Danielle Koncius
"One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish" Dr. Seuss

 

One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish is a classic Dr. Seuss book from the 1960’s that will be a classroom favorite for many generations to come. This book is a favorite by many people, and myself, because of the fun rhyming and the creative illustrations. I have always enjoyed the ‘easy-to-read’ style of this book and it will always be something that I will look back. One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish is a book about a boy and a girl and all of the amazing, creative creatures of Dr. Seuss’s imagination.

This beginner’s book is a magical beginning that blends words and pictures as well as encouraging children to start reading on their own. One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish is ideal for emergent readers and could be used at the start of many different lessons and activities. I would ideally use this book for a kindergarten classroom and complete a whole group reading to the class. The standards that I would refer to are:

·         CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.K.3 With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story.

·         CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.K.5 Recognize common types of texts (e.g., storybooks, poems)

The theme of this book that I appreciate and find so appropriate for this age group is how there are different kinds of people everywhere and it is important to accept them and take a chance to learn about who they are.