This whole week we read and reread the story of King Midas. We learn about what lessons that King Midas learned. The holiday season is coming up and I thought this story of King Midas and the lesson of greed really fell nicely with the social lessons that my students must learn. When I ask my students, what is greed and how do you thing greed can affect their family and friends, my students gave some wonderful answers. They saw the correlation of how having everything you want can be disastrous. They saw that personal relationships and the love of family and friends outweigh material possessions. This was the entire theme of my week of teaching language arts. We tied this theme into several read alouds I did throughout the week (King Midas and the Golden Touch by Al Perkins, and I Wish That I Had Duck Feet by Dr. Seuss.
This whole week we read and reread the story of King Midas. We learn about what lessons that King Midas learned. The holiday season is coming up and I thought this story of King Midas and the lesson of greed really fell nicely with the social lessons that my students must learn. When I ask my students, what is greed and how do you thing greed can affect their family and friends, my students gave some wonderful answers. They saw the correlation of how having everything you want can be disastrous. They saw that personal relationships and the love of family and friends outweigh material possessions. This was the entire theme of my week of teaching language arts. We tied this theme into several read alouds I did throughout the week (King Midas and the Golden Touch by Al Perkins, and I Wish That I Had Duck Feet by Dr. Seuss.