Grade One Lesson Plans for Spanish Colors
Children are much better at picking up a foreign language than adults, and teaching children a second language from as early as the first grade can be beneficial. Teaching children about how to identify colors in Spanish can help them in being able to refer to items by their color if they don't know the word. Learning some lesson plans for first grade Spanish students to learn colors can help you determine how to teach our class.
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Coloring Worksheet
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This lesson plan involves going through the Spanish words for colors with the children, and then handing them a coloring worksheet and some crayons to use. Teach them the colors using cue cards and repetition, and then use the coloring worksheets to test their comprehension. Write the names of the colors in Spanish in the section that has to be colored in. You can write the name of the color in the color itself to aid comprehension, for example, the word "rojo" would be written in red, inside the section that needs to be colored in red.
Standing on Colors
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Use Spanish songs created to teach children colors in order to help the children learn the various names for the colors in Spanish. You can use cue cards of varying colors to help the children understand the names of the colors. When they have gained a basic understanding of the colors, place pieces of card with different colors on them around the room and get the children to play musical chairs, except with the color cards in place of chairs. Play a Spanish colors song, and then when it stops, the children have to stand on a color. You can ask questions to the class such as "Who is standing on azul (blue)?" to check their understanding.
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Color Dominoes
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Teach the children colors as best you can using cue cards and repetition of the words. Once they have gained a general understanding, test them using a dominoes game. Cut out cardboard rectangles and draw a line down the center of each. On one side, shade a color in, and on the other side write the name of a different color in Spanish. The idea is for each color shaded on one half of the rectangle to have its name written on another one. Get the children to play a game similar to dominoes, except where you have to match the color to its name in Spanish.
Color Questions
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Teach children the names for various colors in Spanish. This can be done in person using cue cards, or you can allow them to read the list and listen to the examples on the Spanish Town website. Teach them the colors red, blue, orange, yellow, green, brown, black and white (in Spanish: rojo, azul, naranja, amarillo, verde, marron, negro and blanco). After they have practiced saying these words, teach them some simple questions related to colors in Spanish, such as "Que color es este?" (What color is this?). Examples of these can be found on Spanish Town.
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