Ally Ford

Miniteaching 3 Lesson Plan

4/31/20

Colors and Fruits Lesson Plan

This lesson will focus on learning and applying vocabulary for both colors and fruits.
This lesson is aimed toward elementary school-aged children, specifically fourth or fifth grade as
students will need to be able to communicate and think abstractly when it comes to the paintings.
As a class we will review vocabulary and then apply what we have learned by looking at famous
paintings that include the colors and fruits we learned about. Little to no English will be used in
this lesson with the exception of a few instructions in case they are confused. By looking at
paintings, students will be able to apply what they have learned in a fun and interesting way
through communication.

Level: elementary school – fourth/fifth grade

Lesson Length: 10-15 minutes
Objectives:
 Students will be able to recognize color vocabulary and apply them to items in their
surroundings
 Students will use their understanding of the vocabulary to describe colors used in famous
paintings
 Students will review fruit vocabulary and use it to recognize given fruits during an
activity
 Students will once again look at famous paintings and point out the fruit in them using
the learned vocabulary
 Students will be able to communicate their favorite colors/fruits
Exercises:
1. Introduce the topic, hand out color vocabulary sheet and go over terms (3 minutes)
2. Look at color paintings and point out the colors used (2 minutes)
3. Hand out fruit vocabulary sheet and go over terms (2 minutes)
4. Use fruit props and ask students to give the name and color of the fruit (4 minutes)
5. Look at fruit paintings and ask students to point out the fruits included (2 minutes)
Materials:
 Vocabulary sheets
 Paintings
Assessment:
 Students will demonstrate their knowledge of vocabulary and grammar by meeting the
standards as tested on the Virginia World Language SOL
Methods:
 Since this lesson will be online, I’m going to do my best to not be an Atlas and instead
use CLT to promote conversation when looking at the paintings
 I will use binding to associate the vocabulary with the colors and fruits in the vocabulary
lists and activities
Lesson Outline:
1. Introduction
 a. Introduce the lesson: colors and fruits
i. Review color vocab sheet as a class
1. What is your favorite color? What color are your eyes? What color
is your shirt?
ii. Review fruit vocab sheet as a class
1. What is your favorite fruit? What fruit do you NOT like? Is anyone
allergic to a fruit?
2. Hands on
a. Introduce the activity: color paintings
i. Look at paintings and point out the colors used
1. How do the colors make you feel? What colors are not included?
b. Introduce the activity: fruit props
i. Show a variety of fruits on screen and ask students what fruit it is as well
as what color it is
c. Introduce the activity: fruit paintings
i. Look at paintings and point out the fruits in the painting
1. What fruits do you see? What fruits do you NOT see? Which are
there the most of?
3. Conclusion
a. Review vocabulary
i. Have students name the fruits as I hold them up