This is a great getting to know you activity for the beginning of the year!

Objectives:

Materials:

• The Rainbow Fish Big book
• paper fish scale for each student
• Blown up Fish on butcher paper

Plan:

1. Read The Rainbow Fish to the class, discussing the ideas of sharing and uniqueness.
2. Give each student a paper fish scale.
3. Have each student decorate their scale with information about them using pictures and/or words.
4. On the large fish, paste everyone's scale. Keep it up throughout the year to reinforce the idea that they are a community with lots of wonderful differences.