Kindergarden - Kings and Queens

Kings and Queens: Supplemental Guide 3A | Old King Cole 75

He called for his pipe, and he called for his bowl,

[Have students make the shape of a bowl with their hands.]

And he called for his fiddlers three.

[Have students pantomime playing the fiddle.]

[For the second stanza, have students continue to move their arms back and

forth like they are playing the fiddle to the beat of the rhyme.]

Every fiddler had a very fine fiddle,

And a very fine fiddle had he.

Oh, there’s none so rare as can compare

With King Cole and his fiddlers three.

Singing and Watching “Old King Cole”

• You may wish to sing this rhyme with the students using echo
  technique and echo technique with motions.


• You may wish to show a video of “Old King Cole” that has been
  previewed for classroom appropriateness.

Discussing the Read-Aloud 10 minutes

Comprehension Questions

If students have difficulty responding to questions, reread pertinent lines

of the read-aloud and/or refer to specific images. If students give one-

word answers and/or fail to use read-aloud or domain vocabulary in their

responses, acknowledge correct responses by expanding the students’

responses using richer and more complex language. Encourage students

to answer in complete sentences. Model answers using complete

sentences for students.

1. Literal Who is the main character in this poem?
   [Have students point to Old King Cole on Response Card 2.]
   
   
   • Old King Cole is the main character in this poem.
   
   
   
   


2. Evaluative How do you know that he is a king?
   
   
   • He is called Old King Cole; he is dressed like a king in the picture; he has
     a crown.