Watercolors

This lesson started off by reviewing the book about the rainbow fish. We then went through key terms and different methods of using water colors, such as using crayons before painting with water colors. After reviewing all the new terms and practicing them we could begin our piece of art. We first had to make our background. The background had to be either cool or warm colors, then our fish had to be the opposite. I chose to do my background as a cool color because water is blue, then have my fish warm colors. Once the background and the fish were dry we could then glue the two together to be hung up on display.

An extension activity that could be done with this lesson would be to have an ocean themed week. Incorporate fish and different aspects of the ocean into every subject area. Students could write a poem in language arts, see how fish have evolved in science, etc. This heightens students interest in the subject at hand.