COLORS AT THE STORE

Home-Grown Story Created By

Cindy Reinhard

Theme: Clothing/Shopping

in support of the

Adult ELL Pathway to Literacy Pilot Program

Indianapolis, IN

​

​

​

Level A

Using This Story

​

​

• These stories were created as open educational resources to use with adult English language learners who have limited-literacy skills.
• We encourage using the stories first without words, to introduce and develop students’ oral language before showing them the text.
• Comic Sans font is used in the stories because it closely resembles handwriting.
• The story is meant to be a resource, not a stand-alone curriculum.
• The Yes/No and Wh- question slides are not meant to be shown to the students.

​

@2023. This work is licensed under a CC BY NC 4.0 license by the Pathway to Literacy Program, under the direction of the Immigrant Welcome Center, in Indianapolis, IN. All images in this story, unless otherwise attributed, are from Public Domain or free stock photo images sources, such as Unsplash, Pikist, Pixabay, Pexels, FreePik, Pics4Learning.

Colors at the Store

​

​

​

A

(no text)

The End

Yes / No Questions

​

1. I go driving.
2. I see 2 green caps.
3. I see red glass.
4. I see chairs.
5. I see yellow pants.
6. I see black shoes.

Colors at the Store

​

​

​

A

(with text)

I go shopping.

I see caps.

1 green cap

2 red caps

I see cars.

I see glass.

​

I see red glass.

I see green glass.

I see shirts.

I see red pants.

I see black shoes.

The End

Wh- Questions

1. What color are the cars?
2. What color is the glass?
3. What color is the shirt?
4. What color are the pants?
5. How many caps?

​

​

​

Numbered Sentences

1. I go shopping.
2. I see caps. 1 green cap. 2 red caps.
3. I see cars.
4. I see glass.

Numbered Sentences

​

5. I see red glass.

6. I see green glass.

7. I see shirts.

8. I see red pants.

9. I see black shoes.