Baking: Vocabulary Fitness for the English Classroom

In this presentation, the children review English words for baking ingredients and equipment while staying active: they march on the spot, call out the appropriate word for each picture, such as egg, sieve or piping bag, and perform the fitness exercises scattered throughout, such as high knees or arm circles.

What is included in the material

• PowerPoint presentation with 40 pictures without words and 13 fitness exercises with English names, with an exercise following every three pictures
• Instruction slide for the class, briefly demonstrating the procedure using the egg timer example
• Vocabulary overview with all 40 pictures and the English words
• Teacher’s notes explaining the procedure for the movement break

Tips for using the material

The teacher can decide how long to display each slide, allowing them to set the pace of the presentation.

The following skills are developed

• Vocabulary related to baking, as the children recall and say the English words aloud using only the pictures
• Balance during exercises such as balance position and stand on one leg

Other materials on the topic of baking include a Vocabulary Quiz, a Running Dictation, a Wheel of Fortune and Word and Picture Cards.