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Harrison Book Connection Wiki Perfect Soup Moser, L. (2010). Perfect soup. NY: Random House Children’s Books. Murray Mouse lives the perfect life until one day he’s missing an ingredient for his Perfect Soup: a carrot! On this perfect, snowy winter day, Murray ventures outside in search of a carrot but encounters many requests from neighbors to accomplish his task. He diligently works to achieve this daunting task, and finally receives help from a friend who he has ignored all day. A surprise awaits you at the end of this “warm” story. Author’s website: [] Lesson Plans and Activities: [] [] Scroll down and you will see Snowman Soup [] [] List of materials needed: Jump ropes Soup Ingredients Crock Pot Bowls and Spoons __Activity #1__ Have the students say the following chant as they jump rope: 1 potato, 2 potato, 3 potato, 4 5 potato, 6 potato, 7 potato more. Continue the chant while inserting various vegetables __Activity #2__ Make the Perfect Vegetable Soup. Of course, there are numerous soup recipes out there but I’m sharing with you my personal vegetable soup recipe that I’ve thrown together for several years. Enjoy! Have all the students bring one of the ingredients to school from home. Include with the list of ingredients bowls and spoons. Alice’s Perfect Vegetable Soup Recipe For a basic size crock pot. 2-3 potatoes 2-3 carrots ½ bag of each of frozen vegetables: green beans, greenpeas, corn 1 can stewed tomatoes 1 large bottle of tomato juice 4 cans of chicken broth ½ small onion (optional) 1 pound of cooked, seasoned hamburger meat (optional) 1 tsp. Worcestershire sauce 1 tsp. salt ½ tsp. pepper 1 bay leaf ¼ cup of ketchup Add all the ingredients together in the crock pot. If you need more broth add more chicken broth. __Sample Letter to go Home__ Dear Parents, On ___ ,__ we will be reading the book, //Perfect Soup// by Lisa Moser. Would you please send to school by the above date the following item or ingredient __for making our classes’ “Perfect Soup.” Thanks so much!
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 * 1) To Murray the Mouse, he makes everything perfect in his life except when it comes to the Perfect Soup recipe. He is missing a carrot. Do you agree that Murray’s soup could have been perfect without a carrot? Explain your answer.
 * 2) What solutions would you suggest for Murray in order to retrieve a carrot for his perfect soup?
 * 3) Murray helps everyone get what they need or want to accomplish his task of getting what he needs – a carrot. What do you think about the attitude of giving something in order to get something?
 * 4) How does Snowman’s gesture of the scoop of snow contrast with all the other people and horse’s requests?
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