Color Dictionary 

Do Now: Draw a necktie and design a pattern on it. 

For our last class in the "Introduction to Art" unit, the 1st and 2nd graders made color dictionaries. 

The dictionaries include all the color groups we have learned so far: primary colors, secondary colors, warm colors, cool colors, and complementary colors.

Primary Colors 

                              Secondary Colors

Warm colors

Cool colors

Complementary colors 

After recording all the color groups, students had to draw a picture using the colors from only one of the groups. 

While students worked, our 7th grade volunteer read Alice and Greta's Color Magic by Steven J. Simmons. Afterwards, students made Simmons-inspired drawings where all the colors were scrambled!