Colour Wheel

Date
Teacher Name Courtney Orton 24/11/2017
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Subject Area Science/ Art Grade Grade one
Topic Creating Colour Time 50 min
General Learner 15 Identify and evaluate methods for creating colour and for applying colours to
Expectation(s) different materials.
- Component three: Appreciating Art
4. Predict and describe changes in colour that result from the mixing of primary
Specific Learner
colours and from mixing a primary colour with white or with black.
Expectation(s)
- Students will interpret art work literally: colour variation is built on three basic
colours.
Learning Students will be able to:
Objectives 1) observe changes in colour that result from the mixing of primary colours

Evidence
(formative Objective #1 Collect students colour wheels and observe and note discussion at
assessment) smartboard about mixing the colours.

Example colour wheel

Coloured pictures of what the first step of the wheel looks like
Red, yellow, and blue paint
(17) Paint brushes
Container for students to wash off their brushes and paper towel for drying
Materials
brushes
17 Paper plates with lines for the circle
Video on primary and secondary colours
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmquqAP2w_8
Resources:
Topic A Creating Colour Grade 1 by Edmonton Public School

oGet students attention with give me five and make sure no one is fidgeting
with supplies
Today class, we are going to be making colour wheels. Colour wheels show us
Introduction
how colours are related. They remind artists how to mix and think about colours.
(3 min)
Before we can make our colour wheel we have to learn what primary and
secondary colours are.
- Show students the example colour wheel
 Mini-lecture -
- Teacher Actions
oWatch the video of primary colours https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=bmquqAP2w_8
oIntroduce and write on the smartboard primary colours- red, yellow and blue
- Ask students if they know what one primary colour is? And so on
- Primary colours cannot be made from other colours. Artists create all the other
colours of the rainbow by mixing together two primary colours.
Mini-lecture oIntroduce and write on the smartboard secondary colours- orange, green, and
(12 min) purple which is also called violet
- Ask students if they know what the secondary colours are?
- Ask why do you think secondary colour is a good name for these colours?
Because it takes two colours to make the new colour
- Ask students if they remember what primary colours create each secondary
colour one at a time and write it on the board. Remind students that we went
over this some groups this morning and yesterday. RED + YELLOW = ORANGE,
YELLOW + BLUE = GREEN and BLUE + RED = PURPLE. Ask students if it matters
what order we mix the colours in? No
Demonstration of colour wheel
-Teacher Actions
o As a class we are going to start by doing the primary colours of the wheel.
o I will demonstrate in front of the class how to paint in the triangle leaving a
blank triangle between each colour. The two primary colours beside the blank
triangle are what we mix together to create each secondary colour. Tell the
students how the secondary colour is made from the two primary colours that
it touches.
o Have pictures on the whiteboard to remind students what it should look like
o tell students that Mrs. Herrell and I will come around to every table and put a
drop of red on one of your triangles once you have printed your name on the
back of your plate and you are going to spread the paint out to cover your
Colour wheel entire triangle.
(30 min) o If you need more red or are ready for the next colour you will put your hand up
and stay seated! I dont want to see anyone walking around and coming up to
myself or Mrs. Herrell.
o You will be ready for the next colour when you have painted your triangle and
have rinsed off your brush in the water container at your center and dried it
with your paper towel.
o If I see that you did not paint just one triangle with that colour you will not get
to continue the rest of your colour wheel.
I need three volunteers, hands up and I am going to pick someone who has been
quiet and listening the whole time to help me pass out the plates, paper towel and
the paint brushes.
o We will continue with secondary colours if there is time using the same
procedure.
Closure - Ask one student from each group to collect the brushes and one to grab the
(5 minutes) water container and put it in the sink.
- Have students place their plates at the front table to dry and every table has to
be cleaned up before we move on. If there is paint on the desks get slightly
 damp paper towel to clean it up.

Review concepts during next lesson:

What are the primary colours (red, yellow, blue) and what are the secondary
colours (orange, green, purple)
Which primary colours mix to give each secondary colour
Reflection
The students work turned out really good for whole group instruction. It was
important to have clear instruction and since this procedure for mixing and
painting worked, I will use it for my mouse paint lesson as well. It took less time
than expected and the review/ closure was good because students were really
grasping the concepts of primary and secondary colours, which makes me very
happy that I am actually teaching them! The colour wheel serves as a good
reminder of how to mix primary colours to make secondary colours. Remember
when mixing red and yellow to make orange, you need a lot less red than yellow.