- color
- darker
- darkest
- lighter
- lightest
- shade
MA Standards:
Reading for Informational Text/
RI.P.MA.1: With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about an informational text read aloud.
Head Start Outcomes:
Literacy Knowledge/Book Appreciation and Knowledge: Asks and answers questions and makes comments about print materials.
PreK Learning Guidelines:
English Language Arts/Reading and Literature 6: Listen to a wide variety of age appropriate literature read aloud.
English Language Arts/Reading and Literature 10: Engage actively in read-aloud activities by asking questions, offering ideas, predicting or retelling important parts of a story or informational book.
Read Together: Spicy Hot Colors #2
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STEM Key Concepts: There are many different colors; Colors can have many different shades (from very light to very dark)
ELA Focus Skills: Color Recognition, Concepts of Print, Parts of a Book, Vocabulary, Active Listening, Interpreting Illustrations
Read Spicy Hot Colors by Sherry Shahan to children. Set a reading focus for children to notice the colors on one page and all the shades of those colors.
Before You Read
Display the book. Point to the words in the title as you read it aloud.
- Ask if children recognize any of the letters in the title. Ask, Can you find the letter “Cc?”
- Point to the English and the Spanish titles. Remind children that there are words in English and Spanish throughout the book.
As You Read
Read slowly and with expression. Track the text so children can follow along with you. When you track the color words, have children repeat the English and the Spanish words for each color. Point to items on various pages and ask questions such as,
- Can you find the darkest shade on the lap wrap? The lightest?
- Point to a color and ask, Which shade is lighter than this one? Which shade is darker?
After You Read
Return to the last page and hold it up. Talk about the colors on the page. Ask questions such as,
- What is your favorite color on the page? Why is it your favorite color? Is it the lightest shade on the page?
- Have children point and name a color and then find something in the room of that color or a shade of that color.