Kindergarden - Kings and Queens

64 Kings and Queens: Supplemental Guide 2B | King Midas and the Golden Touch

Extensions 15 minutes

 Multiple Meaning Word Activity

Associated Phrase: Spoiled

Note: You may choose to have students hold up one or two fingers to

indicate which image shows the meaning being described, or have a

student walk up to the poster and point to the image being described.

1. [Show Poster 2M (Spoiled).] In the read-aloud you heard, “All the
   beautiful sweet-smelling roses have been spoiled!” Here, spoiled
   means ruined. Which picture shows this? What things are spoiled in
   this picture?
   
   
   • one
   
   
   
   


2. Spoiled can also be used to describe people who are used to getting
   their way all the time and who will get mad if they do not get their way.
   Which picture shows this?
   
   
   • two
   
   
   
   


3. [Point to the spoiled food and rose.] With your partner, talk about what
   you think of when you see this kind of spoiled.


4. [Point to the spoiled boy.] With your partner, talk about what you think
   of when you see this kind of spoiled.

 Syntactic Awareness Activity

What’s the Better Word? Gaze, Peek, Glare, Stare

 Show image 3A-1: King Midas and Marygold looking at the sunset

Note: Although the focus of this activity is on word meanings,

students will gain practice in syntax as they respond in complete

sentences.

1. In the read-aloud you heard, “When [King Midas] gazed at the gold-
   colored clouds, he would wish the clouds were real gold.


2. When you gaze at something, you look at it for a long time.
   Sometimes you are thinking about something, and sometimes you are

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