5/23/2013

Early Childhood Education

Learning Experience Template

Name: Lauren Joines Lesson Title: We are King Midas

Date: 3/31/2020 Grade Level: Kindergarten Circle one: ECE PKSN
Standard(s)/Guideline(s): Drama Standards: 2CE: Listen to stories, myths, and fairy tales from various time periods and cultures and describe the storyline.
2PR: Perform group pantomimes and improvisations to retell stories.
Pre-assessment of current knowledge:
What does it mean to be greedy? Is it good or bad to be greedy?

Instructional Objectives (2-3) Assessment of Student Learning Learning Experience

Two- Three Assessed
Instructional Objective(s): The
student will be able to...
The student will be able to listen to
“The Golden Touch of King Midas”
by Nathaniel Hawthorne and retell
its storyline.
The student will be able to perform
“The Golden Touch of King Midas”
by Nathaniel Hawthorne as the
teacher reads it aloud.
One Assessed Developmental
Skill:
Physical- fine and gross motor,
oral motor
Safety Considerations:
Make sure students are spaced
out from one another to not hit or
knock each other down
Identify Evidence: (What will you collect or record as data
to demonstrate students have met your objective(s) and
skill?)
After activity is over, the teacher will take a poll of the
students experience
Ask:
- “Who had fun acting out ‘The Golden Touch of King
Midas?”
- “Could we have done something different?”
- “What other stories could we act out?”
Students responses are taken orally and through hands
being raised
Program Monitoring: (How will you aggregate or compile
your evidence into a class or group view?)
Students responses, along with pictures taken during the
lesson, will be posted on a message board with a chart
documenting all answers
Academic Language:
Gold, greed, act, perform
Procedural steps:
1. Teacher reads to students “The Golden Touch of
King Midas”
2. As a class, the teacher prompts students to retell
parts on the story and writing down on an anchor
chart the plot of the story
3. Ask the students what kind of props would be
needed to act this out
4. Select students to each play a character from the
story while the teacher reads it again
5. Students reenact the story with props (in a box,
preselected) and each other while the teacher reads
it aloud again (make sure you read slow enough to
give students creative freedom)
6. Cover object with gold cloth to resemble it turning
gold
Authentic Materials:
“The Golden Touch of King Midas”, cape, crown, flowers,
guitar/ukulele, coins, and gold cloth
Adult Roles:
Read story, facilitate discussion, supervise props and select
roles
 5/23/2013
Early Childhood Education
Learning Experience Template

Resources & References:

https://www.storyberries.com/fairy-tales-the-golden-touch-of-king-midas-by-nathaniel-hawthorne/

Reflection:
I think this lesson could be really cool to adapt to do with an older classroom. I know fifth graders still really enjoying dressing up and playing around and having
this activity with a little bit of a looser structure and allow some freedom in the activity. With the 5 th grade writing standard W.5.3 write narratives to develop real or
imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences I could adapt this lesson to allow students to write new
sections of what King Midas turned to gold. With 1PR retell or dramatize stories, myths, and fairytales from various time periods and cultures on the first grade
drama standards, students are still able to dramatize this story, but allowing more creative freedom will be a good adaptation with this age group. For this lesson,
students will be able to write new sections of an old folk tale and the students will be able to dramatize this story with their bodies and props.