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Stone Soup Lesson PlanStone Soup Lesson Plan
Publisher
August House
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Pre-K - K
Subjects
English Language Arts
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For Teacher Use
Instructional Strategy
Collaborative Learning
Year
2006
Lesson Plan

Stone Soup

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Sharing and cooperation are difficult skills for kindergartners to grasp. Using the story Stone Soup and a series of activities, kids learn about the benefits of working together, categorizing and comparing items, and eating healthy foods.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

stone soup, vegetables, sorting & categorizing, comparative adjectives, gardening, picture walks, reading comprehension, characterization, drawing conclusions, story sequencing, sharing, cooperation

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Enrich the lesson with a walk through your own class garden, or a taste of each vegetable
  • Use the extension activities throughout the week in smaller groups or a language arts center

Classroom Considerations

  • Some worksheets are in color; consider laminating the color worksheets you can use over again in small groups

Pros

  • A great way for kids to work together
  • Uses math, language arts, and health together in one lesson
  • Provides all necessary worksheets

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RL.K.1 RL.K.3 RL.K.10

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