Grades: K-2
Length: 4 days (Does not need to occur back to back)
Lesson 1 Discover the Secondary Colors
Materials
by Ellen Stoll Walsh
Model Magic (Red, Yellow and Blue)
Color Wheel
Before lesson begins
Give a piece of red, yellow, and blue model magic to each child. Have students make 3 red balls, 3 yellow balls and 3 blue balls. Students should not mix the colors!!!
Directions:
Remind students to keep their hands locked while you read and that they should only touch the model magic, only when you have told them to do so.
Have them point to the colors as you read them “one red, one yellow, and one blue.” Stop and tell them that these are the primary colors. (Make a list of primary colors on the board).
What are the primary colors?
After you read, “the red mouse stepped into a yellow puddle, ” direct students to mix one red ball with one yellow ball. Tell them to mix them until a new color comes to be. What color do you see? ___________ (Orange). Write the word Secondary Colors on the board. Underneath write red + yellow = orange.
Have students lock up their hands and continue reading. After reading, “the yellow mouse hopped into a blue puddle,” direct students to pick up one yellow ball and one blue ball and mix together until they see a new color. What color do you see? ________ (green). Write on the board yellow + blue= green.
Have students lock up their hands and continue reading. After reading, “then the blue mouse jumped into a red puddle,” direct students to pick up one blue ball and one red ball and mix together until they see a new color. What color do you see? _________ (purple). Write on the board, red + blue= purple.
Finish reading!
Review
The primary colors are red, yellow and blue.
Secondary colors are colors that are made when two primary colors mix together. Review the mixes.
What happens when you mix red and yellow? Yellow and Blue? Red and Blue?
The secondary colors are orange, green and purple.
Introduce students to the color wheel and show where the colors are and how the when two primary colors mix, it makes the color that goes in between.
Lesson 2 Making the Color Wheel
Materials:
Color wheel
Blank Color Wheels (white construction paper works best)
Water Colors
Paper Towels
Directions:
1) Review Primary and Secondary colors.
2) Tell students today we are going to be making our own color wheel using only the primary colors!
3) The following directions should be done in the format I do it, You do it.
- paint one part red. Rinse and dry brush.
- skip one part, paint yellow. Rinse and dry brush.
- skip one part, paint blue. Rinse and dry brush.
- What happens when I mix red and yellow together? Put a lot of yellow watercolor in the empty spot between the red and yellow. Rinse and then put red in the same spot, mix together until you make orange.
- What happens when you mix yellow and blue? Put a lot of yellow watercolor in the empty spot between the yellow and blue. Rinse and put blue in the same spot, mix together until you make green.
- What happens when you mix blue and red? Put a lot of blue watercolor in the empty spot between the red and blue. Rinse and put red in the same spot, mix together until you make purple.
4) Let air dry. After they are dry have students on the bottom make a label. Primary colors are red, yellow, and blue. Secondary colors are orange, green and purple.
Lesson 3 Making the Color Purple!
*** I like to use this lesson when we are talking about text-self connections when we have had previous experience with Lilly.
Materials:
A Collection of Purple Objects (preferably different shades)
Large Poster board (4-5 kids will share)
Red and Blue Paint
Paint Brushes
Directions:
- Read Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse.
- After reading, have students look at the different objects of all different shades of purple.
- Ask, how do you make purple?
- Today you are going to work as a team to discover ways to make purple and different shades of purple. But first, what two primary colors make purple? The best way to make different shades of purple is to make dots. (You can make a connection if you have made the dot art, found in the lesson titled “Everyone is an Artist”)
- Tell them not to mix in the cup of paint, but only on the paper.
- Have them begin to paint. As they paint walk around the room and ask the question, How do you make a lighter purple? Darker purple? Guide them to the conclusion the lighter the purple the more red they need, the darker the purple the more blue they need to use.
Lesson 4 Making the Color Orange (I would suggest using this lesson around Halloween)
Materials:
A book about pumpkins (can be nonfiction or fiction)
Red and yellow paint
Paint brushes
18x24 white construction paper (1 piece per 2 students)
Directions:
- Read and discuss pumpkins.
- Ask, How do you make orange?
- Today you are going to make orange and different shades of orange using the primary colors red and yellow. You are going to be working with a partner to make a pumpkin that are different shades.
- Remind them not to mix in the cup of paint, but only on the paper.
- Have them begin to paint. As they paint walk around the room and ask the question, how do you make a lighter orange? Darker orange?
- Guide them to the conclusion, for lighter orange they need more yellow for darker orange they need more red.
Lesson 5 Making the Color Green (I would suggest using this lesson near Christmas or St. Patrick’s Day)
Materials:
Read a book about trees or St. Patrick’s Day
Yellow and Blue Paint
Paint Brushes
9X12 white construction paper
Directions:
- Read aloud the book of your choice.
- Ask, how do you make green?
- Today you are going to make green and different shades of green using the primary colors, yellow and blue.
- Remind them not to mix in the cup of paint, but only on their paper.
- Have them begin to paint. As they paint walk around the room and ask the question, how do you make a lighter green? Darker green?
- Guide them to the conclusion, for lighter green they need more yellow for a darker green they need more blue.
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