California Career and Technical Education Standards

• HTR.B.B6.1 Know the qualities and properties of food items and ingredients used in food pre...
• HTR.B.B6.4 Prepare food by using the correct techniques and procedures specified in recipes...

California Academic Content Standards (Reinforced)

• ELA.9-10.R.CAGT.2.4 Synthesize the content from several sources or works by a single author dealing ...32

• Terms To Know for Fish Basics - Independent Practice

  This is a preliminary activity the students do while you are taking roll. Give the students a copy of Activity Sheet A "Terms to Know in Fish Basics," have them review the terms used in the lesson while they are waiting for class to begin. I sometimes wonder if the students are actually reviewing the vocabulary terms or are they just mindlessly recording information. So for this lesson I've included a mindmap worksheet (The sequence of events chain organizer,) that we will use as reinforcement in our next activity.

  • Terms Used in Fish Basics Activity Sheet A.doc [ Download ] Vocabulary terms
• Draw me a Picture - Hooks / Set

  There are so many possibilities for your hook here. You could have a "Sports Fishing" video playing,or a giant "Fish Flag"  you got in China Town hanging up. Or you could have a plate of iced fish on display. I believe visible clues really help to get the students motivated and the more senses you can involve the better. So I'm going with a plate of fish.

  To begin the lesson I tell my students: It's been said that cooking is more than a skill it's an art. So to begin our lesson today were going to practice our artistic skills by drawing a picture of today's topic. By the way does anybody want to guess what are topic is today? (Hopefully some one says..... Fish?.)

  Teacher note: At this point hand out the "Stream to River to Ocean," Activity sheet.

  Purpose: This activity will get the students ready to learn by allowing them to start with a different type of assignment and to tie in their vocabulary review words with a graphic organizer, " The Life Cycle of an Anadromous Fin Fish." 

  Since the drawing is a salmon which is an example of an anadromous fish, pass out the sequence organizer worksheet entitled " Life Cycle of Anadromous Fish," and have students complete.

  Teacher note: Go throughout the room and check for the students understanding of the assignment and to make individual comments. Collect the assignments and post on the wall.

  • Draw me a Picture Activity 1 worksheet.doc [ Download ] Directions on how to draw a fish
  • Stream to River to Ocean [ Download ] Student Worksheet
  • Sequence Chain for Anadromous fish.doc [ Download ] Sequence Organizer Life Cycle
  • Life Cycle Key [ Download ]
• Open Reading - Group Work

  This activity should be read together by assigning a paragraph to each of the students. After I open with the first paragraph then student 1, for one paragraph, student 2 for one paragraph,  student 3, and so on. 

  When choosing students pick twice as many as you need. Then assign each student a number and a letter e.g. John is #1A, Dillion is #1B Susan is #2A, Anna is #2B etc. What I do is put an equal number of A and B slips in a bowl and pick it just before the next person is to read. So the next reader might be 2A or it might be 2B. I do this to keep more students engaged for a longer period of time. 

  Teacher Note: After everyone has a position 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B, etc. distribute the reading Material entitled " In the Beginning." 

  • In the Beginning [ Download ] Reading Material
  • Fish Basics Reading Material [ Download ]
  • Fish Story Student Activity Sheet [ Download ]
  • Fish Story Key [ Download ]
• Quality Characteristics of a Fresh Fish - Guided Practice

  Student returns to reading activity to collect data in order to complete the "Quality Characteristics of Fresh Fish worksheet" and the "Market Forms of Fish", activity sheet 4.

  • Quality Characteristics of Fish.doc [ Download ] What to look for when purchasing and storing fresh fish.
  • Quality Characteristics key.doc [ Download ] expected answers to Students worksheet
  • Market Forms of Fish [ Download ] Student Worksheet
  • Market Forms of Fish Key [ Download ]