THE RAINBOW FISH
Written by MARCUS PFISTER
Students create a Rainbow Fish craft to explore character traits and show how the main character changes throughout the story while reinforcing the theme of friendship and sharing.
1stÂ
Grade
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40 Minutes
Easy
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Lesson Focus
Students will:
Identify character traits using evidence from the story
Retell important events in sequential orderÂ
Create a literacy craft that reinforces the theme of friendship and caring
Explain how the main character changes from the beginning to the end
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What Teachers Are Saying
Mrs. Frankly
FIRST GRADE teacher
"The Rainbow Fish craft was a huge hit! My students loved picking their special scale and explaining why it represented kindness. It really made the book's lesson stick."
Mr. Warren
FIRST GRADE teacher
"I've never seen my first graders so engaged in a literacy activity. Creating their own fish helped them visualize the concept of sharing in such a beautiful, tangible way."