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2. SECRET MEANINGS Te Tuhi pre-visit lesson 3 For Year 3-4 students
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3. Welcome to Secret Meanings
Before we start let’s recap on what were learnt in our last lesson.
During this lessons we will learn about…
Colours and words
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4. In the last lesson we learnt that colour2 3 1
1 + 2 = 3
can help us solve maths problems
can inspire artists and their artwork
In the last lesson we learnt that colour
can represent a number

5. APPLES/CHILI/CHERRY/TOMATOES/WATERMELON/STRAWBERRIES
Colours and words
Colour is on many things, but how can colour help us learn new words?
Let’s explore 4 colours and what words they make us think of…

6. What things can we think of that are the colour Red?
Strawberries
Starfish
Fire
Fire engines
Buildings
Ladybugs
Chili
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7. What things can we think of that are the colour Yellow?
Lemons
Sunflowers
Cars
Bananas
Snakes
Ducklings
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8. What things can we think of that are the colour Blue?
Butterflies
The sky
Blueberries
Mountain Bluebird
The ocean
Flags
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9. What things can we think of that are the colour Brown?
Chocolate
Tree branches
Coconuts
Grizzly bears
Polynesian bark cloth
Peanut butter
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10. By focusing on only 4 colours we have come up 25 words!
Strawberries
Starfish
Fire
Fire engines
Buildings
Ladybugs
Chili
Lemons
Sunflowers
Cars
Bananas
Snakes
Ducklings
Butterflies
The sky
Blueberries
Mountain Bluebird
The ocean
Flags
Chocolate
Grizzly bears
Tree branches
Coconuts
Polynesian bark cloth
Peanut butter

11. Now that we have words for colours Red, Yellow, Blue and Brown, see if you can name 2 words for each of the remaining colours.
Lime Green
Crimson
Dark Green
Black
Orange
White
Tip: Think of different foods, animals, places or objects that are these colours.

12. Some languages people learn using Cuisenaire blocks include…
People learn new languages for different reasons. Some learn because language is important to their culture or they may live in a place that speaks a different language.
If you know some of these colours in a different language maybe you can share with the class to keep adding to your list of new words.
Many people around the world learn new words and languages using Cuisenaire blocks.
Some languages people learn using Cuisenaire blocks include…
Te reo Maori
Hindi
Pacific Island languages
Japanese
English
And many others
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13. Here is a story being told using Cuisenaire blocks.
In the next lesson…

14. On a sunny day my little brother and I bought two cold drinks.

15. We found a large tree at the park and decided to spend the rest of our day under the shade of the large tree enjoying our drinks.
My brother bought a strawberry drink and I brought an orange juice.
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16. As we have seen, colour can help learn new words
Let’s recap on what we have learnt so far…

17. So what have we learnt so far?
Pacific Island languages
Hindi
Te reo Maori
Japanese
English
Colour can
Strawberries
Starfish
Fire
Fire engines
Buildings
Ladybugs
Chili
Butterflies
The sky
Blueberries
Mountain Bluebird
The ocean
Flags
help us think of words
help us learn new words
help us learn new words in a different language

18. We hope you have enjoyed learning about the secrets of colour.
During our gallery visit we will be thinking more about colour, painting with colour and seeing artworks that have many colours.
We hope you have enjoyed learning about the secrets of colour.
In the next lesson…

19. We look forward to having you all here
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