[hide_on_uk]Colors[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]Colours[/hide_on_us] and fruit 1 lesson plan

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Colors and fruit 1 lesson

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[hide_on_uk]Colors[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]Colours[/hide_on_us] and fruit 1

This lesson continues with the theme of [hide_on_uk]colors[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]colours[/hide_on_us] from last lesson and also introduces the topic of fruit. Students learn some new vocabulary, play fun games and activities, sing a new song and do a worksheet.

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This is a nice, easy fun lesson – parts of it can be reused in later lessons as your students continue to learn the [hide_on_uk]color[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]colour[/hide_on_us] words.

Lesson procedure:

Warm up and maintenance:

Greetings

1. Greetings
Greet the students by name as they enter the classroom and gesture for them to sit down (on cushions if you have them) in a fan-shape around you.

Name tags

2. Name tags
Before class prepare some name tags (stickers or pin-on tags) with each student’s name written on in lower case letters. Sit down with your students and lay out the name tags in front of you. Pick up each tag and call out the name. Try and encourage each student to put their hand up and say “yes”. Hand over the tags and help to pin / stick on.

In later lessons, once your students can recognize their written name, you can have them pick out their own name tags.

Introduce glove puppet - greetings and introductions activity

3. Glove puppet greetings
Bring out the bag, open it enough to see in and shout into the bag “Hello!”. Then move your ear to the opening to listen – nothing. Go to each student and encourage them to shout “Hello” into the bag – each time nothing happens. Finally, get all the students together to shout “Hello!” at the same time. This time the puppet wakes up and jumps out of the bag! Then model the role play with the puppet:

Teacher: “Hello”, What’s your name?”
Puppet: “My name is…”.

Then move onto the first student and say “Hello”. Encourage him/her to say hello back. Let the students touch, cuddle and stroke the puppet. My puppet also likes to nibble their feet and arms. Next, the puppet asks each student: “What’s your name?”. If they are old enough, try and encourage “My name is…” but for the really little ones (3 and under) just saying their name is fine. Finally, go around saying “Goodbye” and “See you” before going back into the bag and back to sleep.

4. Sing the “Hello song”
Sit in a circle and sing the song (clap along or pat knees).

Lyrics for the “Hello song”

Hello, hello,
How are you today?
Hello, hello,
How are you today?

I’m fine, thank you,
I’m fine, thank you,
I’m fine, thank you,
And how about you?

Hello, hello,
How are you today?
I’m fine, thank you,
And how about you?

Gestures for the “Hello song”

These are quite straight forward. First time you play the song do the gestures and encourage everyone to do them with you.

  • Wave as you sing the “Hello, hello” parts.
  • Gesture to others as you sing, “How are you today?”
  • Point to yourself as you sing, “I’m fine, thank you”
  • Hand gesture towards another student as you sing, “And how about you?”.
Sing the "Hello song"

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Name writing practice

5. Name writing practice
Before class prepare a writing sheet for each student with their name written in dots for them to practice tracing. Prepare the sheets something like this:

Name writing sheet

Everyone sits at a table with you. Take the sheets of paper and read the names – encourage each student to put their hand up and say “Yes”. Give out the sheets to each student.

Next, say, “Take out your crayons” and have everyone trace their name using different [hide_on_uk]colors[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]colours[/hide_on_us]. As the students trace their names, circulate, help and give lots of praise. Be sure to elicit the [hide_on_uk]colors[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]colours[/hide_on_us] as a review.

Finally, praise and reward students for doing a good job!

Homework check

6. Homework check
Check each student’s homework that you set in the last lesson. Ask each student some questions about their homework worksheet (e.g. “what [hide_on_uk]color[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]colour[/hide_on_us] is this balloon?”), give lots of praise, and then put some kind of mark on the homework sheet (e.g. a sticker, a stamp or draw a smiley face).

Finally, tell your students to put their homework back into their bags.

7. Do “Exercise routine” activity
Time for some action. Say the following and have the students follow your lead:

Exercise routine
  • “Stand up” (Teacher stands and so does everyone else)
  • “Hands up / hands down” (do 4 or 5 times)
  • “Jump” (4 or 5 times)
  • “Run! / Stop!” (4 or 5 times)
  • “Turn around! / Stop!” (4 or 5 times)
  • finally “Sit down”.
Review colors: red, blue, green

8. Review [hide_on_uk]colors[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]colours[/hide_on_us]: red, blue, green
Use the [hide_on_uk]colored[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]coloured[/hide_on_us] origami paper / paper / card from the previous lesson.

Sit everyone in a circle and hold up the first [hide_on_uk]colored[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]coloured[/hide_on_us] paper and elicit the [hide_on_uk]color[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]colour[/hide_on_us] (e.g. red). Chorus and practice saying the [hide_on_uk]color[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]colour[/hide_on_us]. Do this for the rest of the [hide_on_uk]colors[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]colours[/hide_on_us].

Play "Color pass", "Color touch" and "Color hold up"

9. Play “[hide_on_uk]Color[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]Colour[/hide_on_us] pass”, “[hide_on_uk]Color[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]Colour[/hide_on_us] touch” and “[hide_on_uk]Color[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]Colour[/hide_on_us] hold up”

  • Play “[hide_on_uk]Color[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]Colour[/hide_on_us] pass”: Take each [hide_on_uk]color[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]colour[/hide_on_us] card and pass it to your nearest student. Say “red” as you pass red, etc. The students pass the [hide_on_uk]colors[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]colours[/hide_on_us] round the circle.
  • Play “[hide_on_uk]Color[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]Colour[/hide_on_us] touch”: Next, lay the 5 [hide_on_uk]colors[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]colours[/hide_on_us] in the middle of the circle. Say, “Hands up”. Students raise their hands. Then say, “Touch…..red!” and the students should all try and touch the red [hide_on_uk]colored[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]coloured[/hide_on_us] paper. Do for all of the [hide_on_uk]colors[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]colours[/hide_on_us].
  • Play “[hide_on_uk]Color[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]Colour[/hide_on_us] hold up”: Finally, give each student one of the [hide_on_uk]colored[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]coloured[/hide_on_us] papers. Say “Hold up….blue!” – the students holding the blue papers raise them into the air.

New learning and practice:

Teach colors: purple, yellow

1. Teach [hide_on_uk]colors[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]colours[/hide_on_us]: purple, yellow
Sit everyone in a circle and hold the 2 new [hide_on_uk]colored[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]coloured[/hide_on_us] papers in each hand (purple and yellow) and ask, “What [hide_on_uk]color[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]colour[/hide_on_us] is it?” for each one.

Elicit / Teach each [hide_on_uk]color[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]colour[/hide_on_us] and chorus 3 times.

Color stand up and jump

2. Play “[hide_on_uk]Color[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]Colour[/hide_on_us] stand up and jump”
Give out all 5 [hide_on_uk]colored[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]coloured[/hide_on_us] papers, 1 [hide_on_uk]color[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]colour[/hide_on_us] per student (if you have more than 5 students, you will need more [hide_on_uk]colored[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]coloured[/hide_on_us] papers).

Have everyone sit on the floor.  Say a [hide_on_uk]color[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]colour[/hide_on_us] (e.g. “red”) and the students holding that [hide_on_uk]color[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]colour[/hide_on_us] have to quickly stand up, jump and then sit down. Start off slowly and get faster and faster.

Touch the colors on posters

3. Play “Touch the [hide_on_uk]colors[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]colours[/hide_on_us] on posters”
This is a great activity to do, especially if your classroom has lots of [hide_on_uk]colorful[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]colourful[/hide_on_us] posters on the walls.  If not, before class pin lots of red, blue, green, purple and yellow origami papers around the classroom walls (at touching height).

Demonstrate by shouting out a [hide_on_uk]color[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]colour[/hide_on_us] (e.g. “Red”). Run and touch red on any poster / red origami. Do the same for another [hide_on_uk]color[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]colour[/hide_on_us] (e.g. “Blue”). Each time run to a new poster/origami. Now have the students do the activity – shout out a [hide_on_uk]color[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]colour[/hide_on_us] and have them all run around the classroom touching the [hide_on_uk]colors[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]colours[/hide_on_us] on the walls.

Color the circles

4. Do “[hide_on_uk]Color[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]Colour[/hide_on_us] the circles” activity
Before class, prepare 5 large sheets of white paper (or if you are teaching less [hide_on_uk]colors[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]colours[/hide_on_us] that day, enough sheets of paper for the [hide_on_uk]colors[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]colours[/hide_on_us] you are teaching). On each sheet draw a large circle which fills up the sheet (or download and print our wall circle sheet).  Then stick the sheets on the walls of the classroom, at a height your students can reach.

At this point of your lesson, take out your [hide_on_uk]colored[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]coloured[/hide_on_us] pencils/crayons and demonstrate the activity. Walk around the class and [hide_on_uk]color[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]colour[/hide_on_us] a small part of each circle with one [hide_on_uk]color[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]colour[/hide_on_us] (always say the [hide_on_uk]color[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]colour[/hide_on_us] as you are [hide_on_uk]coloring[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]colouring[/hide_on_us]).  So there will be one circle with some red [hide_on_uk]color[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]colour[/hide_on_us] in it, one with yellow, and so on.

Next, tell your students to take out their [hide_on_uk]colored[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]coloured[/hide_on_us] pencils/crayons.  Have them walk around the classroom, [hide_on_uk]coloring[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]colouring[/hide_on_us] in a bit of each circle with the same [hide_on_uk]colors[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]colours[/hide_on_us] you used. Make sure they say the [hide_on_uk]color[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]colour[/hide_on_us] as they do each [hide_on_uk]coloring[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]colouring[/hide_on_us].

play time

5. 5-minute play time
This is an optional segment that can be part of all your lessons at this level.  Allow your students to play with any games or toys you have.  If possible, use large tubs or boxes to hold the toys and bring them out for a few minutes each lesson.  Tubs filled with animals, plastic fruit, building blocks, kitchen sets, plastic food, cars & vehicles, Mr. Potato Head dolls and so on. 

Encourage your students to ask you for the toy they want to play with, circulate during the play time and ask students about their toys. It’s also a good opportunity for a quick rest room break!

Teach fruit vocab: apple, banana, grapes

6. Teach fruit vocab: apple, banana, grapes
If you can, get small plastic fruit (they can be bought quite cheaply from children’s stores, such as Toys ‘R’ Us).  Put the 3 fruit into a small box before the class.

Now take out the box and shake it – the rattling sound will instantly alert your students.  Open the box and pull out a fruit. Ask “What’s this?” Elicit / Teach the word and chorus x3.  Next, mime biting the fruit and chewing, and then say “Yummy!”. Then hold the fruit in front of each student to let them take an imaginary bite.

Encourage them to say “yummy!” or even “yuk!”. Repeat with the other fruit.

Fruit fetch

7. Play “Fruit fetch”
You’ll need enough plastic fruit pieces for each student (e.g. if you have 6 students, you’ll need two of each plastic fruit – if you don’t have enough plastic fruit use our fruit flashcards instead).

Have your students sit on the floor.  Throw the fruit around the classroom. Model the activity: say “(Your name) give me a/an (apple)”. Get up, find the fruit and put it into the box. Now hold the box and instruct a student to pick up a fruit, bring it back to you and put it in the box. Do for each student in the class so that all of the fruit has been collected. Repeat for fun.

Do the "Color the fruit" worksheet

8. Do the “[hide_on_uk]Color[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]Colour[/hide_on_us] the fruit” worksheet
Hold up worksheet and model [hide_on_uk]coloring[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]colouring[/hide_on_us] in the 3 fruit pictures (with red, yellow and purple crayons).  Elicit each fruit and [hide_on_uk]color[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]colour[/hide_on_us] as you go.  Then get the class to do the same. Circulate and check and ask questions (What fruit is this?, What [hide_on_uk]color[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]colour[/hide_on_us] is it?).

Finally, hold up each student’s work in turn and show to the class. Ask a question (e.g. What fruit is this?) and give lots of praise.

Tell your students to put their worksheets into their bags.

Wrap up:

Assign homework

1. Assign homework: “[hide_on_uk]Color[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]Colour[/hide_on_us] the cute fish
Hold up the homework worksheet and model [hide_on_uk]coloring[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]colouring[/hide_on_us] in the 5 fish pictures.  Elicit each [hide_on_uk]color[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]colour[/hide_on_us] as you go.  Give out the worksheets and say, “Put your homework in your bags” and help them to do so – this is important as they will probably want to start [hide_on_uk]coloring[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]colouring[/hide_on_us] them right away.

Say goodbye to the glove puppet

2. Say goodbye to the glove puppet
Take out the bag again and get everyone to wake up the glove puppet by shouting its name into the bag (e.g. “Cookie Monster!”). Bring out the puppet and go through the same routine – go to each student and say hello, ask their name and the say goodbye / see you. Then put the puppet back in the bag (back to sleep).

3. Sing the “Goodbye song”
Sit together in a circle and sing and clap along.

Lyrics for the “Goodbye song”

Sing the "Goodbye song"

Goodbye, goodbye,
See you again.
Goodbye, goodbye,
See you again.

It’s time to go,
It’s time to go,
It’s time to go,
See you next time.

Goodbye, goodbye,
See you again.
It’s time to go,
See you next time.

Gestures for the “Goodbye song”

These are quite straight forward. First time you play the song do the gestures and encourage everyone to do them with you.

  • Wave as you sing the “Goodbye, goodbye” parts.
  • Hold your hand above your eyes (as you would when you are looking into the distance and keeping the sun out of your eyes) and look at another student as you sing, “See you again”.
  • Tap watch (or imaginary watch) and then point to the door as you sing, “It’s time to go”.
  • Point towards another student as you sing, “See you next time”.

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Do "Quick check" and say goodbye

4. Do “Quick check” and say goodbye
Time to leave the class. Make sure everything is put away and the students have gathered their belongings. Have them line up at the door and place yourself between the door and the students.

For each student hold up a [hide_on_uk]color[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]colour[/hide_on_us] or fruit and elicit what it is.

When they give you the correct answer say goodbye and let them leave. If their answer is wrong, have them go back to the end of the line – they will have to try again once they reach the front!

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  1. Intro lesson
  2. [hide_on_uk]Colors[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]Colours[/hide_on_us] & fruit 1
  3. [hide_on_uk]Colors[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]Colours[/hide_on_us] & fruit 2
  4. [hide_on_uk]Colors[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]Colours[/hide_on_us] & fruit 3
  5. [hide_on_uk]Colors[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]Colours[/hide_on_us] & fruit 4
  6. Fruit and counting 1
  7. Fruit and counting 2
  8. Fruit and counting 3
  9. Review lesson: [hide_on_uk]colors[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]colours[/hide_on_us], fruit and counting
  10. Body and shapes 1
  11. Body and shapes 2
  12. Body and shapes 3
  13. Body and shapes 4
  14. Review lesson: body, shapes and [hide_on_uk]colors[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]colours[/hide_on_us]
  15. Farm animals 1
  16. Farm animals 2
  17. Zoo animals 1
  18. Zoo animals 2
  19. Classroom objects and toys 1
  20. Classroom objects and toys 2
  21. Classroom objects and toys 3
  22. Review lesson: animals, classroom objects, toys
  23. Our world 1
  24. Our world 2
  25. Weather 1
  26. Weather 2
  27. Clothes 1
  28. Clothes 2
  29. Vegetables and likes 1
  30. Vegetables and likes 2
  31. Vegetables and likes 3
  32. Review lesson: our world, weather, clothes, vegetables
  33. Feelings & emotions 1
  34. Feelings & emotions 2
  35. Directions
  36. Wheels on the bus
  37. Review lesson: feelings, directions, wheels on the bus

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