About This Unit

SUBJECT
Literature, Early Math, Arts, Colors, Early Science

GRADE
Pre-K-K

DURATION
4 Weeks

COLLECTION
Strategies for Arts Integration

Clifford Learns About Colors and So Do We!

By Marci Ruiz

Kindergarteners explore colors through literature, poetry, science, math, art, drama, and movement. Each color requires one to three days to develop. The children are given a color study schedule so that they can wear the color of the day!

OBJECTIVE

Students will:

  1. Identify seven colors
  2. Associate each color to a piece of literature
  3. Tell the title of each book
  4. Describe the story with a beginning middle and ending
  5. Make a project with each story

LESSONS FOR THIS UNIT
Lesson 1: Yellow Days: Studying Vincent van Gogh's Painting
Lesson 2: Planting a Rainbow Bulletin Board

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