Stone Soup

Friday Holly read another book and did a story map of the book. This week's book was Stone Soup. She enjoyed this story a lot, one we have looked at a few times over the years. However this is the first time she has read the story to me.

After her sharing the story with me she sat down to a story map of it. She did a fantastic job with it too!!! She enjoys these kinds of lessons a lot, which thrills me to death. I love that she works hard on really breaking the story down and has a good discussion with me over it.

Once her story mapping was finished she created a great art project from simple paper piecing - the title of her work is Stone Soup. She really enjoyed the simplicity of cutting from an array of construction paper and gluing, no drawing or extra materials, simply cutting and gluing. It turned out beautifully!

Blueberries For Sal

We spent a second day on the book Blueberries for Sal. Holly started off with reading this book aloud to Hudson and I. After reading it we talked about a Story Map reviewing the theme of the book, the setting, the characters, the problem and the solution. Holly then completed a story map on Blueberries for Sal - all on her own. I am quiet impressed with how well she did too!! Holly also created a Venn Diagram comparing the two characters of Sal and Little Bear. She enjoys doing these -- I need to plan in some more that would work well while she masters this skill.

After she completed these two assignments we made blueberry muffins. We used a recipe I have used many time, so a keeper that is very simple and not over the top. Holly really enjoys cooking, this made for another great kitchen experience.

Here is the recipe we used: Easy Blueberry Muffins