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Lesson 5

Fish Math (Peces Matemáticos)

Description of lesson: This cross-curricular (Spanish and math) lesson teaches students to

graph and sort objects by color and reinforces vocabulary for colors and numbers.

Goal: To teach students to graph and sort objects by color and to reinforce vocabulary for
colors and numbers

Objective: Students will be able to graph and sort objects by color

Materials: Colored Goldish® crackers, Fish Sorting Mats (provided), Fish Graph worksheets
(provided), red, blue, green, orange, yellow, and purple construction paper. [Note: Teacher

or students must color in the Fish Sorting Mats and Fish Graphs either prior to, or during, the

lesson, or download color versions from the Whistlefritz® website at www.whistlefritz.com. The

ish boxes on the Fish Sorting Mats and Fish Graphs should be colored red, green, purple,

and orange. The Fish Sorting Mat should be colored as illustrated in the diagram below. The
rectangles containing the ish on the Fish Graph should be colored in the following order from

left to right: red, purple, green, orange.]
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Time: 30 minutes

Activities

Focus and Review: “Let’s review our colors.” (Vamos a repasar los colores.) Show students

each piece of colored construction paper and ask them to identify the colors: red, blue, green,
orange, yellow, and purple..
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