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by Marcus Pfister
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Ms. Morris' Classroom Library
Ms. Morris' Classroom Library rated it 6 years ago
The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister is about a beautiful fish who learns to make friends by sharing his most prized possessions. He shares his shimmering scales with others. This book has a great theme of sharing, with rainbow-colored foil stamping glitters on every page. Guided Reading: Level M ...
JessicaCRoberts
JessicaCRoberts rated it 6 years ago
Review: This book is all about sharing and friendship. This book is a great way to introduce the importance of sharing with students. The fish in this book feels like he is the only fish in the whole ocean. That is until he shares his shiny scales with some other friends in the ocean and that brings...
Ready Readers
Ready Readers rated it 6 years ago
The Rainbow Fish is a cute and fun tale about happiness and friendliness. This book is known for its art and morally driven story. The leveling system is The Lexile, reading level AD610L. Students can create a beautiful fish with foil papers, paints and construction paper. Once their fish is created...
Ms. Mascia's Classroom Library
Ms. Mascia's Classroom Library rated it 6 years ago
A sweet story about a fish that is learning how to share. A fish is happier when they are sharing with others. Sometimes even sharing their very special sparkly scales. The other friends start to befriend this fish and accept them for who he is, rather than just a pretty sparkly fish, especially now...
Miss Osi's Favorite Books
Miss Osi's Favorite Books rated it 6 years ago
This book was written and illustrated for children. This book is about a fish who finds friendship when he learns how to share.The purpose of this book is to teach children important morals like the importance of sharing and how sharing can bring happiness and acceptance. Therefore, I would incorpor...
Some of Ms. Pierson's Favorite Books!
I remember reading this story in elementary school and loving it! It is about a little fish in the ocean and he is so beautiful and all the other fish wanted to look like him. He refused to give the other fish his scales so they all left him alone. He is sad about this and later comes around and dec...
MarissaKendrick
MarissaKendrick rated it 6 years ago
The Rainbow Fish is a childhood classic that teaches children the importance of sharing. In this story we are introduced to Rainbow Fish, the most beautiful fish in the sea. He is selfish with his scales and does not want to share them, which quickly causes him to be friendless. Rainbow Fish seeks t...
All About Books!
All About Books! rated it 6 years ago
The Rainbow Fish Guided Reading: Level M This book is about a rainbow fish that makes new friends by sharing his most prize possessions, his shiny scales. This a great book to show students how to make new friends. I would read this book on the first day of school. I would then ask the students what...
galadriel811
galadriel811 rated it 6 years ago
Rainbow Fish is about a fish who is not friendly to other fish and ends up lonely. He receives great advice from the Octopus to share his scales. Once he gives away his prized possessions he has lots of fish friends and is happy. Lexile Measure: AD610L I would use this in the classroom to make a...
Dara Beth's Classroom Library
Dara Beth's Classroom Library rated it 6 years ago
The Rainbow Fish was published in 1992 by Marcus Pfister. The story begins by the Rainbow Fish explaining that he is the most beautiful type of fish in the whole ocean because of his rainbow and sparkly scales. With his cocky attitude, he initially rejects the invite to play with the other fish. One...
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