The Rainbow Fish

Grade: 

Kindergarten 

What book will we read today: 

"The Rainbow Fish"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhYIJSvE0nU

What are the standards: 

• We will be able to associate each letter of the alphabet with a drawing. 
• We will be associating each letter with a sound 

What are the objectives: 

• We will be able to listen and read a book 
• We will be able to know every letter of the alphabet and their sounds 
• We will be able to associate a drawing with a letter 

Worksheet: https://pin.it/1QFMS1V 

What will we be doing today: 

• We are going to sit at our colorful circle time rug. I am going to read "The Rainbow Fish". When I am reading, we are going to sit and listen really nicely to the story. 
• After story time, we are going to get up, slowly and calmly, and go sit at our desks. 
• Once at our desks, there will be paper at each desk. Everyone gets their own paper. 
• On this paper will be the letter different letters of the alphabet. You will color each letter, as well as, draw a picture of how that letter was used in the book. (example...R for rainbow, F for fish, S for sea, etc.)
• You will not use every letter. For the letters you do not use, think about another animal, color, or object in the ocean. 
• Once you are finished, we will show the each other our pretty drawings. 

What should our drawings look like: 

Your drawings are suppose to follow the letter that you are working with. Each drawing should have color. 

Why did we do this activity: 

This activity followed a story. Not only is this activity fun and relaxing, it also got us to think of words that belong certain letters in the alphabet. For example, B is blue. B may be for blue, yet a friend could say that B is for beautiful. There are many different words for each letter of the alphabet, that is why we showed our beautiful drawings. This activity also associated a book to the alphabet. We got most of our drawing and words from the story that was read to us. 

"The Rainbow Fish" is a wonderful story. It helped us think of words that belong to different letters in the alphabet. This book was not only fun and very colorful, but this book helped us with our words, as well as, the beginning letters to words. 

What do we do after the lesson: 

• First, we will get in groups and share our drawings with friends. 
  • We will share each letter and the drawing you chose. 
  • While our friends are sharing, we are listening and paying attention to them and their beautiful drawings.
  • We will be kind and friendly to our friends and their drawings. 
• Second, we will discuss what drawings and what ideas our friends had. 
• Third, we will talk about the letters in the alphabet, as well as, why the drawings we drew were connected with the letter. 
  • Sounds, looks, and pronunciations are examples of how they connect with each other. 

In conclusion, 

This activity had many steps. This is a fun and creative lesson. We will be drawing and making pictures. This allows us to have creativity as well as have fun with a book that we will read. "The Rainbow Fish" is a book that is full of creativity. We will have connected this book with the alphabet, as well as, make beautiful pictures and drawings from the book.