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Unit Author First and Last Name Katelyn Allen Author's E-mail Address [email protected] Course Name(s) Computers in the Classroom Course Number(s) LTEC 4100 Course Section(s) 003 School City, State, Zip Denton, TX 76201 Instructor Name(s): Gerald Knezek

Unit Overview

Unit Plan Title Colors Curriculum-Framing Questions Essential Question Why are colors important to know?

Unit Questions What are the different ways we use color?

Unit Summary Lessons on colors for the kindergarten grade level.

Subject Area(s): (List all subjects that apply) Art

Grade Level (Click boxes of all grade levels that apply) K-2 3-5 6-8 9-12 ESL Resource Gifted and Talented Other:

Student Objectives/Learning Outcomes The students will learn how to identify colors and name of colors. They will learn how to mix colors to make other colors. They will learn the color wheel and how primary colors are mixed to make secondary colors.

Targeted State Frameworks/Content Standards/Benchmarks 117.2. Art, Kindergarten. I N T E L ® T E A C H T O T H E F U T U R E 1 © 2001 Intel. All rights reserved. (b) Knowledge and skills. (1) Perception. The student develops and organizes ideas from the environment. The student is expected to: (B) identify colors, textures, forms, and subjects in the environment. (2) Creative expression/performance. The student expresses ideas through original artworks, using a variety of media with appropriate skill. The student is expected to: (A) create artworks, using a variety of colors, forms, and lines

Procedures Procedures consist of the software program: Disney Magic Artist Deluxe; crayola.com activities: Complementary Color Experiments and Spinning Color Wheels; an Internet Project on different color leaves from around the country; kinderkorner.com activities: color songs and poems; My Colors book students create from magazines and construction paper; watching a teacher tube video on colors that teaches primary and secondary colors.

Approximate Time Needed (Example: 45 minutes, 4 hours, 1 year, etc.) 2 weeks. If after a week if they have not learned everything or are still having trouble, I’ll make it 3 weeks.

Prerequisite Skills Students will have an easier time completing activities if they can read the names of the colors.

Materials and Resources Required For Unit Technology – Hardware (Click boxes of all equipment needed.) Camera Laser Disk VCR Computer(s) Printer Video Camera Digital Camera Projection System Video Conferencing Equip. DVD Player Scanner Other: Internet Connection Television

Technology – Software (Click boxes of all software needed.) Database/Spreadsheet Image Processing Web Page Development Desktop Publishing Internet Web Browser Word Processing E-mail Software Multimedia Other: Encyclopedia on CD-ROM Printed Materials Magazines for My Colors Book

Crayola.com Teachertube.com Internet Resources Kinderkorner.com Enchantedlearning.com Lilteacher.com

Childrenssoftwareonline.com for Disney Magic Artist Deluxe Others software program

Accommodations for Differentiated Instruction Universal design concepts for the computer: accessibility control panels. For a hearing-impaired student, I would provide closed- Resource Student captioning for audio such as the teacher tube video. Alternative keyboards will be provided for those students with cognitive disabilities.

The students who are more advanced in my class will have Gifted Student the opportunity to do more research on the Internet and move on to learning about tertiary colors.

Student Assessment Observation and portfolios for each student