Chicken Kelaguen Unit Topic: Math/Language Arts Skills:
Sequence Vocabulary Directionality Small muscle skills
Word recognition Sound/Letter association Ordinal Counting
Objectives: To introduce a Chamorro dish, kelaguen. To develop language skills (word recognition, sound/letter association) To develop ordinal counting as the children identify which is first, second and third in the recipe. Materials: Cooked chicken, grated coconut, lemon juice, salt, poster of the recipe. Procedures: Have the children look at the recipe chart. Ask the children to name the ingredients that they are going to use today. What are we going to do in step 1? (add the dash of salt) What are we going to do in step 2? (with the knife, cut the chicken in small pieces, another word is to chop the chicken in small pieces) What about step 3? (put lemon juice into the bowl) What about step 4? (put the chopped chicken and the lemon juice in another bowl and mix well with a spoon) What about in step 5? (add the grated coconut and mix)
Pass out a small napkin to each child. Then pass out a small amount of chicken. Ask the children to describe what they taste, the colors they see, and what it feels like. Then pass out the coconut. (ask the same questions)
Pass out the plastic knives and the bowls to the children. Follow the five steps above. Have children eat the kelaguen for snack.
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