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The Rainbow Fish: Activities for Parents to Do with Children at Home WorksheetThe Rainbow Fish: Activities for Parents to Do with Children at Home Worksheet
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The Rainbow Fish: Activities for Parents to Do with Children at Home

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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 in the 16-page packet. There's even a Rainbow Fish song as well as vocabulary flash cards. A must-have resource for school or home.

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sharing

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english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Provide parents with the packet, or a link to the packet
  • Have book buddies read the story and select one of the activities to do together

Classroom Considerations

  • A six-minute video of the story being read by Ernest Borgnine is available online

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  • The packet includes suggestions for all subjects and grade levels

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