Paper Plate Fish

Grade Level: 1st grade

Steps:

• I created a pattern in a 5x5 grid. I used a triangle, heart, and square. The marker colors I chose for my pattern included yellow, red, and orange.
• I colored the remainder of the plate yellow and orange. 
• On one side of the plate, I cut out a triangle for the mouth of the fish. 
• To create the fin, I use the triangle I cut out for the mouth and placed midway. We help it there for 10 seconds to ensure the glue would help the fin stay. I added gills in front of the fin.
• I also added an eye.
• The teachers of this lesson handed out a triangle piece that I colored pink for the tail. I used to glue hold it on.
• To end this lesson, they added fishing line for us and we got to take a picture. I really enjoyed this part.

Extension Activity:

I would use this activity in math. I would focus on the different shapes that one could use. After studying the many different shapes, I would ask the students to create a animal only using shapes.