Lesson Plan Template ED 3501 (Version C)

Lesson
Title/Focus

The Green lesson

Date

November 12, 2014

Subject/Gra
de Level

Science/ Grade 1

Time
Duratio
n

Class 1: 1 hour
Class 2: hour

Unit

Creating color

Teacher

Angela McPeake

OUTCOMES FROM ALBERTA PROGRAM OF STUDIES

General
Learning
Outcomes:
Specific
Learning
Outcomes:

15 Identify and evaluate methods for creating color and for applying colors to
different materials.
1. Identify colors in a variety of natural and manufactured objects.
2. Compare and contrast colors, using terms such as lighter than, darker than, more
blue, brighter than.
8. Compare the adherence of paint to different surfaces; e.g., different forms of
papers, fabrics and plastics.
9. Demonstrate that color can sometimes be extracted from one material and applied
to
another; e.g., by extracting a vegetable dye and applying it to a cloth, by dissolving
and
transferring a water-soluble paint

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Students will:
1. identify different shades of green
2. apply symbolist ideas of objects to green colors
3. create a composition of green colors and determine and appropriate description word.

ASSESSMENTS
Observations:

discuss with students as a group and individually to identify different

Key Questions:

types of green through word description, symbolism, and creating a

collage
What words can we use to describe green objects?
Can it be a feeling, action, appearance, sound, etc?

Can we give a multiple description words to one object?

Products/Performan
ces:

Students will create a collage of green paint, pencil crayon,

crayons, materials, etc to make represent a describing word.

LEARNING RESOURCES CONSULTED

Alberta Science curriculum guide:
http://education.alberta.ca/media/654825/elemsci
.pdf
Book:
Green By Laura Vaccaro Seeger

MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT

3 jars, water, blue and yellow food
coloring, paper towels
Book: GREEN
Smart board
Cardstock for each student
Pencil crayons, paint, crayons, green
fabric and other materials

PROCEDURE
Prior to lesson
Attention Grabber
Assessment of
Prior Knowledge
Expectations for
Learning and
Behavior
Advance

Have materials all ready for activity, smart board activities ready to
go, food coloring in the water of the jars
Introduction
Time
Travelling color in jars
5 MINS
How do we make green?
Students will all contribute ideas to the discussion
Students will experiment with different shades of green
1. Traveling color in jars

Adapted from a template created by Dr. K. Roscoe

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Organizer/Agenda

Transition to Body

2. Read book: Green

3. Smart board activities
4. Creating the green book, students begin working on
their collage pages
Students move to the carpet to read the book Green
Body

Learning Activity
#1

Read the book Green

Teacher Notes:
Assessments/
Differentiation

Discuss why the objects/ pages of the book are labeled specific
greens

Learning Activity
#2

Smart board activities

Activity 1: Green Sounds
Draw a connecting line between the word and picture
match
Activity 2: Green Actions
Draw a line between the word and picture match
Activity 3: Green Scene
Drag and drop appropriate description in the empty box
beneath the picture
Activity 4: Green Appearance
Drag and drop appropriate description over the image
Activity 5: Green collage
Each student drags an image into the circle, images will
over-lap and create a collage look.
Looking at the collage give it a green name according to
subject matter (nature green, outside green, living
green, growing green)
Activity 6: Name that green stuff
Drag and drop the appropriate description in the box
(Tall green)
Activity 7: Name that green stuff
Circle the description titles the students think are
appropriate
All titles are fitting. There can be many descriptions for
each object
Have students think about the different names they
could use, they can give descriptions based on looks,
sounds, appearance, actions, categories, feeing, etc.
All students should be given a turn on these tasks
Remind students to be respectful and not to shout out
an answer. Everyone gets a turn.
Collage pages for the classroom book The color green
Students will construct a green collage on paper which will
contribute to a classroom GREEN book; using paint, pencil
crayon, markers, crayons, fabric, ribbon, etc.
Pages need to lay flat because they will be laminated

Teacher Notes:
Assessments/
Differentiation

Learning Activity
#3

Teacher Notes:
Assessments/
Differentiation

Students will write a word to describe their green collage

page. (same idea as illustrated in the book Green).
The key to making the best collage is using lots of
materials, covering the whole page, and having stuff
overlap.
Avoid students from rushing, encourage sketching with
pencil first.
Circulate the room and encourage students to expand
on their ideas.

Adapted from a template created by Dr. K. Roscoe

Time
10 MINS

25 MINS

Class 1:
20 MINS
Class 2:
25 MINS

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Time

Consolidation of
Learning:
Feedback From
Students:
Feedback To
Students
Transition To Next
Lesson
Sponge
Activity/Activities

Closure
*Hands up*
Have students say what kinds of green description words they
will be using for the book
What kind of words do you think would be very tricky
description words? How could we verbally and visually show
that?

5 MINS

Good job on your contribution to the book!

Lets think about words we can use to describe different colors
and objects.
Students work on their turtle paintings

Reflections from the

lesson

Adapted from a template created by Dr. K. Roscoe