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Objectives Use colors in descriptions; develop observational skills; identify statements

and questions; use picture clues

Materials leaves, an acorn, a twig, a ower, miscellaneous items from nature,

plastic sandwich bags

 30 minutes, Days 1–3

Build Background

 Activate Prior Knowledge Tell children: Today, you will learn about colorsin nature./Hoy aprenderán sobre los colores en la naturaleza. Tell children that nature

includes things that weren’t made by people. Show a few tree leaves to the

class. Ask volunteers to tell you where they come from: Where could you fnd these,

in a tree or inside a house? (a tree)/¿En dónde se encontrarían estas cosas, en un árbol o

dentro de una casa? (un árbol) Then pass an acorn, a twig, and a ower around

the class. Explain that these objects are from nature. Encourage children to tell

 you the name and color of each object.

Introduce the Focus Skill: Statements and Questions Tell children

that statements say something and that questions ask something. Explain that

statements have periods at the end in both English and Spanish. In English,

question marks are placed at the end of sentences only, but in Spanish, they

are also placed at the beginning. Write a question and a statement in Englishand Spanish on the board. For example: How are you? /  ¿Cómo estás? /I am fne./ 

Yo estoy bien. Use correct intonation as you read. Have children repeat after you. Then turn to p. 2 in the book. Have children point

out the statements and the periods and the end of the sentences. Then turn to p. 3. Have them point out the questions and the

question marks.

Acquire New Vocabulary  Introduce the following color words from the book: red/rojo, yellow/amarillo,

green/verde, blue/azul , orange/naranja, pink/rosado, brown/marrón, violet/violeta, gray/ gris, white/blanco,

and black/negro. Tell the class that we use color words to describe what we see. Explain that in English, color words come before the

word that we describe, while in Spanish they come after the word that we describe. For example: yellow feld/campo amarillo (not

feld yellow /amarillo campo ). Then encourage children to tell you what other things might be yellow in nature (owers, the sun,

etc.). Review colors in both languages as a class.

Read and Respond  Display the book. Read the title and author name aloud as you track the print. Point out the colors in

the book as you read. Pause after reading the questions in English and Spanish, and ask volunteers to nd the answer using picture

clues. Discuss the answers as a class. Have children repeat the name of the color on each page. When reading is complete, encourage

children to tell you what their favorite color is and why.

60 minutes, Days 4–5 

Curricular Enrichment: Science  Tell children that today they will go on a nature walk around the school

grounds and play “scientist.” Distribute plastic sandwich bags to the class. Tell children to take samples of things from nature,

such as owers, dirt, weeds, and wood chips, and to place them in the bags. When you return to the classroom, guide children

describe each object using color words in English and Spanish (i.e. green grass/hierba verde ). Encourage them to count

the objects that they collected as well.

Home Connection  (Teacher, you may want to photocopy

this activity for children to complete with a family member.)

Talk with your child about natural objects found in your

neighborhood. Go on a nature walk together and ask your

child to identify the plants, owers, and other living things

he/she sees along the way. Encourage him/her to tell you what

color the objects are. Review colors in English and Spanish.

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Teaching Guide

 Paisajes de colores/Colorful Sig

NATIONAL STANDARDS

Language Arts: K-12.1, K-12.3—K-12.12

Mathematics: Numbers PK-2.1; Algebra PK-2.1, PK-2.4; Data & Analysis PK-2.1, PK-2.2

Connections: PK-12.3 

Science: K-4.1, K-4.2, K-4.3, K-4.4, K-4.5

Social Studies: Geography: K-12.1,K-12.2; K-12.3

Foreign Language: K-12.1, K-12.3, K-12.4, K-12.5