Rainbow Fish

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Rainbow Fish

• Created by Laura Struck

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About the Book

• It is a book about friendship and sharing and how
  it makes you feel good.

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Activities

• Make a frieze of the Rainbow Fish
• Use fingerpaints and a brush and make the fish
  shape.
• Add glitter to several scales of the Rainbow
  Fish.
• Discuss the values of sharing and being nice with
  the students.
• Make stuffed paper Rainbow Fish puppet.

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Animal Unit

• You can bring in a fish from the market and
  examine the scales, fins, gills etc.
• Compare the fish to other animals.

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Language

• Discuss what an adjective is.
• Look back through the book and point out
  adjectives.
• Brainstorm and think up other adjectives.

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Writing

• Have students write on a paper something they
  could share with someone to make them happy.

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Color Unit

• Draw and paint pictures of fish using and mixing
  the primary colors.

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Sources

• http//www.eduplace.com/tview/pages/r/The_Rainbow_
  Fish_Marcus_Pfister.html
• http//atozteacherstuff.com/lessons/rainbowfish2.s
  html
• http//209.61.147.16/Lesson_Plans/Language_Arts_Bo
  ok_Activities/_Kindergarten/more4.shtml
• http//www.Education-world.com/tsl/archives/02-1/0
  30.shtml