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Color Words

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Brighten up your primary grade classroom with this series of printable color words. Covering all of basics from red and blue to black and pink, this simple resource is perfect for use with young children who are just beginning to learn their colors.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

colors, the color black, the color brown, the color pink, the color green, the color purple, the color yellow, the color orange, the color red, the color blue

Additional Tags

math

Instructional Ideas

  • Use this printable resource to create a classroom bulletin board about colors
  • Provide students with these word cards and have them label objects in the classroom with the corresponding color
  • Have children draw pictures of objects that go along with each color

Classroom Considerations

  • Save paper by laminating these color cards for use year in and year out

Pros

  • The words are printed in colored font to visually support student learning
  • Words are large enough for children to read from a distance

Cons

  • None

Common Core

L.K.5.a L.K.5.c L.1.5.a L.1.5.c

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