Names: Kaitlyn Post Period: 4th Date: 1/18/2016

Book Lesson Plan (39 Points)

1. Title (1 pt): My First Book OF Colors
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2. Author (1 pt):Chuck Murphy
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3. Illustrator (1 pt): Chuck Murphy
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4. Theme/Moral (1 pt): Learning about colors
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5. Story Stretchers: (Meaningful questions to ask when reading the story) (5

pts)
a. What is the biggest color on the house?
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b. What colors does the rainbow have?
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c. What is your favorite color?
d.

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(After the book is read) what is your favorite color page of the book?

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e. What did you learn while listening to the teacher read this book?
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Activity
Mixing colors together to create and see what different colors it makes.
6. Choose and circle one of the following to design large group learning
activities for, then, on the back, describe the activities, in detail. (30 points)
Language Art

Creative Art

Math

Large Motor/Physical

Science

Social Studies

Name of Activity: (Ex.Creative

arts How a Seed Grows) (1 pt)
Length of Activity: (How long
will the children work on this
activity?) (1 pt)
Activity Objective: (What do
you want them to learn/practice?
Why? (2 pts)
Directions for
Caregiver/Teacher: Give at
least five detailed instructions
for the caregiver to prepare for
this activity. (5 pts)

Color Mixing
30 min

I can mix colors together

So that I can learn what colors make other colors

1. Get the kids to sit in circle time (The Big Circle Carpet) and read th
the book My First Book Of Colors
2. Keep the kids interested by asking them a few questions during the

reading time.
3. Make sure all the kids know what the story was about by asking the

few questions at the end.

4. Send all the kids back to their seats and tell them about the activity
5. Make sure all the kids are behaving before the start of the activity th
Directions to Tell Preschooler:
Give at least five instructions
that the caregiver will have to
share with the preschooler, use
preschool-friendly language. (5
pts)

1.
2.
3.
4.

is a privilege
Get a partner to work with.
Each pick out a color of paint
The teacher will pour a little paint of each color
Both partners will then take their fingers and mix both paints togeth

to see what color this makes.

5. After the kids have done multiple colors they will wash their hands a
clean up.

Objects Needed: (Identify at

least five objects/items that will
be in this activity, then explain
how children will use them. Ex.
Crayons, to draw and color
familiar faces.) (10 pts)
Concepts and Skills
Addressed: (Well designed
activities should address each
area of development, explain
how your activity will do this.)
(6 pts)
Physical: (2 pts)

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Paper
My first book of colors
Paint
Preschoolers
Knowledge of colors

The preschoolers should learn about how to mix colors and wha
those colors make, at the very least each preschooler should be
able to know every color before the mixing is involved.

Social-Emotional: (2
pts)

Intellectual: (2 pts)

Most kids are very happy doing this project and they get to
socialize with a partner while doing this project.

The preschoolers are up doing this instead of sitting down writin

what they have learned.