The Rainbow Fish

Introduction

Grade: 1-2

1.RL.2.1 Ask and answer questions about main idea and key details in a text.

1.RL.2.4 Make and confirm predictions about what will happen next in a story.

1.RL.4.1 Use illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters, setting, or events.

 

THE RAINBOW FISH - Kid's book by author and illustrator Marcus Pfister

Task

Objective:

After reading the story, the student will be able to retell the main parts of the story from beginning, middle, and end with 90% accuracy.

Process

Materials:

The Rainbow Fish (Book)

  • Cutout of the fish
  • Scissors
  • Glue
  • Pencil
  • Colored pencils
  • Paper

Before reading The Rainbow Fish, I will ask each student to write down what sharing means to them.

I will have each student share their answers out loud.

When the students are done sharing their answers, I will call them over to the reading rug and read them the story The Rainbow Fish.

"Today we are going to read the story called The Rainbow Fish. Can anyone take a guess what they think might happen in the story?"

Now, I will begin reading the story. I will stop periodically and ask questions about the story and have a student predict what might happen next.

After I am done reading the story, I will ask the students questions.

"Does anyone know why the Rainbow Fish decided to share his scales?" (so he could become friends with the other fish) "Great job! Now we are going to do a super fun activity. Everyone please use your walking feet and go back to your desk."

I will now explain the activity. "I have a cutout of the Rainbow Fish, but his scales are missing. I need you guys to help make him some scales. I will give you twenty minutes. On the piece of paper I passed out to you, I want you all to write down what makes you a good friend, and then decorate his scale to look pretty! Make sure to use good spelling, grammar, punctuation, and capitalization."

After the activity, I will have the students bring me their scales one at a time, and I will staple them to the fish. "Now we have a beautiful fish! You guys did awesome today!"'

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Evaluation

Recap, Review, and Reteach:

I will make sure that every student understands the importance of sharing and being a good friend. I will make sure they understand why the Rainbow Fish started off struggling because he was rude and did not have any friends, but when he decided to share his scales, he gained friends.

Conclusion

In conclusion, sharing is so important. It is important to be a good friend. 

"Okay class, for homework, I want you to go home and ask one person, whether it's your mom, dad, brother, sister, grandma, grandpa, aunt, uncle, what sharing means to them and what makes them a good friend. We will discuss the answers tomorrow. Great job today everyone!"

Credits

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Rubric
Criteria

Excellent

3

Satisfactory

2

Needs Improvement

1
Retelling the Story The student can retell the whole story from beginning, middle, to end. The student can retell the story, but leaves out a few major details. The student cannot retell the story from beginning, middle, to end, and leaves out a lot of important details.
Punctuation and Capitalization The student uses correct punctuation and capitalization. The student structured the sentence correctly, but forgot punctuation or capitalization. The student does not use punctuation or capitalization.
Participation The student raised his or her hand and helped in our class discussion. Student did all of his or her work. The student did all of his or her work but did not ask questions during the story. The student did not participate in the class discussion or the activity.