Cool Reading - CK1P3

What is this photo of?

Yes, it’s a rainbow!

A rainbow has seven colors. What are they?

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Colors Everywhere!

The colors of a rainbow are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. You can’t touch a rainbow, but you can make one!

How to Make a Rainbow Materials White paper A glass of water (ž full) A sunny day!

Instructions 1. Find a sunny part of the classroom.

2. Take the glass and the paper to the sunny part of the room.

3. Hold the glass above the paper. Be careful!

4. Look at the sun going through the glass.

5. What do you see on the paper?

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Colors in Spring Spring is one of the four seasons. It begins in March.

Birds lay their eggs in the spring. Animals are born in the spring.

Trees, flowers, and plants start to grow in the spring.

Do you see the blossom on the tree? What color is it?

Do you like this color?

Colors in Summer Summer comes after spring. We spend a lot of time outdoors in the summer. We go to the beach.

Plants grow in the summer. This is a photo of the beach. What color are the sandals?

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Colors in Fall After summer comes fall. Some trees lose their leaves in the fall.

The leaves change color too.

They change from green to red, orange, yellow, or brown. And then they fall!

Colors in Winter Winter comes after fall. In winter it’s cold! Sometimes it snows in winter. What color is snow?

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You can mix colors to make new colors.

=

+ Red

Blue

=

+ Yellow

Blue

Red

Green

=

+ Yellow

Orange

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+ Green

Purple

Red

Brown

There are many more combinations. Try making some at home.

The only colors you can’t make are red, yellow, and blue. These are primary colors.

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Favorite Colors There are lots of colors. Which is your favorite color?

Your favorite color says a lot about you.

Color

Personality

red

You are a warm person. You are strong and exciting!

pink

You are a caring person.

orange

You are a cheerful person. You are very creative, too!

yellow

You are a happy person. You are intelligent and optimistic.

green

You like nature. You are honest and reliable!

blue

You are a peaceful person and you are very loyal.

purple

You are very sophisticated! And mysterious, too.

grey

You are very serious and intelligent.

brown

You are confident and relaxed!

black

You are elegant and powerful!

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Worksheet 3 Rainbows 1 Look at the pictures. Write the seasons.

2 Create the colors.

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= purple

+

= brown

+

= green

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3 Match the colors with their adjectives. purple

exciting

green

cheerful

yellow

intelligent

blue

honest

red

loyal

orange

mysterious

4 Draw and color your favorite season.

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