Teacher Resource
Rainbow Activities
Subject
English Language Arts (NYS P-12 Common Core)
Grade Levels
Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
Description
Purpose
Students will practice spelling the word wall words with different colors.
Materials
- paper
- crayons, colored pencil, markers, and/or paints and paintbrushes
Preparation
Prepare a sample and assemble the materials.
Instructions
- Rainbow Writing: Ask the students to rainbow write their weekly words by making each letter of a word a different color. You may have them do this one or more times for each word. As a variation, you may wish to have them color the vowels one color and the consonants another color.
- Rainbow Painting: This activity is the same as rainbow writing except the students use paints and brushes or finger paints instead. Display the painted words on the word wall for the week.
- Rainbow Shapes: Have the students draw around the shape of each word, following the ascending and descending letters. The students should then repeat this procedure several times, using a different color each time.
Cleanup
Display the completed rainbow activities. Store the pencil, crayons, paints, and paintbrushes in their appropriate containers.
