Colour by numbers
Overview
Purpose
Vocabulary acquisition
Learning outcome
Students recognise and show understanding of colour and numbers vocabulary in German.
Skills
- Reading
Type
Individual activity
Related units in Ja! kit
- Unit 12 Meine Haustiere
Instructions
Materials
To download the template, select from the following Word or PDF formats:
- Colouring picture template for 'Colour by numbers' activity (Word, 100KB)
- Colouring picture template for 'Colour by numbers' activity (PDF, 37KB)
Steps
- Give each student a copy of the picture template.
Teach the German words for the eight colours to be used – yellow, red, white, blue, black, brown, green, and orange.
Reinforce the learning of the colours vocabulary by singing the song Grün sind
alle meine Kleider with the class. To download the score and lyrics for the song, select from the following Word or PDF formats:- Song for 'Colour by numbers' activity (Word, 34KB)
- Song for 'Colour by numbers' activity (PDF, 24KB)
- Students colour in the picture using the following key:
- 1 = gelb
- 2 = rot
- 3 = weiß
- 4 = blau
- 5 = schwarz
- 6 = braun
- 7 = grün
- 8 = orange.
The star border is to be coloured as shown in the numbered stars.
Tips
- Before copying the template, fill the speech bubbles with German greetings or something suitable (for example, about the flowers). Alternatively, ask the students to write their own greetings in the bubbles.
- For areas where no colour is specified, code them yourself, or ask the students to choose their own colours.
- This activity can be used for in-class differentiation or homework. It is an ideal activity for homework since it can be time consuming to complete.
Variations
- Give the picture with no numbers to the students to make up their own colour code (in German) and then swap with a partner. This enhances their learning of colours vocabulary.
- Students draw their own pictures to swap with others to colour in, based on vocabulary taught previously (such as classroom objects).
Further learning
- Replace numerals with basic equations, for example:
Sechs minus zwei ist _____ . (6 - 2 = __ ) - Add to the colour vocabulary by mixing the colours. For example:
Aus Weiß und Schwarz wird Grau.
White and black make grey.
Language to use
- Achtung! Fertig! Los!
Ready! Let's play! - Wie heißt ______ auf Englisch/Deutsch?
What is ______ in English/German? - Gut gemacht!
Well done! - Wer hat Blau?
Who has blue? - Ich brauche Blau.
I need blue. - plus
plus - minus (pronounced mee-nuss)
minus (the '-us' in the German 'plus' and 'minus' have the same vowel sound as the English word 'puss') - mal (pronounced marl)
times/multiplied by - durch (pronounced doorch)
divided by