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Book Extension Activity - Lesson Plan
Book Extension Activity - Lesson Plan
2. Objectives:
SWBAT + Bloom’s verb
Students will be able to sort objects from around the room by color
3. Materials/Equipment:
Muffin pans
Colorful toy and items around the classroom
4. Teaching:
A. Plan for reading the book
Teacher will gather students and begin to read the title author and illustrator
After reading that the teacher will explain that the boo will be about the colors of the
rainbow and that they are everywhere around us.
After that the teacher will begin to tread the story
While reading the teacher will ask questions to the students such as:
o “Who’s favorite color is… (which ever page they are on)”
o “Has anyone ever broken a pinata?”
After reading the book the teacher will then go onto the extension activity
B. Plan for extension activity: Color Hunt
For the extension activity the teacher will provide muffin pans (9 muffin slots) to each of
the students
The teacher will explain that children will need to find objects around the room that are
certain colors (red, blue, green, etc)
Once the children find the item, they will bring it back to their muffin pan and place the
object in one of the slots.
For extra context the teacher will also open up the page to which ever color the children
are finding (such as if they are looking for red the teacher will open u the red page in the
book)
Once students are finished finding the items and filling their muffin pan the teacher will
ask the student such questions such as:
o “How many red things did you find? (blue, yellow, etc)
o Which one is your favorite?
o How many things are there all together?
5. Closure:
The teacher will close the activity by stating back to the book about how
there is color all around us