Stone soup is a great story to introduce needs and wants. It also can be used to discuss greed and sharing. There are many activities that can be accomplished using this story. The

vocabulary can be used with any of the above books.

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greed hunger

village

peasants strangers

grain

barley beef bone

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Find a friend.Find a friend.Find a friend.Find a friend. Spin the spinner.Spin the spinner.Spin the spinner.Spin the spinner.

Say the veggie it lands on.Say the veggie it lands on.Say the veggie it lands on.Say the veggie it lands on. Color the space beside the veggie.Color the space beside the veggie.Color the space beside the veggie.Color the space beside the veggie.

Who got to the Who got to the Who got to the Who got to the 11 first?first?first?first?

My Favorite Vegetable

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the class’ the class’ the class’ the class’ favorite favorite favorite favorite

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Stone Soup

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Heat some water in a pot.

Add some stones you’ve scrubbed a lot.

Sprinkle pepper, salt, and herbs.

Let it boil undisturbed.

Drop in carrots, onions too.

Let the soup heat through and through

Use these strips to say and put the poem in order. I found this years ago and cannot remember who to credit.

Stir in milk to make it sweet.

Add potatoes for a treat.

Toss in meat and let it stew.

Let it bubble. Let it brew.

Taste the soup and when it’s done,

Share Stone Soup with everyone.

Math ProblemsMath ProblemsMath ProblemsMath Problems Use the pictures below to help solve the problemsUse the pictures below to help solve the problemsUse the pictures below to help solve the problemsUse the pictures below to help solve the problems....

A villager planted 8 ears of corn. What are some of the ways she could plant them in

even rows?

A villager picked 6 ears of corn. He wanted to share them with a friend. How could he

share equally?

Your teacher wanted to make stone soup. She had 10 carrots. She used 8 of the

carrots. How many are left?

You brought 7 carrots to school for stone soup. Your teacher brought 3 more carrots. How many carrots do you have for soup?

You had 4 rocks. How many rocks do you need to have 10 rocks altogether?

Aaron had some rocks. Abby gave her 6 more rocks. Now she has 10 rocks. How many

rocks did Aaron have to start with?

Sally had 10 rocks. She gave some to John. Now she has 7 rocks left. How many

rocks did Sally give to John?

Mrs. Hogan had some rocks. She gave 4 to Josh. Now she has 6 rocks left. How many rocks did Mrs. Hogan have to start with?