RAINBOW FEELINGS

If friendship were a soup, what ingredients would be in it? As part of a study of Marcus Pfister's Rainbow Fish and the Big Blue Whale, kids engage in a series of friendship-themed activities using materials contained in this richly...

Young readers examine the elements of story structure that are included in all stories. They include these elements in their own written pieces. This phenomenally-designed plan has everything you need to easily implement it in your...

Students complete pre reading, writing, during reading, and interdisciplinary activities for the book Rainbow Joe and Me. For this reading lesson plan, students complete journal entries, answer short answer questions, have discussions,...

The world is a rainbow of colors in a set of lessons for English learners. Kids review colors with matching games and hide-and-seek, before singing songs about colors and reading a class story.

First graders explore human psychology by reading a book in class. For this friendship lesson, 1st graders identify the benefit of friends and strong relationships while reading the book The Rainbow Fish. Students analyze the images from...

The Rainbow Fish, Marcus Pfister's award-winning story about the joys of sharing, is the inspiration for this resource loaded with fun. Suggestions for language and language arts, math, science, and social studies activities are included...

Students explore feelings.  In this mental health cross-curriculum lesson plan, students listen to My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss and discuss their own moods and feelings.  Students sing related songs, write about feelings, and play a...

Second graders study rainbows and do an interdisciplinary assignment that includes poetry and a science experiment.

Students watch "Reading Rainbow" about a student who becomes a pilot. They list what she had to do to become a pilot and what could have stopped her. Partners can choose one of five different projects to show how they plan to become...

Students examine how African Americans escaping slavery used storytelling to communicate. They listen to and read the lyrics for the song, Follow the Drinking Gourd, view the Reading Rainbow video, and write and illustrate their own story.