Kindergarden - Kings and Queens

Kings and Queens: Supplemental Guide 2A | King Midas and the Golden Touch 51

Introducing the Read-Aloud 15 minutes

What Have We Learned?

• Review with students that kings and queens are rulers of a kingdom.
  Kings and queens come from royal families.


• Using the Two-Column Chart showing “Our Families” and “Royal
  Families,” review content from the previous lesson. Be sure to point
  out the words you are reading from the chart.


• Say to students: “Tell your partner whether you think it is good to be
  king, or whether you think it is not so good to be king.” Encourage
  students to think about the advantages and disadvantages they
  would have if they were king (queen, prince, or princess). Allow thirty
  seconds for students to talk. Call on two partner pairs to share.

Introducing “King Midas and the Golden Touch”

• Tell students that they are going to hear a fiction—made-up—story
  that was told a long, long time ago in Greece about a king named
  Midas.


• Mention that long ago, most people could not read books, so they
  told stories to one another. Sometimes those stories taught a lesson,
  just like this story has a lesson.


• Distribute Response Card 1 (King Midas and the Golden Touch) to
  each student. Tell them that they will use this Response Card to talk
  about the story and to answer questions.
  Where Are We?


• Show students a map of the world. Point to the United States. Then
  point to the country of Greece. Point out that Greece is mainly
  surrounded by water, such as the Mediterranean Sea. Tell students
  that today’s story comes from Greece.


• You may wish to mention that, like France, long ago Greece had
  kings and queens, but now Greece no longer has kings and queens.
  Greece’s leader is a president.

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