Cupcake Wars: Day 2

The students were so excited to come to school and see that we were still doing the Cupcake Wars. They didn't want to go to specials. They wanted to get started with the day. So, that is exactly what we did. We got right to work! They pulled out their purple folders and we were off to the Selph'ish' Delights Bakery!

Day 2: September 13^th, 2013

8:45 – 9:45 Literature: We started by reviewing the Bake Shop Ghost trailer on youtube.com
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6OrSYgs7VQ

Then we actually read the book.  In the book, the main character says she will only go away and stop haunting the bakery if the new baker can bake her a cake like she would make. So the students and I stopped here and we did a Design  a Cake Activity. We shared our cakes and then we finished the book. It was a wonderful activity.

9:45 – 10:45 Animoto: Cupcakes Video: I made some animoto videos to go with each day of our cupcake experience. I showed one each of the four days as a kind of agenda of all the exciting things that we had to look forward to for the day. The kids loved them! We even sent the invitations to the cupcake wars through animoto.

                     Record: Making Frosting ~  Recipes into Notebooks
We looked at some simple frosting recipes on Wilton.com and added them to our purple folders.

         Introduction to Frosting Tips & Designs 

We then took a trip through all of the pictures I had collected of decorated cupcakes (there are millions out there). I choose pictures that would show how different cupcake tips were used and what our cupcakes might look like when we finish these activities.

10:45 – 11:45 Making & Baking Cupcakes & Frosting Tips Activity

We then got into our groups and made cupcake batter and frosting. We also prepped the decorating bags with the four main types of decorating tips. We baked the cupcakes super fast in the Babycakes cupcake maker. The students loved using it because it was so fast. On average, it was nine minutes to a perfect cupcake.  

BabyCakes Cupcake Maker 

11:45 – 12:15 Social Studies Lesson on Resources: Natural, Human, Capital, & Entrepreneurship

I did a quick lesson on the three types of resources every entrepreneur has to be aware of in order to run a successful business. The students created questions that had to do with the three resources and entrepreneurship. Each student came up with two questions and wrote them on index cards.

1:00 – 2:00 Guest Speaker: Bakery Owner ~ Wendy Wilson from Wilson’s Bakery 

2:00 – 3:00 Decorating Practice & Cupcake Decorating

We practiced decorating our cupcakes while we watched an episode of Cupcake Wars on youtube. 

3:00 -3:30 Clean Up & Ticket out the door writing assignment – In Notebook

The students had to reflect in their purple folders about something they already knew about cupcakes, something new they had learned, and something they were still hoping to learn. They then wrote about something they loved about Wendy Wilson's visit and made her thank you cards.