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We always begin our school year with several days of color themed activities. This gives us a chance to get to know our students and their academic levels while reviewing skills and establishing our routines and schedules. Each day we focus on a different color. We do a variety of activities that involve vocabulary recognition, literature, art, and writing. We ask parents to volunteer to send special color day snacks for us and we have the students all try to dress in our color of the day. We hope you and your students enjoy this unit as much as we always do. If you have any questions, comments or feedback we would love to hear from you. Diane and Kelly

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This week we will begin a color theme. This will go along with our review and assessments so I can get to know your childs academic level. We will plan to work with a different color each day doing activities that involve vocabulary recognition, literature, art, writing, and even eating a snack. I am asking that the children all try to wear something showing the color each day that we will be working with. Here is a schedule to keep handy to help your child dress wearing the color of the day.

color Red Blue Yellow Green Orange Purple Pink Black/white Brown rainbow

date

Red Blue Yellow Green Orange Purple Pink Black/white Brown rainbow

worksheets

COLOR WORD OF THE DAY

Each day the teacher will display the color word poster of the day. Students will write the color word three times neatly using the lines and spaces correctly. Then they will sound spell a word to finish each color word sentence and draw a picture to illustrate their sentence.

COLOR WORD SENTENCE SCRAMBLE

Students will cut out the words and arrange them to make a complete sentence about each color. Then they will write the sentence using correct capitalization and punctuation.

______

is red.

red

red ______ ______ ______

Practice writing the

color word on the line using your neatest handwriting.

Name:___________________

Name:_________________________

__________________
is The red.

apple

______

is blue.

blue

blue ______ ______ ______

Practice writing the

color word on the line using your neatest handwriting.

Name:___________________

Name:_________________________

__________________
a I see box.

blue

______

is yellow.

yellow

yellow ______ ______ ______

Practice writing the

color word on the line using your neatest handwriting.

Name:___________________

Name:_________________________

__________________
is sun yellow.

The

______

is green.

green

green ______ ______ ______

Practice writing the

color word on the line using your neatest handwriting.

Name:___________________

Name:_________________________

__________________
A is green.

frog

______

is orange.

orange

orange ______ ______ ______

Practice writing the

color word on the line using your neatest handwriting.

Name:___________________

Name:_________________________

__________________
the cat.

Look orange at

______

is purple.

purple

purple ______ ______ ______

Practice writing the

color word on the line using your neatest handwriting.

Name:___________________

Name:_________________________

__________________
cap the purple?

Is

______

is pink.

pink

pink ______ ______ ______

Practice writing the

color word on the line using your neatest handwriting.

Name:___________________

Name:_________________________

__________________

likes She pink hearts.

______

is black.

black

black ______ ______ ______

Practice writing the

color word on the line using your neatest handwriting.

Name:___________________

Name:_________________________

__________________

The black has dog spots.

______

is white.

white

white ______ ______ ______

Practice writing the

color word on the line using your neatest handwriting.

Name:___________________

Name:_________________________

__________________
A white. is

cloud

______

is brown.

brown

brown ______ ______ ______

Practice writing the

color word on the line using your neatest handwriting.

Name:___________________

Name:_________________________

__________________
is dog

My brown.

literature

day

Students will create a page for a class book using their name, a color word and a clothing item.

Students will compare/contrast events from the two stories using a venn diagram.

MARY WORE HER RED DRESS

After reading the book aloud have students each create a page for a class book. Begin by brainstorming a list together of clothing items. Then let students choose an item from the list and finish the sentence using their name and a color word to fill in the blanks. Examples: Diane wore her pink shorts all day long. Kelly wore her black shoes all day long.

Mary Wore Her REd Dress . . . What Did You Wear?

our class book

________ wore her _______ _______

All day long.

________ wore his _______ _______

All day long.

COMPARE/CONTRAST
A VENN DIAGRAM ACTIVITY
For this activity you will read The Little Red Hen and The Little Red Hen (Makes a Pizza) aloud to your class. Then students will compare and contrast the two stories by cutting out the cards and deciding which story they best describe. If a card goes with both stories they will glue it in the middle of the Venn Diagram.

1.

went to The market shared

2.

baked a pizza
went to the hardware store

3.

4.

5.

baked a loaf of bread

6.

Friends said not I did not share

7.

Little Red Hen

8.

Directions Cut out the cards and decide which story they best describe. Glue them in the correct circle. If they describe both stories glue them in the middle.

1.

went to The market shared

2.

baked a pizza
went to the hardware store

3.

4.

5.

baked a loaf of bread

6.

Friends said not I did not share

7.

Little Red Hen

8.

Directions Cut out the cards and decide which story they best describe. Glue them in the correct circle. If they describe both stories glue them in the middle.

VENN DIAGRAM
different same different

Name:_____________

literature

day

Students will draw or glue blueberries to match each number. Students will draw a picture showing the story elements who, what and where.

Students will write a letter to Mr. Blueberry.

Name:______________

Directions:

Draw or glue the correct number of blueberries in each space.

10 7 13 5 16

Name:______________

Directions:

Draw or glue the correct number of blueberries in each space.

8 11 19 4 9

BLUEBERRIES FOR SAL

After listening to Blueberries for Sal draw a picture to show the story elements who, what and where. Add details to your drawing.

Our Letters To
Written by _______________s class

Dear Mr. Blueberry,

____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________

Love,

_______

literature

day

Students will each make a page for a class book by completing a sentence about something that can be yellow.

bus art project Lion art project

IN MY NEW YELLOW SHIRT

After reading the book aloud have students each create a page for a class book. Begin by brainstorming a list things that can be yellow. Next let students choose an item from the list or another item they can think of and finish the sentence. Then they can draw a picture to illustrate their writing. Examples: In my new yellow shirt I am a bus.

Our class book

In my new shirt I am

_______ a ______.

ART

Directions: Cut an arc around the top of the yellow construction paper to make a bus. Then glue four white windows on the bus and have students draw kids inside each window. Finish by cutting out two blacks circles for wheels.

You will need 9x12 yellow - bus 2x2 white (4) - windows 3x3 black (2) - wheels

DANDY PUPPET ART

You will need 6x9 yellow (face) 1x4 orange strips (hair) 2x3 yellow (ears) 2x2 black (eyes) 2x2 brown (nose) 3x6 black (whiskers)

literature

day

Students will LOVE this book about Patrick and the aminal that he finds. Have students predict what aminal they think that Patrick finds. After reading the story and discovering what the aminal really is they will draw a picture and label what the aminal is. For a fun snack on this day we eat animal crackers with green frosting by mixing the primary colors of blue and yellow frosting...which takes us to our next book and activity: Little Blue and Little Yellow with the watercolor activity provided mixing the primary colors.

I predict the aminal looks like this. really a

The aminal in the story was

______

LITTLE BLUE AND LITTLE YELLOW

Use your watercolors to discover what new colors you can make when you mix two primary colors together just like in the story. Name:___________________

This is little blue.

This is little yellow.

This is little blue and little yellow mixed together.

This is little red.

This is little blue.

This is little red and little blue mixed together.

This is little yellow.

This is little red.

This is little yellow and little red mixed together.

literature
Students will make the Orange cat art project and do the writing in the book.
Students draw a picture of their dream house and then while they are out of the room the teacher adds a big orange splot to the picture

day

In the story

Chrysanthemum

she gets

teased about her name. Using this story the students will compare the number of letters in their first and last names and use an orange crayon to trace their name just like

Chrysanthemum

did in the story.

4 x 9 Black stripes 3 x 6 Orange for ears 1 x 1 Black eyes 2 x 2 White eyes 8 inch orange circle for front and back of book

Students will make the art project of the orange cat then will add 4 pages of the writing paper to go inside the book. We brainstorm things that are orange and fill in the blanks.

A ________ is orange.

We read Chrysanthemum! She thought her name had too many letters. How many letters does your first and last name have in all? Is your name too long or just right?

1. Write your first name in the boxes below.

How many letters are in your first name?

2. Write your last name in the boxes below.

How many letters are in your last name?

3. Write a number sentence showing how many letters are in your name.
Letters in first name Letters in last name. Letters in all.

Practice writing your first and last name 3 times neatly. Then trace your name with your orange crayon like Chrysanthemum did.

_____________ _____________ _____________

literature

day

Students will create a book about their own purple crayon adventure by sound spelling a word to complete each sentence.

Students will make their own purple purse and create a book to go inside recalling the characters, setting, problem and resolution.

_______s

PURPLE

Crayon Adventure PURPLE

Directions: Fill in the blanks to finish each sentence. Then use your purple crayon to illustrate your writing.

_______s

PURPLE

Crayon Adventure PURPLE

Directions: Fill in the blanks to finish each sentence. Then use your purple crayon to illustrate your writing.

First I saw a

______________.

First I saw a

______________.

Next I rode on a

______________.

Next I rode on a

______________.

Then I climbed up a

______________.

Then I climbed up a

______________.

Last I sat down on a ______________.

Last I sat down on a ______________.

PURPLE PURSE
Writing & art activity
Students will make a purse using purple construction paper. Then they will complete the pages that go inside the purse about the characters, setting, problem and resolution.

You will need 8x12 purple - purse 1x12 purple - strap

Lillys Purple Plastic Purse

Name:_______________________

Lillys Purple Plastic Purse

Name:_______________________

Lillys Purple Plastic Purse

Lillys Purple Plastic Purse

Name:_______________________

Name:_______________________

PURSE TRACER
9 x 12 purple

Who was the story about?

characters

________

________

Where did the story take place?

setting

It took place at

_______.

What does Lilly want to be when she grows up?

Lilly wants to be a

_______

When she grows up.

What do you want to be when you grow up?

I want to be a When I grow up.

_______

Cupcake book

Students will finish the sentence on each page by sound spelling a word to fill in the blank about something that is pink. Then they will draw a picture to illustrate their Last they will cut sentence at the top of each page.

out the cupcake shaped pages and staple them together to make a book about things that are pink.

think

Written and illustrated by

_________

see a pink ________.

A ______
Is pink.

Look

at the pink ______.

have a pink ______.

literature

day

This is a fun filled day of OPPOSITES! Before reading all of your books about opposites make a list of opposites that the students know. Then read the books and compare and add the new sets of opposites that they learned. They will then illustrate the opposites in their books and add two more of their own.

Read Harry the Dirty Dog and make an opposites day art project to go with the story.

Another fun book to read is Ten Black Dots. We make one black line on each students writing paper with a sharpie and have them create a picture using the black line and write about what they made.

6 x 6 White for the face 4 1/2 x 6 Black for the ears (they cut at a diagonal) 3 x 3 Black spot on the eye 3 x 3 White (2) muzzle for face 2 x 2 White (2) eyes 1 x 1 Black (2) eyes 1 1/2 x 3 Red for mouth

Look what we can make with one black line!

Our class book

I made ________
with one line.

______

Name ______

Name ______

black

white

black

white

hot

cold

hot

cold

big

little

big

little

up

down

up

down

night

day

night

day

____ ____

____ ____

____ ____

____ ____

day
literature
After learning all the colors we finish up with the favorite book Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you See? that uses all the colors we have been working on. We make a brown bear, do a writing sample to go on our bears and make our own book to take home and read to our parents! These samples and ideas are included!

You will need 9 x 12 Brown (background body) 8x8 brown for the head 3x3 brown for ears (need 2 for each) 4x4 tan for the muzzle 4x4 tan to cut out paws/inside of ears 2x2 pink for nose 2x2 white eyes 1x1 black for inside of eyes

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, what do you see? I see a

_____ ______
looking at me.

by

_________

by

_________

I see a red bird looking at me. Red bird, ____ bird, What do you see? I see a red bird looking at me. Red bird, ____ bird, What do you see?

I see a yellow duck looking at me.

Yellow duck,

What do you see?

____ duck,

I see a yellow duck looking at me.

Yellow duck,

What do you see?

____ duck,

I see a blue horse looking at me.

Blue horse,

What do you see?

_____ horse,
I see a blue horse looking at me.

Blue horse,

What do you see?

_____ horse,

I see a green frog looking at me.

Green frog,

What do you see?

_____ frog,
I see a green frog looking at me.

Green frog,

What do you see?

_____ frog,

I see a purple cat looking at me.

Purple cat,

What do you see?

______ cat,
I see a purple cat looking at me.

Purple cat,

What do you see?

______ cat,

I see a white dog looking at me.

White dog,

What do you see?

______ dog,
I see a white dog looking at me.

White dog,

What do you see?

______ dog,

I see a black sheep looking at me.

Black sheep,

What do you see?

_____

sheep,

I see a black sheep looking at me.

Black sheep,

What do you see?

_____

sheep,

I see an orange fish looking at me.

Orange fish,

What do you see?

_____

fish,

I see an orange fish looking at me.

Orange fish,

What do you see?

_____

fish,

I see a teacher looking at me.

Teacher,

What do you see?

________
I see a teacher looking at me.

Teacher,

What do you see?

________

I see children looking at me.

Children,

What do you see?

________
I see children looking at me.

Children,

What do you see?

________

and a

and a

literature

day

These are some of our favorite books to read aloud to our class at the end of our color day unit that incorporate all of the colors.

a class book

My favorite color is

_____.

______

is

______.

Sound spell a word to finish each color word sentence. Then draw a picture to illustrate each one of the sentences your wrote.

Name:________________________

Sound spell a word to finish each color word sentence. Then draw a picture to illustrate each one of the sentences your wrote.

Name:________________________

______

is red.

______

is red.

______

is blue.

______

is blue.

______

is yellow.

______

is yellow.

______

is green.

______

is green.

______

is orange.

______

is orange.

______

is purple.

______

is purple.

______

is pink.

______

is pink.

______

is black.

______

is black.

______

is white.

______

is white.

______

is brown.

______

is brown.