Stone Soup!

It has been a little while since my last post but we have still been working hard and having fun in class.  One big learning event we had, revolved around the book, "Stone Soup".  We had so much fun reading the story and then coming up with our own soup recipe.  The students really surprised me, when they decided on ingredients like onions and mushrooms!  Even if some of the vegetables weren't their favourites, the students certainly stepped up and gave them a try--even if it was a tiny, little bite.  The moral of the story "Stone Soup", is that if everyone contributes a little bit, we can make something wonderful...and wonderful it was.  The soup was delicious!  Some students ask for seconds...and thirds!

Check out how we extended our learning in the classroom. 

We added some healthy...and interesting ingredients into our cauldron in the drama centre...

Students all pitched in and brought in a vegetable of their choice (thank you for your contributions!).  We chopped the vegetables and even had a taste test.

Some of the students liked what they tried...

...and some did not!...

The stone went in...

...we stirred, smelled and then tasted the yummy concoction!

Making the soup was lots of fun.  Mrs. McGowan extended our learning in health by talking about healthy eating and making healthy choices at the grocery store.  Students even made their own pots of soup, choosing what they would like to put in their cauldrons. 

In math, we voted for our favourite vegetable and put it in a bar graph.  During writing, we listed  all of the ingredients we put in our soup.  

If you are in the school, check out the display case in the front lobby which displays our learning for the whole school to see (currently under construction...hope to have it done by Thursday).