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The Rainbow Fish Worksheet

Revisit Rainbow Fish's choices with seven written-response questions. Students explain his reactions, the consequences and what they think the story teaches.
Grades
Preschool–2
Pages
1
File type
PDF
Preparation
Print ready

Updated Jul 12, 2021

Subject
ELA, Reading Comprehension
Topic
Independent and Guided Reading, Reading Comprehension
Resource types
Worksheets
Preparation
Print ready
Standards
RL.1.1

Product description

From the author

This worksheet is perfect for helping students read and comprehend The Rainbow Fish. It guides students to describe Rainbow Fish's actions and words when a little fish asks for one of his scales. This is a great activity for building reading and writing skills.

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Explain how a character’s choice produces a consequence

  • Infer motivation, emotional change, and theme from a story

Teaching tips

  • Create a cause-and-effect chain for the initial choice, social consequence, later action, and final feeling before writing full responses.

Skills covered

  • Character analysis — Interpret actions and motivations

  • Theme inference — Derive a lesson from consequences

  • Written response — Support answers with story events

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Questions teachers ask about this resource

Do students need the book before completing the page?

Yes. The directions ask students to read The Rainbow Fish, and the questions refer to its characters and events.

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Curriculum

Standards, concepts & topics

Standards

  • RL.1.1

Core concepts

  • Character change

  • Sharing consequences

  • Story lesson

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