Kindergarden Seasons and Weather

Seasons and Weather: Supplemental Guide 3B | Spring 67

Extensions 15 minutes

 Multiple Meaning Word Activity

Associated Phrase: Spring

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 3M (Spring).] In the read-aloud you heard, “Spring
   begins in the middle of March, and it continues through the months of
   April and May.” Which picture shows this?
   
   
   • 1
   
   
   
   


2. Spring can also mean a source of water coming up from the ground.
   Which picture shows this?
   
   
   • 2
   
   
   
   


3. Spring has a third meaning. Spring can also mean to move or jump
   forward and upward. Which picture shows this?
   
   
   • 3
   
   
   
   


4. [Point to the season of spring.] With your partner, talk about what you
   think of when you see this kind of spring.
   
   
   • Answers may vary (e.g., When I see this kind of spring, I think of warmer
     weather and new flowers blooming.).
   
   
   
   


5. [Point to the picture of a spring.] With your partner, talk about what
   you think of when you see this kind of spring.
   
   
   • Answers may vary (e.g., When I see this kind of spring, I think of looking
     for little fish in the water; I think of a river.).
   
   
   
   


6. [Point to the boy springing.] With your partner, talk about what you
   think of when you see this kind of spring.
   
   
   • Answers may vary (e.g., When I see this kind of spring, I think of jumping;
     I think of springing over a puddle so I won’t get my shoes wet.).
   
   
   
   

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