Another project we did this week was paper plate fish. At the beginning of the lesson, we talked about geometric shapes and patterns. The first step was to create a geometric pattern using 3 different shapes on a piece of scrap paper. One requirement was we had to have a square in our pattern. Then we copied that pattern onto the grid that was made on our fish. Each shape had to be a different color and it had to fill up the entire square. After we drew and colored each shape, we could color the rest of our fish. We could use whatever pattern and colors we wanted to color the rest of our fish.
Once our fish was colored, we cut the mouth out. The piece that we cut out became the fin of our fish. Now we were given our back tail fin. We were allowed to color it however we pleased. The last steps were to glue on an eye and draw gills between the mouth and fin.
An extension activity would be to incorporate this into a science lesson. The students could do an in-depth study of fish. We had to draw fins on our fish, so the students could study about gills and other parts of the fish. They could also learn about where different fish live and their life cycle.
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