STORYTIME 2
After Reading Aloud Talk About It! Help children recall what happened in the beginning, middle, and end of the story. How many fish are there in the beginning? How many fish leave the group each time we turn the page? What happens when one fish is left all alone? How is the end of the story like the beginning? Act It Out Use the character cards to retell the story. Invite children to take turns holding the cards and acting out the story as you say the rhyme. You can also help children tell new number stories using the fish character cards. Reread Focus on rhyme as you reread the book. Invite children to call out the new number word as you turn each page. Make a connection between the number word and the word it rhymes with by saying both words together: line , nine . English Language Development Use hands-on materials to support children’s comprehension as you read the story. Make fish- shaped cutouts from construction paper, ten per child. Have children place their fish in a line. Tell children to take away or add fish to match the story action as you read aloud. Research Connection Just as children learn letters, letter names, and that letters can represent sounds and spoken words, they learn the same about numbers. First, children learn that there is a set of fixed number names and that the numbers are ordered. Then they learn that each number name matches a quantity of things. As with alphabet knowledge, number knowledge grows with exposure and practice over time.
Ten Little Fish is a fun counting rhyme that tells the story of little fish swimming through the sea and what happens to them one by one.
Invite children to be fish. Model acting out the sequence of jumping in and out of the water, swimming forward and backward. Fish Fun Let’s pretend we’re all swimming in water. Let’s jump in. Splash! Now, let’s swim forward. Splish! Splash! Now, let’s swim backward. Splish! Splash! Finally, let’s swim back to our places. Swimming is so much fun! Share the Read-Aloud Introduce Ten Little Fish Read aloud the title and the author’s and illustrator’s names on the front cover. Then turn to the back cover and read aloud the rhyme. Do you see ten little fish swimming in the sea? Help me count them. Let’s read to find out what sorts of fun these ten little fish have! Read Interactively As you read this counting story, use an expressive voice to build suspense for what happens next. Let’s count these little fish. Say the numbers with me as I point to each fish. This little fish is leaving the line. What is it doing? Where is it going? Now how many fish will be left? Let’s count to see.
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