Writing a fish book: Number and color details
Students will learn and write color words and number words.
A lesson plan for grade 1 English Language Arts
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Learning outcomes
Students will write “fish” stories using number and color words to describe their fish correctly with 90% accuracy.
Teacher planning
Time required for lesson
40 minutes
Materials/resources
- book One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss
- individual little fish book for each student
- chart paper
- pencils
- crayons
- number/color word matching game
Pre-activities
Teacher will read the book One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss, which consists of both color and number words.
Activities
- Teacher will explain that number and color words are detail words used to describe objects and make reading more exciting.
- Teacher will ask volunteers to name all number words (zero through ten) and color words as the teacher lists them on chart paper.
- Students will play number/color word matching game in small groups.
- The teacher will model what to do in their little fish books. Each student will write at least five pages. Each page will have one sentence on it that starts with “I see______.” In the blank spaces there will be a number and color word describing anything fishy. Example: I see three purple jellyfish. (Accelerated Students will be more specific. Example: I see four red striped clownfish at the bottom of the sea.)
- Students will then complete an illustration to match each sentence.
- When completed, volunteers will share their books with the class.
- Teacher will then use number/color word flashcards to review with students.
Assessment
The teacher will evaluate the effectiveness of the lesson by reading students’ writing and determining if they used number and color words appropriately with 90% accuracy.
Supplemental information
Other descriptive counting books include “Sea Squares” by Joy Hulme
North Carolina Curriculum Alignment
English Language Arts (2004)
Grade 1
- Goal 4: The learner will apply strategies and skills to create oral, written, and visual texts.
- Objective 4.03: Use specific words to name and tell action in oral and written language (e.g., using words such as frog and toad when discussing an expository text).
