Color Unit

Color Related Readings:

• My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss

• The Colors of Us by Karen Katz

• The Crayon Box that Talked by Shane DeRolf

• The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt

• All the Colors of the Earth by Sheila Hamanaka

• Green is a Chile Pepper by Roseanne Greenfield Thong

• Knots on a Counting Rope by Bill Martin, Jr. and John Archambault

• Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Walsh

• Little Blue and Little Yellow by Leo Lionni

• Color Poems from the Unquiet Librarian

Colors as Symbols:

Show the video or read the book to show how students already recognize symbols associated with colors.

Group Work

Distribute a different color sheet of paper to each group and have them come up with words, pictures, and meanings associated with each color.

Have groups share out their work. For each color, ask the class to indicate whether the color has overall positive or negative images (use thumbs up or thumbs down). Some colors may be associated with both positive and negative feelings. Use this to demonstrate Context and how the same thing can have multiple or different meanings depending on the person or context.

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