Objectives

• Students will listen to a story on cassette tape.
• Students will follow along with the story in their books.
• Students will write a recipe for Stone Soup.
• Students will write a paragraph using sequencing, with instructions for preparing Stone Soup.
• Students will participate in cooking and eating Stone Soup at the end of the week.

Materials

• Cassette recording of Stone Soup. Stewig, John. New York: Holiday House, 1991.
• Six copies of Stone Soup
• Geology Journals and pencils
• Ingredients for Stone Soup from the story
• Bowls
• Spoons
• Napkins

Procedure

1. Teacher will model a review example of sequencing for writing a paragraph, using opening, body, and closing.
2. Students will listen and follow through with the recording and the book copy of the story.
3. Use the book or listen to the story again to write down the recipe of Stone Soup in your Geology Journal.
4. Students will then write a paragraph, using first, second....., give instructions for how to cook Stone Soup.
5. On Friday, make Stone Soup, having the students telling the order of ingredients and how to cook it.

Evaluation

1. Are the students listening to the story, or are they reading the story on their own or simply paging through the book?
2. Are the students following along in both the book and listening to the tape? Are they getting lost easily?
3. Can the students find the recipe and copy it in their journals?
4. Are the students using sequencing words such as first, second...., to tell how to cook Stone Soup in their paragraph? Does their paragraph include an introduction, body, and closing?
5. Can the students instruct the teacher how to cook the Stone Soup?