Stone Soup

What learning strategy did we practice to identify the major events in the story?

• sequence of events

• cause and effect

• compare and contrast

• main idea and details

We wore sunglasses because of the blazing sun.

• kind

• dangerous

• huge

• bright

Why did the girl want to add potatoes to the stone soup?

• John told her she could eat some if she did.

• John asked her many times, saying "Please!"

• She just wanted to. John didn't ask her.

• She had an idea to get everyone in the village to add things.

What is the theme of "Stone Soup"?

• You need many things to make good soup.

• Don't give away your favorite thing.

• You need to to make soup with a stone.

• Everyone gets something by sharing.

In this story, how would you describe stone soup?

• a stone and water

• a stone, water, vegetables, and meat

• a stone, water, and everything people will share

The stone is important because...

• it will remind the villagers people what they can get when they share.

• it is round and smooth.

• it made the soup taste great.

• it was left in the road by a powerful wizard.

John's mother gave him the iron pot.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Why wouldn't anyone trade food for the iron pot?

• The pot was heavy.

• John was unfriendly.

• Food was scarce.

An old woman gave John some potatoes for the soup.

• TRUE

• FALSE

At the end of the story, John gave the stone to....

• an old woman

• his neighbor

• the girl

• the village leader