Koi Fish & Chinese Calligraphy.

All kindergarten, first, and second grade students should now know the story, The Legend of the Dragon Gate, about a koi fish who perseveres through a hard journey and becomes a Chinese dragon!  I've included the video the students were shown, where wonderful illustrations tell the story of that koi fish.  The students then created paintings of koi fish with the Chinese calligraphy symbol for "fish."  I have many Chinese calligraphy symbols displayed in my classroom - - many of the students didn't want to just use the symbol for fish, so they painted a variety of other symbols, too!