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My Colors

Kindergartners learn their colors — red, blue, yellow, green, orange — and match each color to something in the world that’s that color, the very first step in art.

KindergartenColor25 minutes1 class periodArtistic ProcessExplicit teaching4 StandardsNCAS
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Lesson at a Glance

Everything you need before the bell rings

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to…

  • ✓Name my colors.
  • ✓Match colors to things.
  • ✓Find colors around me.
  • ✓Use colors in art.
Essential Question

Colors are everywhere — a red apple, the blue sky! Can you name your colors and find them all around?

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Interactive Task
Match It · Interactive

Match the Color

Project this and match each color to something that color — tap a color, then tap the thing.

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Color
What Is That Color
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The Lesson · Artistic Process (Look · Explore · Create · Share · Reflect)

25 minutes, five moves

Tap any phase to open the teacher moves and student actions.

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Look — Colors Everywhere

3 min

A red apple, the blue sky — can you name colors?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Point to colors.
  • Ask their names.
  • Get ready.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Look.
  • Name.
  • Get ready.
2

Explore — My Colors

7 min

Children explore.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send children to Match the Color.
  • Match each one.
  • Find them around.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Match.
  • Find.
  • Name.
3

Create — Create

7 min

Children create.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Color with red.
  • Color with blue.
  • Use many colors.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Red it.
  • Blue it.
  • Mix it.
4

Share — Share

5 min

Children share.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Show your colors.
  • Name one.
  • Be kind.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Show it.
  • Name it.
  • Be kind.
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Reflect — Reflect

3 min

Children respond.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a color.
  • Find it in the room.
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Name one.
  • Find it.
  • Complete the exit ticket.
Standards Alignment

Built to the standards you report on

Aligned to the National Core Arts Standards (Visual Arts).

NCAS
VA:Cr1.1.K

Explore color in art.

NCAS
VA:Re7.1.K

Perceive colors in the world.

NCAS
VA:Cr2.1.K

Use color to make art.

NCAS
VA:Re7.2.K

Describe colors.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Color swatch cards.
  • Sentence frame: “___ is ___.”
  • Point to colors.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with red and blue.
  • Use swatches.
  • Match one at a time.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Add more colors.
  • Color a rainbow.
  • Find colors at home.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • 🎨Crayons
  • 💻Match the Color
  • 🖌️Paper
  • 🍎Colorful objects
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

colorwhat we see in lightredlike an applebluelike the skyyellowlike the sungreenlike grassorangelike an orangebrightlight and boldnameto say what it is
Evaluate

Exit Ticket

Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.

QUESTION 1
What color is the sky?
Blue.
QUESTION 2
What color is the grass?
Green.
QUESTION 3
Name a color.
Red, blue, yellow, green, or orange.

Reflect: find a color.

Have children find something red and something blue at home and name each color. A printable colors sheet is in the Arts library.

Study · Flashcards

Study the key terms

Tap a card to flip it, then rate whether you knew it. Built from this lesson’s vocabulary.

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Practice · Quiz

Check your understanding

A quick self-check with instant feedback, drawn from this lesson’s key terms.

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Practice · Worksheet

Printable worksheet

A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.

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Name: ________________________
Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: blue, bright, color, green, name, orange, red, yellow
  1. like the sun
  2. what we see in light
  3. like grass
  4. like an orange
  5. like an apple
  6. like the sky
  7. light and bold
  8. to say what it is

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. What color is the sky?
  2. What color is the grass?
  3. Name a color.
Answer key — Part A: 1) yellow · 2) color · 3) green · 4) orange · 5) red · 6) blue · 7) bright · 8) name
Part B: 1) Blue. 2) Green. 3) Red, blue, yellow, green, or orange.