Fish Dish

This is an awesome project that I originally found on a wonderful blog named Deep Space Sparkle (http://www.deepspacesparkle.com/2012/03/19/ceramic-fish-art-project/). 2nd and 3rd graders used air dry clay, fish template, clay tools, textured items, styrofoam bowls and acrylic paint (students only had the primary colors, white and black) to design their very own fish dish. We first looked at a bunch of different types of fish (I had mainly colorful ones) and compared the way fish are illustrator vs how they look in real life. We used the book Rainbow Fish and One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish to make our comparisons. Students created their own fish dish and painted them using their knowledge of color.