Instructor:TaylorBlair

LessonTitle:ColorsAllAround
CurriculumArea:Art/LanguageSkills

AbilityLevel:PreK
Date:17September2014
Estimatedtime:20minutes

StateStandardandIEPgoal:
LL.P3.1Nameavarietyofpictures/objectsinthenaturalenvironment.
LL.P3.2Usecompletesentencestocommunicate.
AL.P1.3Understandandfollowdirections.
AL.P1.5Demonstrateincreasingabilitytocompletetaskandmaintainconcentrationovertime.
IEPgoal:StudentSFollowingdirectionsbylistening
StudentBarticulation
LearningObjective:Studentswillbeabletoidentifythecolorofaspecificobjectusingafull
sentence.
EvaluationofLearningObjective:Studentswillcorrectlyidentifythecolorandtheobject
presentedtothembystatingtwocompletesentenceswithoutprompting.
Engagement:OkayboysandgirlsIwanteachofyoutothinkofacolorandraiseyourhand
onceyouthinkofone.NowifIcallonsomeoneandtheysaythecoloryouarethinkingof,I
wantyoutoputyourhanddownunlessyouthinkofanothercolor!Sodonotrepeatacolorthat
hasalreadybeensaid.Teacherwillcallonstudentsuntilred,orange,yellow,green,blue,pink
andpurplehavebeensaid.Greatthinkingboysandgirls!Weknowourcolors!Letsseeifyou
allcannamethecolorIshowyou!AsIholdupanotecardwithacoloronit,Iwantyouto
raiseyourhandtotellmewhatcoloritis.Teacherwillholdupdifferentcolornotecardscalling
oneachstudent(preferablyadifferentstudenteachtime)untilallofthecolorshavebeen
identified.
LearningDesignOutline:
I.
TeachingNow,doyouseethesecolorsatschool?Whataboutwhenyougohomeor
whenyoulookoutsidethewindow,orwhenyourideinthecar,attheplaygroundor
inthegrocerystore?Raiseyourhandifyoucangivemeexamplesofcolorsyousee
athomeorotherplaces.Teacherwillcallonstudentstoshare.Verygood!Todaywe
aregoingtolearntonamethecolorsofdifferentobjectsweseeallthetime!First,I
amgoingtoreadyouabookaboutseeingcolorsallarounduseachdaycalled
LemonsAreNotRed.TeacherwillreadLemonsAreNotRedanddiscuss.See
howthebookusesfullsentencestotellwhattheobjectisanditscolor.Lemonsare
yellow.TeacherwillgobackthroughandidentifytheobjectanditscolorSeehowI
identifiedeachobjectbywhatcoloritis?Pauseforstudentresponse.
II.
OpportunityforPracticeNowwearegoingtowatchavideoandnamethecolors
andthefoodsweseeineverydaylife!Inthisvideowearegoingtothegrocerystore
buyingfoodsofalldifferentcolors!AsIpickdifferentfoodsandidentifythem,Iwant
youtoraiseyourhandifyoucanrepeatthesentenceIusedbacktome!Forexample

III.

IV.

ifIpickupalemonandtellyou,thelemonisyellowthenIwantyoutorepeatthat
rightbacktome!Idontwantyoutojustsaylemonorjustyellow.Teacherwill
playthevideoandpauseitatthetimeswhenthestudentswillidentifythefoodand
itscolor.Teacherwilldothisforeachitemoffood.(Corn,strawberries,carrots,
broccoli,blueberries,tomatoesgrapes,milk)
AssessmentNowthatyouallhavedonesuchawonderfuljobnamingthecolorsof
thedifferentfoods,wearegoingtonamethecolorsofdifferentobjectsweseeall
aroundus!ForexampleifIshowyouapictureofafiretruckthatiscoloredredyou
aregoingtotellme,Thefiretruckisred.Iwantyoutotellmewhattheobjectis
andwhatcoloritis;justlikewedidinthegrocerystoreusingfullsentences,notjust
oneword!Teacherwillgoaroundthetableaskingeachindividualstudenttoidentify
thenameoftheobjectanditscolorusingasentence.Theteacherwilldothisuntil
eachstudenthashadtheopportunitytoidentifyatleasttwoobjects!
ClosureYoualldidawonderfuljobnamingthecolorsofdifferentobjectswesee
everyday!Nowwhenyougohome,Iwantyoutopracticenamingthecolors.Ifyou
seeabluebook,saythatbookisblue!Orifyouseearedcar,saythatcarisred!Itis
soimportantthatwecantellwhatcolorsarewhich!Iamsoproudofeachofyoufor
beinggoodlistenersandworkerstoday!

ResourcesandMaterials:
ColoredNotecards
LemonsAreNotRedbyLauraVaccaroSeeger
Video
Picturesofcoloredobjects
PlansforIndividualLearners:
StudentBwillneedtofocusonarticulationratherthanrecognition.Teachermayneedto
promptthestudentsothathecanrepeatthestatementbackpracticingarticulation.Ifthestudent
isabletoidentifythecolor/objectonhisowntheteacherwillhavethestudentrepeattheanswer
topracticearticulation.
StudentSmaygetdistracted,thereforetheteacherneedstobeawarethatheisbeing
calledonappropriatelyorthestudentshouldberemindedtoListenupbecausethisnextpartit
isveryimportant.StudentSwillbeseatedinaspecificrockingchairthatwillhelphimto
resistmovingaroundinhisseat.
ExtensionStudentVandMwillwalkaroundtheroomidentifyingdifferentobjectsand
itscolor.
DataAnalysis:
Eachstudentwasabletoidentify2differentobjectsandtheircolorsbystatinga
completesentencewithoutprompting.Thecontentwasanewconceptforthestudents,butusing
repetitionandavarietyofexamples/nonexamplesmadetheactivityaccomplishable.As
expectedStudentBhaddifficultyarticulating,butwhenaskedtorepeathisstatementshewas
louderandclearerwithhisarticulation.

Reflection:

ThislessonwentbetterthanIhadanticipated.Thestudentswerecapableofspeaking
morethanIthoughttheywere.Ilearnednottounderestimatewhatthestudentscandoorwhat
theylearnveryquickly.ChangesIwouldmakewouldbetohavesomesortofhandsonportion,
althoughthelessonwasshortinordertoholdtheirattention,Ithinkmanipulativesworkvery
wellforPreKespeciallyforthestudentswhoneedhelpwithfinemotorskills.Ilearnedthat
planningfordifferentiationtakestimeandplanninginordertoreallyincorporatethebestwayto
helpastudentlearnthewaytheyneedto.