Lesson Plan Example

 

Unit Topic: Colors

Grade: Kindergarten

Lesson Topic/Theme: Mixing and Learning Colors

Lesson Objectives:

    1.     The student should be able to learn the names of colors through online and physical activities involved with paint.

    2.     The students are expected to learn how secondary colors (purple, orange, and green) are made by mixing primary colors (red, yellow, and blue).

    3.     We are hoping that every lesson will be able to help both visual and verbal learners learn how to mix colors and know the names of at least two or three colors.

Instructional Techniques:

    1.    After a lecture of how to go online to the website, students will be asked to go online to http://www.turtlediary.com/kindergarten-games/puzzle-games/color-factory.html and play the game, “Color Factory.”

a.    Instructional Materials:

i.    One computer/laptop for every student in class

    2.    The teacher will show the students, through demonstration, how to mix two primary paint colors on a paper plate to get a secondary color. The teacher will have the students mix two of their favorite colors that they learned about in “Color Factory,” and then will finger paint with those two colors on an easel.

a.    Instructional Materials:

i.    Two paper plates per student

ii.   Smocks for each student

iii.  Paint in all primary colors as well as black and white

    3.    After a lecture of how to go online to the website, students will be asked to go online to http://www.pbskids.org/curiousgeorge/games/mix_and_paint/mix_and_paint.html and play the game, “Mix and Paint.”

a.    Instructional Materials:

i.    One computer/laptop for every student in class

Theoretical Perspective:

        This information is helpful for students to learn about because it gives them familiarity with the names of different colors, as well as what the colors look like and how they are made. To have knowledge of the names and looks of colors are basic necessities in learning how to view the world around oneself. This can help so many aspects of life ranging from coordinating outfits all the way to pursuing an artistic career.

Procedure:

    1.    Introductory Activity

a.    Have the children form a circle and go around the group asking each child what their favorite color is.

b.    Read a book about colors

i.    Red is a Dragon: A Book of Colors by Roseanne Thong and Grace Lin

This book is about a young Asian girl who notices colors in the world around her. This rhyming book concludes by encouraging kids to look for colors in the world around them (Ages 1+).

ii.   Mouse Paint by Ellen Stohl Walsh

3 playful mice introduce kids to mixing colors (Ages 2+).

Step-By-Step

a.    Go online to http://www.turtlediary.com/kindergarten-games/puzzle-games/color-factory.html and play the game, “Color Factory.”

i.    “Color Factory” is a coloring activity that helps the student build their artistic skills. This game has a fun mix-and-match coloring game that not only reinforces the concept of basic colors, but also teaches kids the technique of color combination to create new colors. Through this game, children are playing to learn and learning to play.

ii.   Play this game for about 20 minutes, until everybody has a basic understanding of which colors make what.

b.     Once everybody is done playing, the teacher will make a list of all the colors listed in that game. Then, they’ll ask their students to raise their hands for which two colors they liked the best. The list will look something along the lines of:

 

Orange	Green	Purple	Light Purple	Dark Green
Mike	Shay	Isabella	George	Mike
Emily	Jimmy	Lacey	Emily	Grant
Kristen	Kristen	George	Lacey	Isabella
Sean	Grant	Sean	Jimmy	Shay

 

c.    As soon as everybody has their two favorite colors written in the list, they will finger paint with their two favorite colors.

This activity needs:

i.    Two paper plates for each student in the class

ii.   Primary paint colors and black and white paint colors

iii.   Smocks for each of them to wear

iv.   Easels

v.    Paper

The children will be asked to mix the primary colors to get their two favorite secondary colors, and finger paint with those colors (For example, Isabella likes purple and dark green, so she will need to mix red and blue on one paper plate, and yellow, blue, and black on the other paper plate).

d.    Finally, after hanging up their paintings and washing their hands, the children will be asked to go back onto the computers and log onto http://www.pbskids.org/curiousgeorge/games/mix_and_paint/mix_and_paint.html and will be asked to play one last online activity that lets them mix colors and color pictures online.

i.    “Mix and Paint” is designed to let students mix primary colors and also to lighten them using white. If they carefully pay attention, they can create an incredibly rich array of new colors.

ii.   This website requires Flash, and usually takes about 2-3 minutes to completely load.

iii.   With this game, students will be given a worksheet to assess what they have learned. There will be three separate color combinations that can be mixed together; they will be required to color in the blank circles with the correct color after being mixed.

Closure: To end the day’s lesson, the class will regroup back into the circle and go around naming one new color they learned to make, and how they learned to make it.

Evaluation: We will determine if we’ve met our objectives after:
            1.    The first online game when the children begin to recognize the names of secondary colors.

                    a.    By the end of the day when we go around in the circle and hear each kid name a new color that they learned.

Concerns/Questions: Our only concern would be what the ratio of visual learners to verbal learners is, and how to go about making sure everyone has the same understanding of mixing colors.

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