We read a book called "My Goldfish" by Christine Butterworth which, unfortunately, is out-of-print. I found a similar book on goldfish on amazon.ca. Our class is doing a unit on fish, so this type of non-fiction story is good for the students to learn facts about fish. This book was used as a launching point for our discussion of the differences between humans (living on land) and fish (living in water).
This is a classic story from Bill Martin, Jr. and the incomparable illustrator, Eric Carle. The combination of beautiful collage pictures and the bouncy, predictable text makes for a wonderful read aloud for the students. After a few pages, the students pick up on the word pattern, take clues from the illustrations and begin to read along. After hearing the story read twice, students were seen in the reading corner, with this book, "reading" the story aloud.
Watch for our class version of this story, "Kindergarten, Kindergarten, What Do You See?", coming next week...
One of my very favourite stories, "Swimmy" by author/illustrator, Leo Leonni, was read to the students twice this week, as a link to our study of fish. I like to call this kind of book a "thinking story" because the depth of the storyline allows for lots of discussion. Swimmy was a brave fish that was not like the others, but he used his differences to ultimately be a hero and save the day. We also learned that great things can be accomplished when we work together.
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