Kings and Queens: Supplemental Guide 5A | The Princess and the Pea 111Word Work: Graceful
- In the read-aloud you heard, “Of course, [the princesses] were all
beautiful, talented, graceful, and kind.” - Say the word graceful with me three times.
- To b e g r a c ef u l means to move, speak, or act in a beautiful way.
- The princess looked very graceful as she walked down the stairs.
The ballerina looked graceful as she danced on her tiptoes across the
stage. - Tell me if I look graceful or not. If I am graceful, clap. If I am not
graceful, keep your hands to your side. [Model graceful movements
and jerky, awkward movements.] - What’s the word we’ve been talking about?
Use a Making Choices activity for follow-up. Directions: I will describe a
situation. If it is an example of something graceful, clap and say, “That is
graceful.” If I give an example of something that is not graceful, keep your
hands to your side and say, “That is not graceful.”
- Sam made a loud, banging sound on the drums.
- That is not graceful.
- Briana danced beautifully on the stage.
- That is graceful.
- Ling tripped and fell as she walked across the room.
- That is not graceful.
- Waleed bumped his head as he tried to get something from under his
desk.- That is not graceful.
- The princess sang sweetly as she walked around her garden.
- That is graceful.
➶ Above and Beyond: You may wish to call on volunteers to make up
or act out their own examples and non-examples of graceful.
- That is graceful.
Complete Remainder of the Lesson Later in the Day