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Ehlert, Lois. (1990). Fish Eyes. New York: Harcourt Brace. Learning Objectives: Count with understanding and recognize {how many| in sets of objects Connect number words and numerals to the quantities they represent, using various physical models and representations Understand the effects of adding and subtracting whole numbers Develop and use strategies for whole number computations, with a focus on addition and subtraction Use a variety of methods and tools to compute, including objects, mental computation, estimation, paper and pencil
Fish Graphing
Have students answer the authors question at the end of the book. (Use the black and white fish cutouts for the graph) Create a class graph. {Do you wish to be a Fish?| Analyze the graph.
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Fish Eyes
A Class Book You Can Count On
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Students can read the number and place the corresponding number of goldfish crackers in the section. You can repeat this activity using numbers 11-20, multiples of 2 or 5, or all even or odd numbers.
Act it Out
Have the children wear fish headbands and pretend to be the fish in the story. Have them use their bodies to act out the addition problems. To create the fish headbands- print on cardstock, watercolor, cut and laminate the fish cutouts on the following pages. Staple them to sentence strip headbands.
Fishy Snack
Materials needed: one graham cracker per child, blue frosting (mix blue food coloring into white icing), wooden popsicle sticks (for spreading the icing), Swedish fish, gummi fish or goldfish grahams, brown sugar (optional) Students can focus on a certain number and every child can put the same amount of fish on their cracker of they can create an addition equation by using two different colors of gummi fish and adding them together or they can add the fish on one side of their cracker to the fish on the other side and tell a partner their equation. Have students use popsicle sticks to spread the blue frosting on their graham cracker for water. Add fish and small amounts of brown sugar (sand)
Design your own giant paper fish 12 for 10.00 (good for acting out story problems)
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