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Colors

By Morgan Casey and Victoria Garvin

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Meet Your Teachers

Hi, my name is Victoria I’m a sophomore at Merrimack College and I am learning to be a teacher. When I am not at school I love skating, spending time with my family and going on hikes with my dog. My partner and I have worked really hard on putting together this lesson for you to enjoy at home and we can’t wait for you to start learning.

Hi, my name is Morgan and i am Sophomore at Merrimack College preparing to one day become a teacher. I currently work in a school in my town and i love it so much, it makes me super excited to be able to work with kids just like you all the time. I have a dog named Coco and i love going on walks with her through my town! Me and my partner are so excited for you all to work with us through this lesson and we can't wait to hear what you thought about it.

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Massachusetts Teaching Standard

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work. Explore moving images or interactive art using a variety of media and tools. (PK-K.MA.Cr.01)

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Getting started

What are colors??

-Colors are how you describe the way an object looks based on how you see it, colors can look differently to everyone.

- Colors can look different in the dark, in the sun, and even to your pet

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Let's look at some colors

Primary colors

Yellow

Red

Blue

Secondary colors

Orange

Purple

Green

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Primary color Video

Let's do some review on what our primary and secondary colors are!

Pay close attention to the video to help answer some questions after

Feel free to get up and dance!

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Let's get thinking...

Activity:

  1. Lets get some paper and a pencil
  2. Write down your all time favorite color
  3. Now talk with someone about why this is your favorite color
  4. What is your least favorite color?
  5. Talk with someone about why you don't like this color
  6. Can you tell someone at home if your favorite color is a primary or secondary color?
  7. Can you tell someone at home if your least favorite color is a primary color or secondary color?

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Brown Bear Brown Bear what do you see

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Follow up

  • What are three things you saw in the video?
  • Example: i saw a bear, a horse, and a cat!
  • Now can you tell us the colors of the three things you saw?
  • Example: i saw a brown bear, a blue horse, and a purple cat!

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Colors in our world

Pay close attention to the colors you see in this video and where we can find them outside or inside!

Remember feel free to dance with the song!

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Scavenger Hunt!

Check With Your Parents Then If They Say It Is Okay Go Outside And find Something That Is…

Red Brown

Green Blue

Purple Orange

Pink Yellow

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Print Out Your Own Coloring Pages

Printable Disney Coloring Pages

Plants and Animals Coloring Pages

Seasons Coloring Pages

If You do not have a printer at home use this link to color online…

Online Coloring

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Some places to check out

These are some local museums and galleries that have amazing pieces of artwork and show lots of different colors.Feel free to visit any of these maybe over the summer or on a school vacation!

https://www.timeout.com/boston/things-to-do/where-to-see-art-in-boston

Here is a link to the Museum Of Fine Arts, Boston...feel free to take a look on their website at some really amazing drawings and paintings (they also have a lot of really awesome activities for kids)

https://www.mfa.org/

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End Assessment

  1. During this lesson did you learn about any new colors?
  2. Were you surprised about how many colors you found on your scavenger hunt?
  3. Did you learn anything new about colors?
  4. What was your favorite part about the lesson...was it a song, the book, or the scavenger hunt?

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Thank you!

We both wanted to thank you all for taking the time to work with us! We hoped you enjoyed the lesson and were able to learn something new while still having fun. We guarantee you did an amazing job and we are so happy you choose our lesson!

If you feel as though you would like to give us some feedback we have attached a google form for your comments!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfHw0TkFKnrgzWud2RjX_rbckTPMsr2t_AIRMBoE7t5TlRN5Q/viewform?usp=pp_url