Teaching Lightning Bolt Books™
Colors Everywhere
TM
K–2nd Grade Interest Level
2nd Grade Reading Level
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Standards
Physical Science
• Understands the structure and properties of matter
• Understands the sources and properties of energy
Reading
• Uses the general skills and strategies of the reading
process
• Uses reading skills and strategies to understand and
interpret a variety of informational texts
Nature of Science
• Understands the nature of scientific inquiry
Visual Arts
• Understands and applies media, techniques, and
processes related to the visual arts
• Knows how to use structures and functions of art
Multiple Intelligences Utilized
Linguistic, logical-mathematical, spatial, interpersonal, intrapersonal, and naturalistic
ISBN 978-0-7613-6136-7
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TEACHING
COLORS EVERYWHERE
Lesson 1
Question Game
Materials
• Colors Everywhere books
Pretest
• Think of your favorite color, but
do not say it out loud.
• With a partner, take turns naming
objects that are your favorite
color. Give clues one at a time
until your partner guesses what
color it is.
Read
• Read any or all Colors Everywhere
books.
Lesson 2
Colors
Treasure Hunt
Materials
• Treasure Hunt pp. 5–7
• pencils
• Colors Everwhere books
• crayons
Prepare
• Copy Treasure Hunt pp. 5–7 for
each student.
Pretest
• In pairs, have students talk
about the colors and patterns of
clothing they are wearing.
• One pair at a time, students
introduce their partner to the
class and tell what color/pattern
Purpose
Students will use inquiry to identify objects.
Discuss
• Ask students to tell you what
things they saw in one of the
Colors Everywhere books.
• Ask them how else they could
describe one of those objects.
(For example, if the object they
chose was a ball, it could also
be described as round, light, big,
filled with air, smooth, etc.)
• The student sitting to the
teacher’s left will ask one yes/no
question about the object (for
example, “Is it round?”). Going
clockwise around the circle, each
student asks a yes/no question
until someone guesses the object.
• The student who guesses the
object begins the next round
with, “I see something (blue).”
Practice
• Sitting in a circle, the teacher will
choose an object in the classroom.
• Tell the class, “I see something
yellow” (or whatever color the
object is).
Evaluate
• Students will be evaluated on
their ability to ask and answer
questions in order to reach a
conclusion about an object.
Purpose
Students will identify classroom objects of specific colors.
shirt, pants, shoes, etc., their
partner is wearing.
Read
• Read one or several Colors
Everywhere books.
Discuss
• Talk about the colors and the
objects you read about.
• Choose one color, and make a
list on the board of all the things
you can think of that are that
color.
Practice
• Walk around the room and find
an object that is the same color
as each color named on Treasure
Hunt pp. 5–7.
• Draw the classroom object that
matches the color named in each
square on Treasure Hunt.
Evaluate
• As a class, talk about the yellow
things students found in the
room. Continue with each color
on Treasure Hunt.
• Students will be evaluated on the
accuracy and completeness of
Treasure Hunt.
TEACHING
Lesson 3
Mix It Up!
Materials
• Colors Everywhere books
• red, yellow, blue, black, and
white tempera paints
• Color Wheel p. 8
• paintbrushes
• water containers
• paper towels
• paint shirts or aprons
• pencils
• white paper
Prepare
• Gather painting materials.
• Copy Color Wheel p. 8 for each
student.
Pretest
• Explain that red, yellow, and blue
are primary colors.
• Tell students that green, purple,
and orange are secondary colors.
COLORS EVERYWHERE
Purpose
Students will mix primary colors to create secondary colors.
Each secondary color is made by
mixing two primary colors.
• Ask students to tell you (or guess)
which two colors mixed together
make green, purple, and orange.
Discuss
• Talk about some things that are
secondary colors.
Practice
• Pass out one Color Wheel p. 8 to
each student.
• After writing their names on their
color wheels, students should
identify the circle with the word
red in it.
• Put a glob of red paint in that
circle.
• Repeat with blue, yellow, black,
and white.
• Mix the colors in the blank circles
using the colors indicated by the
arrows. Make sure to clean your
brush well before dipping in a
different color. (The teacher may
need to model this and/or help
students.)
• What color did you get when
you mixed red and blue? What
about blue and yellow? Yellow
and red? What happens when
you add black to a color? What
happens when you add white?
• Paint a picture using the colors
from your color wheel.
Discuss
• Talk about the secondary colors
you made by mixing primary colors.
Evaluate
• Students will be evaluated on the
completion and accuracy of their
color wheels.
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TEACHING
COLORS EVERYWHERE
Lesson 4
Make a Rainbow
Materials
• window
• clear glass or jar
• water
• drawing paper
• crayons
• Colors Everywhere books
• small mirror (optional)
• flashlight (optional)
Prepare
• Gather materials for the
experiment.
Pretest
• What is a rainbow?
• Where have you seen a rainbow?
• How are rainbows made?
Read
• Read Colors Everywhere books.
Discuss
• Where have you seen the colors
you read about?
• Have you seen them in rainbows?
Purpose
Students will learn that light is refracted to create a rainbow.
• Where else have you seen them
in nature?
Model
• Explain that light is made up of
many colors, but we can’t see
them. When light passes through
water or a prism (like a crystal),
the colors are separated and
reflected so we can see them.
• Tell students that you’re going to
do an experiment. You’re going
to make a rainbow.
• Ask students how they think
they could make a rainbow using
water.
• Tell students you’re going to
make a rainbow with a glass of
water. Have them predict where
in the room the rainbow will
appear.
Practice
• Set a glass of water on a
windowsill. Move the glass to
a position where a rainbow is
reflected on the floor or another
surface. (This should be done on
a very sunny day.)
• Another option is to place a
small mirror in the glass of water
and use a flashlight in place of
sunlight. Point the flashlight
at the mirror until a rainbow is
reflected.
• Have students draw the rainbow
they see.
Discuss
• Where did the rainbow appear?
• What colors did you see?
• In what order were the colors
reflected?
• Are there other ways you could
make a rainbow?
Evaluate
• Students will be evaluated on
the accuracy of their rainbow
drawings.
• Display drawings in the classroom.
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Treasure Hunt
Name______________________________
red
blue
yellow
black
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Treasure Hunt
Name______________________________
orange
purple
pink
green
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Treasure Hunt
Name______________________________
white
gray
silver and gold
brown
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black
white
Teaching Colors Everywhere
yellow
Color Wheel
red
Name___________________________
What colors can you make?
blue