Go back through the story and re-look at the pictures. Language Development/Speaking & Communicating develops increasing abilities to understand and use language to communicate information, experiences, ideas, feelings, opinions, needs, questions and for other varied purposes.

Make sure that you stop throughout the story and ask questions to know children’s comprehension (Do you know what it means when the author says a school of fish? How do you think Swimmy felt when all his brothers and sisters were eaten by the big tuna fish? Look at Swimmy swimming in the ocean, what do you think marveled means? Have you ever seen something marvelous? How do you think Swimmy will get his new friends to swim with him? AND Approaches to Learning/Reasoning & Problem Solving develops increasing ability to find more than one solution to a question, task, or problem. Social & Emotional Development/Social Relationships progresses in responding sympathetically to peers who are in need, upset, hurt, or angry and in expressing empathy or caring for others. Let’s read the story and see if he can come up with a good solution. Show the children the cover of the book and tell them that the story today is about a fish named Swimmy who has a problem. Remind them that at school solutions means solving a problem without violence. Encourage the children to come up with a variety of solutions.

Explain your problem and let the children help come up with solutions to solve it (I wanted to go outside to play with my friend but I could not find my shoes and it was cold outside the big kids in the neighborhood keep teasing me because I wear glasses etc). When everyone is sitting down and ready to listen, tell the children that you have a problem. School of fish (a group of fish that swim together).Marvel (to see something really wonderful).Fierce (to be really aggressive and angry).2 whole fish, those with large scales work best.26 fish colored in a variety of colors (red, yellow, blue, green, orange, and purple) Put alphabet letters on the fish.Join Swimmy on his adventure and see how he solves this difficult problem. How to keep the bigger fish from eating him and his friends.

Swimmy loves to explore the beautiful sea but there is a problem.

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