This exercise is part of notebook no. 2 “Daprender mirandês ye ua brincadeira”, by Julanda Delgado.
- The teacher should start by presenting the exercise, making the objectives clear (don’t forget that we are dealing with very young students, with all that this implies in terms of motivation and maintaining concentration).
- In interaction with the class, the teacher can survey all the objects/animals in the exercise and their colours (remember that given the age level of the students, we may be dealing with a group with very low reading skills) (15′)
- Ask the students to draw in their notebooks other illustrations of animals/objects that are black, grey or white and paint them, using the materials selected for the lesson – coloured pencils, watercolours, crayons (if they can’t find other animals/objects, they can draw some of the ones in the exercise) (15′)
- The students can (depending on the context and the teacher’s intentions) write the name of the object/animal next to each of them, as well as the name of its colour. (5′)
Area of Interest: Diverse communication settings
Skills: Speaking and Writing
Competences:
Age Bracket: 6 – 10
Time Commitment: Under 30 minutes
Affordability: €
Materials:
Copy of the exercises “Negro, cinzento e branco” from the notebook “Daprender mirandés ye ua brincadeira” (or, ideally, a copy of the notebook) by Julanda Delgado.
Students must be accompanied by their daily class materials: pencils, pens, sheets/record books and also coloured pencils/crayons/watercolours.
Expert recommendations:
Depending on the objectives and the time available, the teacher can get the students to understand how grey is obtained (a mixture of white and black) or how another colour is lightened/darkened – by adding white or black. They can also make students understand what results from mixing certain colours (for example, yellow and red = orange, … ).
This exercise can be used to begin the study/learning of colours, and in later lessons it can be continued with the other existing colours.
This is an exercise that can easily be used in any context and with any minority language.