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The Rainbow Fish. Illinois Learning Standards. CC.1.R.L.1 Key Ideas and Details: Ask and answer questions about key details in a text . CC.1.R.L.2 Key Ideas and Details: Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson .
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Illinois Learning Standards • CC.1.R.L.1 Key Ideas and Details: Ask and answer questions about key details in a text. • CC.1.R.L.2 Key Ideas and Details: Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson. • CC.1.SL.1 Comprehension and Collaboration: Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 1 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups. • 26.A.1b Drama: Understand the tools of body, mind, voice and simple visual/aural media and the processes of planning, practicing and collaborating used to create or perform drama/theatre. • 26.B.1b Drama: Demonstrate individual skills (e.g., vocalizing, listening, moving, observing, concentrating) and group skills (e.g., decision making, planning, practicing, spacing) necessary to create or perform story elements and characterizations.
Resources • http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/rainbowfish/ • http://www.ehow.com/about_5408315_rainbow-fish.html • http://www.facts-about.org.uk/facts-about-rainbow-fish.htm • http://www.thekidswindow.co.uk/News/Oceans_Quiz.htm • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9mryuEKkKc • The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister
Questions • Are rainbow fish real? If so, what are some characteristics? • In the book, why do you think Rainbow Fish did not want to give his scales away? • How would you feel if Rainbow Fish ignored you? • What did Rainbow Fish learn from visiting the octopus? • At the end of the book, how many scales did Rainbow Fish have left? • Why do you think it is important to share?
Task • Divide students into groups of four • Students will make a list of ways to be a good person • Choose one personality trait from their list to perform to the class • Next, the students will come up with a two minute skit to act out the trait being used • Each member of the group will have specific roles to contribute • Students will present their skit to the class
Role Descriptions • Rainbow Fish- Narrator • Student will prepare the narration for the skit and then narrate the skit during the performance • Little Blue Fish- Actor 1 • Student will prepare their lines for the skit and act out the personality trait for the class • Little Red Fish- Actor 2 • Student will prepare their lines for the skit and act out the personality trait for the class • Octopus- Explainer • Student will explain the trait and the moral of the skit after the skit is performed
CONGRATULATIONS!!! You are one step closer to becoming a great person.
5 Teacher Extensions • Acquire a aquarium full of rainbow fish for the students to maintain • Research and report on rainbow fish • Craft day- make your own rainbow fish • Ex. Using colorful tissue paper, paint • Give students homework to perform a good deed and then write about their experience • Write a fiction short story, including a moral
Evaluation • Students will be evaluated on their presentation skills, creativity, and group work. The skit must be as long as required and demonstrate a trait effectively.
References Rainbow Fish and the Sea Monsters Cave by Marcus Pfister Rainbowfishby Gunther Schmida Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAn9svGslzM Rainbowfishes by Gerald Allen