I. Curricular Framework

Concept:

Attributes

Essential Question:

How does color help us identify objects?

Bridge:

My Color Book

Content:

Color Words and the Rainbow

Outcomes:

II. Standards Aligned

III. Instruction and Assessment

1. Connect: Connecting to the Concept Experientially

Objective: To learn and sing a song about colors.

Activity: Sing the song, "I Like Red" (to the tune of "Three Blind Mice"). I LIKE RED Lyrics by Rozanne Williams

“I like red, I like red. Do you like it too? Do you like it too? Red is the color of lollipops, A setting sun and a pair of socks. Did you ever see such a color, my friend As red, red, red? I like blue, I like blue. Do you like it too? Do you like it too? Blue is the color of oceans and skies, Brand-new jeans and my grandmother's eyes. Did you ever see such a color so true As blue, blue, blue? I like yellow, I like yellow. Do you like it too? Do you like it too? Yellow is sunny and yellow is bright. Yellow's the color of the moon at night. Yellow can shine and yellow can glow. It's yellow, yellow, yellow. I like green, I like green. Do you like it too? Do you like it too? Green is the grass and the leaf of a tree, A bright green sweater made just for me. Green is the color of vines filled with beans. It's green, green, green. I like orange, I like orange. Do you like it too? Do you like it too? A carrot is orange, a popsicle too, An apricot and the sun I drew, A fruit tree drawn with an orange or two Is orange, orange, orange. I like brown, I like brown. Do you like it too? Do you like it too? Brown is the color of new leather shoes, Toast in the morning, a cow that moos. What do you think of the color I found? It's brown, brown, brown. I like purple, I like purple. Do you like it too? Do you like it too? Purple's the color of grapes and a plum, The color I see when I bruise my thumb. Name all the things you know that are purple, Purple, purple, purple. “

Assessment: Did the children learn the song?

2. Attend: Attending to the Connection

Objective: To talk about their favorite colors.

Activity: Discuss their favorite colors and why they like that color or colors.

Assessment: Did everyone share with the group?

Assessment, Phase One, Level of Engagement, Fascination:

3. Image: Creating a Mental Picture

Objective: To demonstrate their ability to color using different colors.

Activity: Review song I LIKE RED. Brainstorm things that are each of the different colors. Can make a list of the ideas under each of the color names or a splotch of each color. Make a book by cutting out verses of song, glue them on separate blank sheets of paper, and draw pictures using the color on the page. Students design a cover and combine the pages into their personal book of colors.

Assessment: Are the pictures the children's own ideas? Did they complete the book?

Assessment, Phase Two, Seeing the Big Picture:

4. Inform: Receiving Facts & Knowledge

Objective: To learn the sequence of colors of the rainbow and color words of rainbow.

Activity: Teacher teaches the correct sequence of the colors of the rainbow. Teacher uses the color words, as well as the actual colors of rainbow. Teacher uses decoding skills, such as beginning and ending sounds, to help teach color words.

Assessment: Can the children sequence the rainbow both in colors and color words?

Assessment, Phase Three, Success with Acquiring Knowledge:

5. Practice: Developing Skills

Objective: To sequence the colors of the rainbow by themselves. To sequence the color words of the rainbow by themselves.

Activity: Color a worksheet containing a picture of a rainbow or have them arrange the colors of the rainbow in the correct sequence. Match color words to the colored rainbow.

Assessment: Can the children sequence the colors of the rainbow? Can the children match the color words to a colored rainbow?

Assessment, Phase Four, Success with Acquiring Skills:

6. Extend: Extending Learning to the Outside World

Objective: To make up their own rainbow (any shape, they can use the correct sequence of colors or create their own sequence).

Activity: Given a variety of media to work with, such as colors, markers, paints, construction paper, etc., design their own rainbow. Encourage them to use any shape and they can sequence the colors or make up their own sequence of colors.

Assessment: Their rainbows will be their evaluation.

7. Refine: Refining the Extension

Objective: To transfer their personal rainbows to larger paper.

Activity: Give each child a 18" by 24" paper and have each one enlarge their "original" rainbow on this large sheet of paper.

Assessment: Can they transfer their "original" rainbow to the large paper?

8. Perform: Creative Manifestation of Material Learned

Objective: To share their creations with each other and then display in hall outside of room.

Activity: Let each child show and tell their rainbow. Hang them up in the hall outside of room for the rest of the school to enjoy.

Assessment: Did everyone show and tell? The display will show our talent.

Assessment, Phase Five,Performance, Creative Use of Material Learned: