CIS 221 Mondays-Wednesdays

Lydia Edwards-Pope

The Color Wheel

Grade(s)

Kindergarten

Subject(s)

Art-Colors

Length of Lesson

5-30 minute lessons

Lesson
I will be teaching the students the basics of the colors by
Overview/Rational using the color wheel.
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Curriculum
Framework/Stand
ard
Learning
Objectives

Apply skills and knowledge to create in the arts. Explore the basic
uses of art materials to produce artwork. v.06.2011 pg. 85 Michigan
Standards, Benchmarks, and Grade Level Content Expectations for
Visual Arts, Music, Dance, and Theater

Technology Uses

The students will be able to identify primary colors

The students will be able to identify complementary
colors
The students will be able to make their own color
wheel
The students will be able to identify what colors to mix
together to get other colors
The students will be able to create a graphic, with
assistance, using the Kidspiration software

I will be showing the students a PowerPoint presentation. The

technologies I will be using are:
a computer
a projector
a projector screen
I will be showing the students how to use a software program
called Kidspiration.
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Materials

Procedure

Lydia Edwards-Pope

Kid-safe paint
Tissue paper of different colors
Markers
Kid-safe glue
Paint brushes
Paper plate
Construction paper
Push pins
Number stencils
Flower stencils
Kidspiration software

1st lesson- Primary colors

The students will watch and participate in a short
PowerPoint presentation about primary colors.
After learning about the primary colors, the students will
create different shapes with paint, in primary colors
only.
nd
2 lesson- Complementary colors
The students will watch and participate in a short
PowerPoint presentation about complementary colors.
After learning about the complementary colors, the
students will color already stenciled numbers with
markers, in complementary colors only.
rd
3 lesson- The color wheel
The students will watch and participate in a short
PowerPoint presentation about the color wheel.
After learning about the color wheel, the students will
create their own color wheel, in the shape of a clock,
using the paper plates and tissue paper.
th
4 lesson- Mixing colors
The students will watch and participate in a short
PowerPoint presentation about mixing colors.
After learning about mixing colors, the students will
paint already stenciled flowers using colors theyve
mixed themselves.
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5 lesson- Kidspiration
The students will watch and participate in a short
demonstration about creating a Kidspiration graphic.
After learning about Kidspiration, and with guidance,
the students will create their own Kidspiration graphic.
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Assessment

Lydia Edwards-Pope

The students will create a Kidspiration graphic about

the following topics:
o Primary Colors
o Complementary Colors
o Secondary Colors
o Mixing Colors

By raising their hands, the students will answer

questions that may be asked during the PowerPoint
presentation.
The students will have homework geared toward the
lessons that were taught in the classroom.
The students will be assessed by the Kidspiration
graphic they create.