Reading Plan

“The Pout Pout Fish”

Book Information:
Book: The Pout Pout Fish
Author: Deborah Diesen
Illustrated by: Dan Hanna
Level: Kindergarten-2nd grade

Introduction:

“The Pout Pout Fish” by Deborah Diesen is related to my E-unit theme “Under the Sea”.
The book is about a fish who is sad all the time because he believes that he is only capable of
being a sad pout pout fish. This all changes once a fish gives him a kiss and he realizes he can be
happy. This book is great to use as a shared reading book because there are capital and lower
case letters, it has many words with multiple syllables, and it also rhymes. You can also use this
book to teach high frequency sight words along with other sight words that have to do with
marine life. Last, it can be used to teach phonics and the analyzation of words.

Focus 1 - Alphabet Knowledge

Standard/Indicator:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.K.1.D:

Recognize and name all upper- and lowercase letters of the alphabet.

Activity to Teach Alphabet Knowledge: Letter Matching

Alphabet knowledge is very important for a student to be successful at reading. A student

who is unable to identify upper and lower case letters, they will have trouble reading because of
the different sounds they make. A good way to teach recognition of upper and lowercase letters
is letter matching. Students each get a chart with all lower case letters (kind of resembles a bingo
board) and a sheet of all upper case letters that go hand and hand with the chart. The students
will them cut out all of the uppercase letters and have to match them with the lower case letters.
The teacher will go through each letter and start with sounding out the lower case letter, followed
by sounding out the upper case letters showing the difference in their sounds. For example,
teacher will read the first letter “a” and sound out the short sound. Then the teacher will ask the
students to identify the capital “A” and have then sound out the long “A” sound.
 Focus 2: Phonological or Phonemic Awareness

Standard/Indicator:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.K.2

Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes).

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.K.2.E

Add or substitute individual sounds (phonemes) in simple, one-syllable words to make new
words.

Activity to Teach Phonemic Awareness: Swimming through the sea, tell me what you see!

Working with syllables within words is super important for a successful readers. It allows
students to be able to identify how words can be split up into smaller parts according to their
sounds. Also, as the student progresses they will be able to add or substitute individual sounds in
one syllable words. The activity to teach phonemic awareness going along with the “Under the
Sea” theme is called “Swimming through the sea, tell me what you see!” In this activity the
students sit in a circle and pass around a stuffed animal (preferably a marine animal to go along
with the book/theme) and the teacher says to each student “Swimming through the sea, tell me
what you see!” The student them responds with one word that they may have read in “The Pout
Pout Fish” or a creature or thing that comes from the ocean. The teacher then has all the students
repeat the word back clapping out all of the syllables. Then the teacher will have all the students
whisper the word again quietly clapping all of the syllables. Then the student will pass the
stuffed animal to the next student and it will start all over again. An example of this would be:

Teacher: “Swimming through the sea, tell me what you see”

Student: A “Starfish”

All Students: “Starfish!” *clapping out each syllable*

All Students whispering “starfish” *quietly clapping each syllable*

Focus 3: Sight Words

Standard/Indicator:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.K.3.C

Read common high-frequency words by sight (e.g., the, of, to, you, she, my, is, are, do, does).

Activity to Teach Sight Words: Sight Word Tic Tac Toe

It is extremely important for students to be able to read and recognize high frequency
sight words. Here's a fun take on the old Tic-Tac-Toe game using sight words. To play, each
student has to choose a sight word and repeatedly write the word in a tic-tac-toe grid. Each
time they write the word, they have to read it too. The first person to write down and read
three in a row is the winner! This activity reinforces the use of high frequency sight words,
and allows kids to start memorizing and be able to recognize them in a text.

Day 4: Analogizing Words

Standard/Indicator:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.K.3.D

Distinguish between similarly spelled words by identifying the sounds of the letters that differ.

Activity to Teach Analogizing Words: Onset and Rime Word Make Game

This activity will have students blend onsets and rimes to make words. The teacher will
make two bags, one for onsets, and one for rimes at the center. Each student will get a worksheet
to list the onsets and times. Taking turns, students select four cards from the onset bag, and two
cards from the rime bag. They will then record them on their worksheets. Then have the students
make as many words as possible from combining onset and rime cards one at a time. Read aloud
each word and have students record it on their worksheet.
 Focus 5: Phonics

Standard/Indicator:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.K.3

Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

Activity to Teach Phonics: Beginning Sounds Clip Cards!

This activity helps students use pictures to identify beginning sounds and relate them to
other words. The picture card as a main picture (ex. Alligator), and has three smaller pictures
underneath (ex. Bell, drum, and an apple). The students then figure out which of those three
smaller pictures makes the same beginning sound as the big picture on top.

“Which picture sounds like Alligator- “a” “a” “a”

“is it bell? b/b/b”

“is it drum? d/d/d”

“is it apple? a/a/a”

Once the student figures out the right answer they then clip the clothes pin on the corresponding
picture. To relate this to my unit, I would make the main pictures ocean themed.
 In conclusion, all of the activities above will help the students become successful readers.
The activities will allow students to be able to decode words that sound similar, identify upper
and lower case letters, identify multiple syllables within a word, and accurately identify basic
sight words. Doing these activities, following reading the book “The Pout Pout Fish” will allow
students to relate them to the story, and be able to follow a story line.