Stone Soup... Recipe for Success
Team Work and Math Applications
Implemented in grades 2-5
Adaptable for grades K-12
OBJECTIVE: To develop students' awareness that what seems like an impossible task can be completed by team work with each member contributing just a small amount.
To give something back to someone who is giving so freely to students and teachers and who is inspiring others with his philosophy that "in life there are no barriers."
GOAL: To pay the Alone Around entry fee for the No Barriers Education Foundation entry,
www.no-barriers.com
MATERIALS: Chalkboard or overhead, and/or chart paper and markers The book, Stone Soup, by Marcia Brown. Pencil and Paper
PROCEDURE: List student responses to "How can we, who have no money, possibly pay a $12,500 entry fee? Read the story, Stone Soup, to the group. Using math skills and the following facts, develop a word problem to see how much each member of the group would have to provide in order to have the necessary ingredients for a successful recipe. (How many pencils would each student have to buy in order to raise the necessary entry fee?)
* $12,500 entry fee
* Pencils will be bought at cost
* 1 gross equals 144 pieces
* Selling price of 25 cents per pencil will generate $23 profit per gross
List barriers to overcome.
List solutions to problem.
Make a plan.
Set a goal.
Realize "S CCESS".
HEEELP!: Our "S CCESS" needs "U"!
Join us in our project as we "Navigate the 'WRITE' Course". Visit The Learning Center in Charleston, SC, in South Windemere Shopping Center to get YOUR pencils for $36 per gross... or order them from The Learning Center at 843 556-1200... toll free 800 379-1200 or fax 843 556-1239.
EVALUATION: Students will chart in graph form their progress achieving their goal.
Lesson plan by Jane Dyke