Disney’s

Mickey’s Alphabet Soup

CHALLENGING WORDS

asparagus
automobile
between
groceries
ingredients
laughing
refrigerator
unplugged
vacuum

SUMMARY

Mickey, Minnie, and Goofy are all competing in an alphabet soup contest. The only rule is the first ingredient should begin with “A” and the last should begin with “Z”- with the rest of the alphabet in between. What ingredients will make it into their soup?

--- Conversation Questions---

(1) / Retell this story using your own words.
(Answer) / Any logical answer.
(Follow Up) / Share your favorite part of the story.
(2) / Guess how Goofy felt after they gave him an award for the most fun soup.
(Answer) / Any logical answer.
(Follow Up) / Tell about a time that you won an award.
(3) / Imagine Mickey and Minnie couldn’t find an ingredient that started with the letter “U”. What would they do?
(Answer) / Any logical answer.
(Follow Up) / Remember a time you couldn’t find something you were looking for.
(4) / Compare Mickey and Minnie’s soup with your favorite soup.
(Answer) / Any logical answer.
(Follow Up) / Tell how you make your favorite kind of soup.
(5) / Define “ingredient”.
(Answer) / A part of something.
(Follow Up) / Name your favorite ingredient in the alphabet soup.
(6) / Recall when and where the contest takes place.
(Answer) / In the park at 2:30.
(Follow Up) / Tell about the last contest you were in.
(7) / Search for the first thing Minnie put in the pot to start the soup.
(Answer) / Water
(Follow Up) / What did Goofy start his soup with?
(8) / Look on page 8 and tell what Minnie took a picture of.
(Answer) / Mickey cleaning cauliflower, cabbage, celery, and carrots.
(Follow Up) / Share something you like to take pictures of.
(9) / Remember what Goofy did as he added the ingredients that started with the letter “G”.
(Answer) / He gulped down a glass of ginger ale.
(Follow Up) / Name your favorite drink to gulp.
(10) / Recall who Goofy waved to as he passed the zoo on his way to the park.
(Answer) / A zebra.
(Follow Up) / List some things you pass on the way to the park.
Activities
1. / Design a flyer announcing the contest. Put the time and the location the contest will take place.
2. / Make a list of your favorite foods and put them in alphabetical order.
3. / Draw a picture of Mickey and Minnie preparing their alphabet soup. Label all the ingredients that are going into the soup.
4. / Figure out what your favorite soup is. Write the recipe for your favorite soup.
Introductions
1. / Show the students a stockpot. Ask them what they have seen being made in a pot like this. Tell them Mickey and Minnie Mouse make soup in a pot like this. Let’s read and find out about their secret recipe.
2. / Put some of the ingredients from the soup in a paper bag. Ask the students what they could make from the ingredients. Tell them Mickey, Minnie, and Goofy make some alphabet soup with these ingredients. Let’s read and find out what happens.
3. / Have a trophy or a metal to show the students. Ask them when they expect to get rewards like these. Tell them in this story Mickey and Minnie Mouse and Goofy enter a contest for the best alphabet soup. Let’s read and find out who wins the contest.

Book Title: Disney’s Mickey’s Alphabet Soup

Author: Wendy Wax / Illustrator: Edwards Artistic Services
ISBN: 1-885222-76-9 / # of Text Pages: 41 AR: n/a
Building Oral Vocabulary
15 / handkerchief / 20 / measuring cup / 34 / weighed
2 / Guess what Goofy will do?
13 / What will Goofy put in his soup next?
39 / Who will win the contest?

This resource is provided by KYREADS—Barren County Board of Education, an AmeriCorps project funded in part by the Kentucky Commission on Community Volunteerism and Service and the Corporation for National and Community Service.