1. Spanish First Level
Colours

2. First Level Significant Aspects of Learning
Use language in a range of contexts and across learning
Continue to develop confidence and enthusiasm to communicate using the language being learnt
Develop an awareness and understanding of patterns and sounds of language
Begin to develop an understanding of, interest in and respect for other countries, cultures and languages
Appreciate and understand the value of language learning
Recognise familiar written words when listening
Explore how gesture, expression and emphasis are used to help understanding.
Listen, recognise and respond to familiar voices in short, predictable conversations
Understand and respond to familiar spoken vocabulary
Actively take part in daily routines
Listen and join in with stories, song or poem
Enjoy engaging with simple and familiar texts on my own and with others using resources to support learning
Participate in familiar games, paired speaking and short role plays
Take part in simple, paired conversations about themselves giving simple opinions and asking simple questions

3. Vocabulary ¿De qué color es? What colour is it?
Colours
Aim to teach at least 5 of the colours at Early Level initially and build up as pupils progress towards 1st.
¿De qué color es? What colour is it?
Es It is
azul blue
blanco white
rojo red
verde green
amarillo yellow
rosa pink
negro black
gris grey
violeta purple
marrón brown
¿Qué color te gusta? Do you like blue?
Me encanta el… I love
Me gusta el… I like
No me gusta el… I don’t like
Odio el… I hate

4. For Early/First Level, start with about 5 only and work your way up to all the colours!

5. Introducing vocabulary
You can try this as an alternative to introducing vocabulary. Make colour cards for and give each group/pair a set. Ask them to listen to the colour and look at the word and then hold up the colour they think it is.

6. Escuchad y mirad los colores en español…

7. Escoged
Escoged means choose
el color

8. azul

9. naranja

10. violeta

11. blanco

12. rojo

13. verde

14. rosa

15. gris

16. negro

17. marrón

18. amarillo

19. ¿De qué color es?
What colour is it?

20. Es azul

21. Es blanco

22. Es rojo

23. Es verde

24. Es amarillo

25. Es rosa

26. Es negro

27. Es naranja
Note that you pronounce the T on the end of C’est when it’s followed by a vowel!

28. Es gris

29. Es violeta

30. Es marrón

32. ¿Qué color te gusta?
Which colours do you like? The following slides are 1st Level Vocabulary

33. ¿Te gusta el azul?
Do you like blue? The colour can be swapped for any other colour to change the question.

34. Me encanta el azul!
The colour can be swapped for any other colour to change the answer e.g. Me encanta el azul!

35. Me gusta el amarillo.
The colour can be swapped for any other colour to change the answer e.g. Me encanta el amarillo!.

36. No me gusta el rosa.
The colour can be swapped for any other colour to change the answer e.g. No me gusta el rosa

37. ¡Odio el naranja!
The colour can be swapped for any other colour to change the answer e.g. Odio el naranja

38. Embedding the language tip
Use Spanish colours for cooperative groups – les rouges, les bleus etc. Ask pupils “¿De qué color es?” when reading stories, creating art work etc.

39. Sample activities
You will find a bank of sample activities which you can use to practise the vocabulary in the classroom.
This is not a prescriptive list of activities and you can use or adapt them to suit the needs of your class.
You will find a set of more challenging activities in Second Level Colours.

40. ¿De qué color es?
Look at the colours and ask the class, “¿De qué color es?” for each of them. The pupils should then respond with Es____ and the correct colour.

41. Es verde!

42. Es rojo

43. Es amarillo

44. Es marrón

45. Es negro

46. Es azul

47. Es rosa

48. Es violeta

49. Es blanco

50. Brain Training – Los Colores

51. Brain Training!
Challenge: say the colour that the word is written in, and not the word itself!

52. rojo

53. negro

54. verde

55. rosa

56. gris

57. azul

58. amarillo

59. marrón

60. azul

61. naranja

62. rojo

63. blanco

64. verde

65. rojo

66. amarillo

67. negro
blanc

68. amarillo

69. marrón

70. azul

71. verde

72. blanco

73. gris

74. rojo

75. naranja

76. rojo

77. violeta

78. azul

79. amarillo

80. negro

81. blanco

82. gris

83. rojo

84. violeta

85. Traedme…
For this activity, put pupils into rainbow groups by giving each pupil a card which is either blue, red, green or yellow and asking them to form a group with 4 colours. They can also say their colour as they are moving around the class.
Ask them to introduce themselves using Buenos días etc.
Then teacher asks a different colour each time to bring them an object of a colour. E.g. La persona roja, traedme un objeto azul!

86. Traedme Traedme un objeto means “Bring me an object”
Pupils work in teams/cooperative groups
Teacher calls out “Traedme un objeto” and adds a colour onto the end e.g. Traedme un objeto azul
The pupils must race to give the teacher something that colour.
You can ask pupils to then say what colour it is e.g. Es rojo.
Pupils can also then take a turn of asking others to “Traedme un objeto….!”

87. Los grupos del arco iris
Teacher gives a coloured card to all pupils with either one of yellow, blue, red or green. Pupils then have to organise themselves into groups by asking the question, “¿De qué color es?” and saying their own colour (the question is optional depending on class!). There should be an equal (as much as is possible) number of each colour card in the class so that the pupils are in groups with one of each colour.

88. Mi color favorito es el….
Saludos en grupo.
Buenos días
¿Qué tal?
Me llamo…
Mi color favorito es el….
Teacher gives a coloured card to all pupils with either one of yellow, blue, red or green. Pupils then have to organise themselves into groups by asking the question, “¿De qué color es ?” and saying their own colour (the question is optional depending on class!). There should be an equal (as much as is possible) number of each colour card in the class so that the pupils are in groups with one of each colour.

89. Traedme un objeto de color….
Traedme means bring me. The teacher asks one colour of person in each group to bring here un object and then adds a colour. Each team gets a point for whatever the deliver of that object.

91. ¿Qué hace falta? ¿Qué hace falta? means what’s missing?
Pupils look at the colours on the following slides, close their eyes, teacher moves the slide on and one colour will disappear. Pupils then open their eyes and have to say which colour is missing.
You can then get pupils to do the same activity in their groups.

92. Mirad los colores. Cerrad los ojos. Abrid los ojos. ¿Qué hace falta?
¿Qué hace falta? means What is missing?
¿Qué hace falta?

94. Escoged means choose

95. ¡Sí, es el azul!
Escoged means choose

96. Escoged means choose

97. ¡Sí, es el rosa!
Escoged means choose

98. Escoged means choose

99. ¡Sí, es el rojo!
Escoged means choose

100. Escoged means choose

101. ¡Sí, es el naranja!
Escoged means choose

102. Escoged means choose

103. ¡Sí, es el negro!
Escoged means choose

104. Escoged means choose

105. Sí, es el verde!
Escoged means choose

106. Escoged means choose

107. ¡Sí, es el blanco!
Escoged means choose

108. Escoged means choose

109. ¡Sí, es el violeta!
Escoged means choose

110. Escoged means choose

111. ¡Sí, es el marrón!

112. Escoged means choose

113. ¡Sí, es el gris!

114. ¡Ahora tú!
To you now! Pupils can now place this in groups.

115. Pon la tarjeta en el centro de la mesa
To you now!

116. Tres personas cierran los ojos
Three people in the group close their eyes.

117. Una persona toma una tarjeta
One person removes a card.

118. ¡abrid los ojos!
Open your eyes.

119. ¿Que hace falta?
What’s missing. The others should then try and guess!

120. Pon las tarjetas en el centro de la mesa
Put the cards back into the centre of the table.

121. Escuchad los colores…
The teacher says a colour.

122. ¡Golpea el color sobre la mesa!
Pupils have to slap the colours as they hear them.

123. ¿Qué color te gusta?
Asking the class their opinions on colours. Finish the sentence on each slide. You can play this as corners by putting up opinions in corners of the room and then asking pupils to move to an area of the room which matches their opinion of that colour.

124. ¿Te gusta…? Me encanta Me gusta No me gusta Odio
Each slide has a colour card, use this to ask the class to ask the question and then choose an answer. Either Me encanta el amarillo, Me gusta el rojo, No me gusta el azul, odio el naranja.
No me gusta
Odio

125. ¿Te gusta…? Me encanta Me gusta No me gusta Odio
Each slide has a colour card, use this to ask the class to ask the question and then choose an answer. Either Me encanta el amarillo, Me gusta el rojo, No me gusta el azul, odio el naranja.
No me gusta
Odio

126. ¿Te gusta…? Me encanta Me gusta No me gusta Odio
Each slide has a colour card, use this to ask the class to ask the question and then choose an answer. Either Me encanta el amarillo, Me gusta el rojo, No me gusta el azul, odio el naranja.
No me gusta
Odio

127. ¿Te gusta…? Me encanta Me gusta No me gusta Odio
Each slide has a colour card, use this to ask the class to ask the question and then choose an answer. Either Me encanta el amarillo, Me gusta el rojo, No me gusta el azul, odio el naranja.
No me gusta
Odio

128. ¿Te gusta…? Me encanta Me gusta No me gusta Odio
Each slide has a colour card, use this to ask the class to ask the question and then choose an answer. Either Me encanta el amarillo, Me gusta el rojo, No me gusta el azul, odio el naranja.
No me gusta
Odio

129. ¿Te gusta…? Me encanta Me gusta No me gusta Odio
Each slide has a colour card, use this to ask the class to ask the question and then choose an answer. Either Me encanta el amarillo, Me gusta el rojo, No me gusta el azul, odio el naranja.
No me gusta
Odio

130. ¿Te gusta…? Me encanta Me gusta No me gusta Odio
Each slide has a colour card, use this to ask the class to ask the question and then choose an answer. Either Me encanta el amarillo, Me gusta el rojo, No me gusta el azul, odio el naranja.
No me gusta
Odio

131. ¿Te gusta…? Me encanta Me gusta No me gusta Odio
Each slide has a colour card, use this to ask the class to ask the question and then choose an answer. Either Me encanta el amarillo, Me gusta el rojo, No me gusta el azul, odio el naranja.
No me gusta
Odio

132. ¿Te gusta…? Me encanta Me gusta No me gusta Odio
Each slide has a colour card, use this to ask the class to ask the question and then choose an answer. Either Me encanta el amarillo, Me gusta el rojo, No me gusta el azul, odio el naranja.
No me gusta
Odio

133. ¿Te gusta…? Me encanta Me gusta No me gusta odio
Each slide has a colour card, use this to ask the class to ask the question and then choose an answer. Either Me encanta el amarillo, Me gusta el rojo, No me gusta el azul, odio el naranja.
No me gusta
odio

134. ¿Te gusta…? Me encanta Me gusta No me gusta odio
Each slide has a colour card, use this to ask the class to ask the question and then choose an answer. Either Me encanta el amarillo, Me gusta el rojo, No me gusta el azul, odio el naranja.
No me gusta
odio

135. Class colour survey
Pupils can practice asking ¿Te gusta el color … …+ a colour? by surveying each other around the class. This can then be linked to creating a graph, tally marks etc.
¿Qué color te gusta…? Means which colour do you like? And could be used as a title for a graph.
¿A cuántas personas les gusta el amarillo? = How many people like yellow

136. Songs and videos!
You will find a bank of sample songs and videos which you can use to practise the vocabulary in the classroom.
This is not a prescriptive list of songs and you can use or adapt them to suit the needs of your class.
You will find a set of more supported activities in Early Feelings and more challenging activities in Level 2 Feelings.

137. Arc en ciel
The Spanish version of the rainbow song, sung to the same tune.

138. Rojo y amarillo y rosa y verde,
naranja, violeta y azul.
Conozco los colores,
Todos los colores
De mi arco iris
Conozco los colores (I know the colours), todos los colores (all the colours) De mi arco iris (of my rainbow)

139. y y y y y
Conozco los colores,
Todos los colores
De mi

140. Song without the words

141. Globos globos globos – song about balloons and colours.
¡Colores cancion!

142. ICT Resources online
You will find a bank of sample ICT activities which you can use to practise the vocabulary in the classroom.
This is not a prescriptive list of activities and you can use or adapt them to suit the needs of your class.
You will find a set of more supported activities in Early Feelings and more challenging activities in Level 2 Feelings.
Each of the slides contains an image of the website page. If you click on the image it will take you to the page. Alternatively you can use a link address which you will find in the slide notes.

143. Juego de colores

144. ¡Adiós!