Paper Plate Fishing

Fishing is a fun activity that one can enjoy with with friends, family, or oneself. Today in class went fishing, but not at a lake with fishing poles. We went with markers and paper plates! Here is the procedure:

1. Have students design a repeating pattern using geometric shapes. 
2. Implement the pattern onto a premade checkered grid on a paper plate. 
3. Have students color in their shape using colors they chose. 
4. Students need to neatly color a the border of the fish. 
5. Have students cut a triangle out for the mouth, and glue it as the fish's fin. 
6. Have students glue the tail and eyeball on.

**Extension Activity**

Since this project deals with patterns, this project could easily incorporate math and numbers. The grid could be filled with numbers or a numerical sequence. The students would have fun figuring out different math patterns and implementing them onto their fish!