Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Color Mixing

1st Grade- Mixed Up Mice

In first grade one of our more popular projects is our color mixing unit.  Last year the students created color chicks and this year we have created Mixed Up Mice.

The main focus for this project is to learn how to use our primary colors (red, yellow, blue) to create the secondary colors (orange, purple, green).

We began by reading the book Mouse Paints by Ellen Stoll Walsh.  This book tells the story of 3 little mice who climb 3 colorful jars of paint (yellow, red, and blue).  As the little mice climb out of the jars of paint and begin to step into different colored puddles of paint they soon realize they can create new colors when they mix 2 colors together.  


As we read the book the students completed the color addition worksheet, seen below.  



The students then participated in a directed drawing where we used different letters, shapes, and lines to draw 6 mice on a narrow piece of paper.

Student examples are shown below.




The students used a technique called marker painting to create their primary and secondary colors.  Strips of primary colors were drawn on each mouse to help the students with color mixing and painting.  
For more information about marker painting please contact me.

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