The Pout-Pout Fish
By Deborah Diesen
Pictures by Dan Hanna
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Copyright date: March 2008
Number of pages: 32
Age Level: 3-6
Picture Book
A pout-pout fish swims around deep in the ocean with a permanent frown on his face. He believes that because he is a pout-pout fish he should naturally "spread the dreary-wearies all over the place". Many of his friends approach him with advice on how to change but he continues to believe he is destined to be glum. His attitude and outlook on life changes when an unknown fish comes along and gets him to realize he can put other expressions on his face and he can change his outlook on life.
The Pout-Pout Fish is a great book to base a Kindergarten timeline lesson around. After reading the book to the class, I would draw four boxes on the whiteboard titling them "First", "Next", "Then", and "Last". As a class we would decide what came first, next, then, and last. I would write one sentence in each box according to their suggestions. Next I would pass out a worksheet with four boxes and have the students write the titles (first, next, then, last) at the top of each box then draw a picture to accompany our sentences we created together.
Awards: 2009 Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year, Missouri Building Block Picture Book Award, Colorado Children's Book Award Master List
I have never heard of this book but it looks and sounds like it would be a great resource in the classroom. It talks about attitude and how your perception can change everything. This is an important lesson to share with kids. I also really like your lesson idea. It is creative and very useful especially for younger grades when students are just beginning to really get into writing.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like it would be a great book for sequencing for younger students. By getting them to understand this at an early age will really help them moving forward in school.
ReplyDeleteI want this book!! It sounds really cute. Your idea of how to use it in a lesson will give student the opportunity to interact with the story and increase comprehension, as well as, reinforce the concept of story plot and structure.
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