Description:
In this lesson meant for 3rd graders, we crafted fish by using a stencil and also weaved paper to create the gills. To start the class period, she went through a PowerPoint presentation on ocean life. She gave a few statistics about fish and their habitats. Once the presentation was finished we made our own fish. She had a stencil of half a fish. We picked a color of construction paper that we wanted to be our fish. Once we did that she had us fold the paper in half, put the stencil on the folded side, trace the stencil, and cut out what we had traced. After that, we opened up the half fish which then represented a whole fish. We then cut lines in our fish so we could weave paper through the middle of the fish for the gills. After we finished our fish, we picked two other ocean creatures. I picked a starfish and a coral reef. We then cut out our ocean creatures and glued them to a background piece of construction paper and then finally glued our fish on to make an ocean scene.
Extension Activity:
I would use this activity when I am teaching about different bodies of water. I would have students pick a certain body of water and then they would have to pick an animal that is native to that body of water and make that animal. I would have them pick a blank piece of paper; blue to represent the ocean or a white piece of paper that they cut out a river or lake from a blue piece of paper. Once they did this and glued their animal on the paper I would have them research their animal and on a notecard write three facts about their animal and paste that in the corner of their project. This would be a fun activity for students as they are able to choose an animal they like and learn something new about different animals.
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