Stone Soup

 Wednesdays may be shorter, but they sure are packed with a great deal of fun.  Today we read a classic tale, Stone Soup.  The class loved reading along with me as the little old lady said, "Soup from a stone, fancy that."  Be sure to have your child say that quote, it is fun to hear their little old lady voices. After reading Stone Soup, we made stone soup with peas, corn, barley, tomatoes, potatoes, carrots and tomatoes. As we waited for the pot (crock pot) to "bubble and bubble" each student was given their own "kindergarten friendly" version of Stone Soup.  They read the book as a whole group, and then broke into the KB and KR groups to practice retelling the story as they put the cut up paper ingredients into the bag.  Some of the photocopied ingredients were hard to identify, so the students used the initial consonant of the ingredient, written on it, to help them.  They also enjoyed helping the illustrator by finishing the black and white drawings with color.  I was amazed at how the children used the book to help them retell the story.

After recess and lunch it was time to sample our stone soup.  Many of the children enjoyed all the ingredients, but others weren't keen on certain ingredients.  Our class investigated what the favorite ingredients of stone soup were, just in case we decide to make it again.  To help us keep track of our data, we created a graph of how many students liked each ingredient.  Tomorrow we will look at the graph and talk about the information we can get from it.  Be ready to read all about the results tomorrow!

 P.S.  Stones aren't just for soup making, we can also sort them when we are done with our soup!