Kindergarden - Nursery Rhymes and Fables

Nursery Rhymes and Fables: Supplemental Guide 7B | Hickory, Dickory, Dock & Diddle, Diddle, Dumpling 139

Extensions 15 minutes

 Multiple Meaning Word Activity

Definition Detective: Struck

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. In the poem you heard, “The clock struck one.”


2. With your partner, think of as many meanings for struck as you can or
   discuss ways you use the word struck.


3. [Show Poster 4M (Struck).] Point to the picture on the poster that
   shows how the word struck is used in the nursery rhyme.


4. Struck can also mean other things. Struck means to hit something
   with your hands. Which picture shows this?


5. Struck is also used in the term “struck out” in baseball, which means
   someone missed the ball three times while at bat. Which picture
   shows this?


6. Did you or your partner think of any of these definitions?


7. Now quiz your partner on the different meanings of struck. For
   example you could say, “John just struck out and now the other team
   is up to bat.” And your partner should point to the baseball game to
   show you that you meant that kind of struck.

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