remarquez-vous? Quand nous achetons des beignes auprès d’un fabricant, quelles taille et forme ont-ils?
Mrs. Dunster’s Manufacturing Process: Using slides 17-23 of the PPT, take a little tour through New Brunswick’s own donut manufacturing experts, Mrs. Dunster’s, and see how they create, package, and fill orders of thousands and thousands of donuts each day.
Invite learners to point out tools, machines, and processes that allow Mrs.Dunster’s to provide excellent donuts. After slide 23, ask learners: Combien de personnes différentes faut-il pour faire des beignes savoureux et délicieux chez Mrs. Dunster’s? (Have learners list the different tasks and jobs that they noticed throughout the process. Also have learners think about even more people that we didn’t see but are just as important – janitorial and maintenance crew, managers, graphic designers, accountants, etc.)
Donut Order #2: Have learners re-use the same playdough BUT this time adding two elements when creating and filling their donut orders:
- playdough tools (for accurate measuring and size)
- dividing up tasks (who will roll out, who will cookie cutter, who will decorate, and who will inspect for quality control & then bag)
Pass out NEW donut order cards (see attached), brown paper bags, and playdough tools. After the orders are complete, switch bags with a group to ensure the correct quantity and quality. Feel free to repeat if time permits, exchanging donut orders, so learners can experience different tasks.
Wrap-Up & Discussion: Ask learners: Est-ce que le contrôle de la qualité est important? Quelle est la différence entre les beignes que nous avons créés avec la commande de beignes no1 et la commande de beignes no 2? (Réponses possibles: la deuxième commande : même taille, meilleure qualité, délai plus court, meilleur produit, etc.). Comment vous êtes-vous sentis en tant que fabricant? Qu’avez-vous appris de l’expérience d’aujourd’hui sur le contrôle de la qualité?
Extension Ideas:
- Using the playdough donuts, review 2D shapes and 3D objects. What different shapes are donuts? Can you come up with a brand-NEW donut shape? Create a donut shape museum and invite another class to examine the playdough donuts that you created.
- Donut Factory Center – keep the donut creation going! Place the playdough and tools in a center and allow learners to create and re-create orders.
- Donut Art – Have learners choose their favorite donut and paint it, using the same background as the cover for D is for Donuts. Display on a bulletin board.
- Have a donut-making PARTY: Try one of the donut recipes in the back of the book. Divide up tasks, like real manufacturers! Surprise some “school customers” with a tasty treat and a kind note of appreciation.
- Reach out to a local baker for a tour – observe how they handle large orders firsthand!
- Purchase a bag or box of donuts – have learners do a full quality control inspection. What do we notice? Are they the same size, shape, quality? (Be sure to taste for quality, too!)
Make Meaning Activity
Please see the downloadable Make Meaning document for several choices on how you and your learners can reflect upon today’s activity. This is an important step in the experiential learning cycle.
Acknowledgements
Miriam-Webster, définition du terme fabricant, 2024.
A SPECIAL THANKS to Laurel Dyker and the Grades 1 and 2 classes of ASD-W’s Kingsclear Community School for piloting this activity in the spring of 2024.
