44 Fables and Stories: Supplemental Guide 2A | The Maid and the Milk Pail
Word Work: Balanced
- In the read-aloud you heard, “There [the milkmaid] planned to sell the
fresh, sweet milk in the pail that she balanced on her head.” - Say the word balanced with me three times.
- Balanced means steadied or positioned to keep in place.
- I balanced on one foot when I took off my shoe. [Demonstrate this for
the class.] - Have you ever balanced yourself on something or seen someone
else balance themselves on something? [Suggestion: the edge of
the playground or sidewalk, on a large rock, on a bicycle or scooter;
students may have seen various balancing acts at a circus, waiters
balancing plates on their arms, etc.]
[Ask two or three students. If necessary, guide and/or rephrase
students’ responses: “I balanced on a .” Or, “I have seen
balanced on a .”] - What’s the word we’ve been talking about?
Use a Movement activity for follow-up. Directions: Try to balance a book
or other object on your head. [You may want to have objects available
for balancing; and you may choose to do this as a relay game.] After you
balance the object, say, “I balanced the on my head.”