104 Kings and Queens: Supplemental Guide 5A | The Princess and the Pea
Introducing the Read-Aloud 15 minutes
What Have We Learned?
- Review the Flip Book images you have chosen to reinforce domain
concepts and vocabulary (e.g., members of the royal family; objects
that relate to royalty). - Remind students that kings and queens and their children, princes
and princesses, were the most important and powerful people in the
kingdom.
Introducing “The Princess and the Pea”
- Tell students that they are going to hear a fairy tale that was written
long ago in Denmark. - Point to Denmark on a world map. Tell students that long ago
Denmark had kings and queens and that today Denmark still has
kings and queens. - Distribute Instructional Master 5A-1: Response Card 4 (The Princess
and the Pea) to each student. - Have students identify the queen, the prince, and the princess. Ask
them to explain how they know. - Have students find the little pea in the queen’s hand. Then pass
around some frozen or dried peas for students to touch and describe.
Tell students that the queen uses a pea to do something interesting in
the story.
Note: Be sure to check with your school’s policy regarding food
distribution and allergies.
Picture Walk - Tell students that the story they will hear is called “The Princess and
the Pea.” - Tell students that you will take a picture walk through some of the
pictures in this story together. Explain that a picture walk is when they
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