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An Apple A Day

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders brainstorm a list of how they can tell if someone feels bad about themselves. As a class, they describe three different apples shown to them. Individually, they cut out shapes of apples and color them to place them on a...
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Patterns to the Rescue

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students watch "Cyberchase: The Poddleville Case" and analyze patterns. They complete a patterns assignment worksheet and then they make up patterns using numbers, shapes or colors, for their classmates to solve. They use patterns to...
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Color Adjectives

For Students 1st - 2nd
Here is a color adjectives activity. Learners select an article adjective, a color, and a clothing word. They write short descriptions using the three components. Interesting activity!
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Describing Clothes

For Teachers K - 12th
A instructional activity all about clothing and colors, this might be a useful instructional activity for English language learners or introducing descriptive writing. After a short review of colors and clothing vocabulary, learners...
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The Color Orange

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
In this color recognition worksheet, students color pictures of things that can be orange. Pictures are: cat, carrot, butterfly, pumpkin and an apple.
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Purple

For Teachers Pre-K - K
In this color worksheet, students color the pictures of things that can be purple. They color 4 items that include a flower, a lollipop, grapes, and a crayon.
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Monsters

For Teachers Pre-K
Help your preschoolers practice simple skills. Learners answer questions involving colors, counting, and yes or no responses. This could be augmented to provide a more complete experience.
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Color Farm

For Teachers Pre-K - K
A very basic presentation on color recognition is in this PowerPoint for very young learners. They are shown a cartoon drawing of animals that are found on a farm and must state what color they are drawn in.
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Colors

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Eight different colors of the rainbow are listed in this bold PowerPoint. In the first eight slides, the word matches the color of the font. The last 8 slides contain white font. Tip: After reviewing the colors in the first eight slides,...
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Colored Shadows

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Learners explore how different colors are seen through the cone cells in our eyes.  In this light lesson students complete a lab activity with light and record their observations.
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Is Every Color in the Rainbow?

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students discuss whether all colors are in the rainbow. In this physics lesson, students defend their ideas and present persuasive arguments to support them.
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Why is the Sky Blue?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore diffusion or scattering of light. In this physics lesson plan, students explain why the sky is blue and sunsets/sunrises are red.
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Technicolors

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students use a variety of computer games and programs to reinforce colors. In this colors lesson plan, students create scenes, view degrees of colors, see colors dance to music, and more.
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Color Picture/Word Match

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students match colors to the color words that they represent and complete a matching puzzle to go with it. In this colors lesson plan, students put the puzzle together to match up the colors.
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Word Recognition

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Young scholars recognize and spell color and shape words. In this color and shape words lesson plan, students reinforce their vocabulary and spelling skills.
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Flags and Freedom

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students create their own flag with symbols and colors that each have specific meanings. In this flags lesson plan, students review the American Flag and what the symbols and colors of it mean.
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Basic Concepts Jeopardy

For Teachers K
A basic concepts PowerPoint allows students to review basic concepts, such as numbers, letters, colors, and shapes. Youngsters see a picture of an animal, shape or color and will have to ask the question, "What it....?" to answer. Some...
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Color Mixing Trophy Fish

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students compare colors. In this color lesson, students determine which colors are primary and which are secondary. Students investigate rainbows and create a piece of art organizing colors as they appear in a rainbow.
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iWonder Lesson Plan: Winter Birds

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students report on the colors, calls, behaviors, and physical characteristics of different winter birds. In this winter birds lesson plan, students also make a bird feeder.
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Exploring Rocks

For Teachers K
Students recognize differences in the size, shape, texture, and color of different rocks. In this rocks lesson plan, students also learn and repeat back how a volcano erupts and make one out of a toilet paper tube.
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Between Worksheet

For Students Pre-K - 2nd
In this between worksheet, students color shapes that are in between other shapes. Students complete 4 problems total on this worksheet.
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Vocabulary Lesson (Color Words) Using Various Books by Eric Carle and Internet Sites

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Learners investigate color words. For this vocabulary, high frequency words, and technology lesson, students visit various websites to practice reading color words. Learners listen to Eric Carle books and observe the illustrations,...
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Sorting By One Atrribute

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students use different color items to sort by color and different attributes of the manipulatives given to them. In this sorting lesson plan, students also write a journal entry or draw a picture of their activity.
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Counting Colors (Three Colors)

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this math worksheet, students view a set of colored squares. Students are to count and write how many squares in the set are a given color.