[Pernickety]

hi all,
i have prepared a lesson to teach colours to total beginners
- introducing the colours by colour flashcards
- practising pronunciation by identifying objects in my magic bag!
- written work: colouring the stars to match the colour
- reading: a book about colours

Problem is the teacher would like me to stick to one topic for 2 or 3 lessons and I'm struggling to think what I could do next week. Colour Bingo and ?????

(additional problem with this topic is that I don't think I'll have access to colour photocopier so handouts can only be b&w!!!)

[clivehawkins]

I play a game with the kids where I say a colour and they have to run and get me something of that colour (if in the classroom) or run and touch something of that colour (if in the recreation area)

Otherwise you could do a colouring exercise I've just posted on this site in the worksheet section. I've called it house-colour. (By the way, I didn't prepare this material and I can't remember where I got it from so I apologise in advance for posting it under my name)

How about The Rainbow Song here:
http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-s...bow-lyrics.pdf
and then colour a rainbow to put up in class.

Hope that helps

[Pernickety]

thanks clive,
I like the house colouring idea and will pinch it I think
I realised after I'd written that I hadn't included a song and the rainbow one is perfect (and the idea of making a rainbow for the class). I did find a great animated (kinda) version of that song on youtube
(YouTube - Colors (Children's video) Hope that link works) which now leads me to my next question.... Is there a way to download something from youtube for use in class (without broadband wifi etc in school)?
Thanks again

[clivehawkins]

No, you can't download from youtube, at least not the last time I looked. It actually says in the faq section that they don't allow it. Pity though, there's some good stuff on it. Have you tried emule or other file sharing?

[rero]

you can play the musical chairs. Pupils like this game very much. Get five children go around four chairs holdin coloured cards. Play music and when you stop they should sitdown.The pupil who has no chair loses, other pupils say " Goodbye green"

[jellybeanenglisch]

- "I spy...": Sit or stand in a circle with your students and teach them "I spy with my little eye something [color]". Students have to run and touch something of that color.
- Flashcard Slam (to help memorise vocabulary): divide class into 2 teams, let them decide on a team name (they love that). Write team names on the board to help you keep score. One person from each team stands at the back of the room. Color flashcards are on the other end of the room (wall or desk). You call out a color and both students run (or walk/skip etc. whatever you tell them) to get the correct card, run back to their starting position and say the word correctly in order to score a point for their team.
- "If you're wearing [color]": all sit in a circle. Teacher calls out "if you're wearing red, jump" for example. For this activity, the kids have to know some action words, though.
Good luck!

[EngliPatrick]

1. Color the animals

2. Hide Billy

3. Toss!

4. Shingo or Jail

5. Adaptable games that can be converted into any topic

[EngliPatrick]

Quote Pernickety

(additional problem with this topic is that I don't think I'll have access to colour photocopier so handouts can only be b&w!!!)

Pernickety,

I know this might sound quite obvious, but seeing that you are TEACHING colors, wouldn't it be more advantageous to have your handouts in B&W and have the students color-by-instruction?

[Pernickety]

Thanks for the replies, lots to go on there!