Kindergarden Seasons and Weather

48 Seasons and Weather: Supplemental Guide 2B | Winter

Extensions 15 minutes

 Multiple Meaning Word Activity

Associated Phrase: Point

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

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 (Point).] In the read-aloud you heard, “When the
   temperature outside is at the freezing point or lower, it will snow or
   sleet instead of rain.” Which picture shows this?
   
   
   • 1
   
   
   
   


2. Point also means something else. Point also means a small dot.
   Which picture shows this?
   
   
   • 2
   
   
   
   


3. Point has a third meaning. Point also means to show someone
   something by moving your fingers in a particular direction. Which
   picture shows this?
   
   
   • 3
   
   
   
   


4. [Point to the thermometer that shows the freezing point.] With your
   partner, talk about what you think of when you see this kind of point.
   
   
   • Answers may vary (e.g., when I see this kind of point I think of how cold
     it is outside).
   
   
   
   


5. [Point to the dot.] With your partner, talk about what you think of
   when you see this kind of point.
   
   
   • Answers may vary (e.g., when I see this kind of point I think of a dot on
     my paper).
   
   
   
   


6. [Point to the picture of the girl pointing to the cycle of seasons.] With
   your partner, talk about what you think of when you see this kind of
   point.

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