LESSON PRESENTATION INSTRUCTIONS
COLOR
ROY G. BIV
Lesson Objectives: Students will learn the colors of the rainbow.
Time required: 2 sessions: Day 1: 1 hour; Day 2: This won’t take very long. (This could be combined with another short lesson.)
Artist: Charles Lapicque, The Before Start
Picture of a rainbow
Materials (Session 1):
White construction paper 9×12
Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple tempera paint
Paper plates for paint
Paintbrushes
Drying rack
Materials (Session 2):
Black paper larger than 9×12
Glue sticks
White crayons to write their names on the back
Presentation:
There is a great song written by Greg Percy about the colors of the rainbow called Roy G. Biv. Download it from the computer. Discuss the color wheel.
Procedure for Day 1:
1. Hand out white paper and have the kids write their names on the back.
2. With red paint, make a big brush stroke across the whole page on the top.
3. With the orange paint, paint a brushstroke underneath and alongside the red, so no white is sowing between the stripes.
4. Continue on with yellow, green, blue, and purple.
Procedure for Day 2:
- Have the kids write their names on the back of the black paper with a white crayon.
- Pass out the kids’ art work with the red strip on top. Have the kids rip their paper into vertical strips about 1-1 ½ inch wide.
- Give the kids the glue sticks and have them glue the strips down in order, but leaving some space in-between.
