Ms.

Henderson Lesson plan

Subject: Language Arts
Grade: 2nd Grade
Name of Lesson: Color Words
Title of Book:
Caps for Sale
By:
Esphyr Slobodkina
NJCCCS:
RL 2.10
Objectives:
Students will be able to recognize color words.
Students will be able to match color words to the correct color.
Materials:
Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina
Sentence Strips for the sentence Monkey, monkey in a tree, throw the
_____________ cap down to me.
Color Words
Index cards
Colored Caps
Photocopied caps
Crayons
Pencils
Anticipatory Set:
Children will be told that they are going to get to play a matching game.
Procedures:

1. The teacher will recap the students knowledge of colors.

2. The teacher will discuss reasons for learning color words (i.e. art class,
drawing or mixing paint, traffic lights, etc.)
3. The teacher will introduce the book Caps for Sale and ask what they think
the book will be about.
4. The teacher will read the story asking questions to check for understanding.
5. The teacher will introduce the color caps and the monkey sentence.
6. The teacher will give an example of reading the sentence using one color cap
and the color word (written in its color).
7. The students will match the color word (written in its color) to the correct
color hat.
8. After each match is made, the class will read the sentence together.
9. The teacher will introduce a new set of color words that are not written in
different colors.
10. The students will match the correct cap to the color word (not written in its
color).
11. The students will read the sentence together.
Closure:
The teacher will ask:
What did we learn today?
What did you like about the story?
Why do we need to know our color words?
Assessment:
Students will be asked to choose two colors and color two caps in crayon.
Students will then label the caps with the correct color
Students will also be given a homework assignment based on color words.
Reference:
Esphyr Slobodkina. (1940, 1947). Caps for Sale. New York
http://www.state.nj.us/education/modelcurriculum/ela/2.shtml