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P : L F U TPATTERNS OF
RACTICE ITERATURE OCUS NIT EMPLATE
Steps
Step 1:
Book
Selection
Step 2:
Standards
TEACHER
CANDIDATE
KARLA CYGAN
LANGUAGE
ART(S)
Reading
TEACHER GUIDE – UNIT PLAN
INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION
The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister
GRADE
Kindergarten
K.8e – The student will demonstrate comprehension of
fictional texts. Students will use story elements of
characters, settings, and events to retell stories
sequentially using beginning, middle, and end.
Step 3: Students will listen to the story The Rainbow Fish, read
Activities by the teacher using a big book. We will talk about the
characters, setting, and events from beginning, middle
(use
end.
activities
that would
be
appropriate Another activity we will do is BoomCards about The
for at least Rainbow Fish
one of the six
Language
Arts) The last activity we will do is The Rainbow Fish Story
Retell Kit.
1.Students will do a cutout worksheet to sort
pictures by characters, and setting.
2.To retell the story, students will cut and paste
pictures of what happened sequentially.
3.To end, students will make their own rainbow
fish.
LITERATURE
FOR UNIT
The Rainbow Fish
Step 5:
Digital
Resources/
Technology
Step 6:
Assessment
Steps
Step 4:
Differentiati
on
A worksheet with a row of characters (2 characters
from the book, 2 characters not in the story)
A row with different settings (sea, fish tank, pool,
lake)
At the bottom, it will have pictures of what happened
in the story and a place for students to number 1,2,3
in the correct order.
Step 7: Day 1- Read the story “The Rainbow Fish”
Schedule
Overview Day 2- Reread the story- talk about the characters,
setting, and events in the story.
Day 3- Reread the story- talk about the characters,
setting, and events in the story- do a set of
boomcards.
Day 4- Do the Rainbow Fish Activity Kit
Day 5- Assessment on characters, setting and events
in the story
NOTES
[Any additional information you important for this unit plan.]
TEACHER GUIDE – UNIT PLAN
INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION
For those students who are above cutting and sorting,
those students can write the names of, and draw the
characters, and setting.
Those same students can write out what happened
sequentially and draw a picture to match their
sentences.
YouTube for an online read-aloud, and
SmartNotebook to display the book.
References
Pfister, M. (1999). The Rainbow Fish. Simon & Schuster.
(2021). The Rainbow Fish. YouTube. https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/TOnuVm4OrCc?
playlist=TOnuVm4OrCc&autoplay=1&iv_load_policy=3&loop=1&modestbranding=1&start
(n.d.). Multilevel Book Companion- The Rainbow Fish. Boomcards. Retrieved August 21, 2021, from
https://info.boomlearning.com/
(n.d.). Story Retell Kit- The Rainbow Fish. Teachers Pay Teachers. Retrieved August 21, 2021, from
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/
