Fish and Chips Paint a Picture

Objective & content

A two-page printable that goes with the Fish and Chips episode Paint a Picture: five numbered paint pots, in the order Fish paints them (red, blue, yellow, green, pink), for pupils to colour by word and label, then the rest of the picture to colour, with the teacher key on page two. By the end, pupils can read and write five colour words.

Pedagogical guide

A line drawing cannot show a colour, so the pots are coloured BY the word: the sheet checks that pupils can read each colour, and the teacher key lets a teacher check the pots at a glance. All five words are A1. Watch for "yellow" (double l) and "green" (double e).

Suggested procedure

1. (3 min) Play the episode's test: hold up a red pencil and ask "What colour is this?"; pupils answer "Red!" like Chips.
2. (10 min) Hand out page 1. Pupils read the colour named for each pot, colour the pot, then copy the colour word onto the matching line.
3. (5 min) Correct from page 2, pot by pot.
4. (10 min) Colouring the rest of the picture.

Adaptations

[S] Do the test with pencils first, then let pupils colour the pots without writing the words.

[A] Fold the instructions away once the pots are coloured: pupils write each colour from memory, then check with a partner.

Materials & prerequisites

Page 1 printed for every pupil, plus coloured pencils in red, blue, yellow, green and pink. Keep page 2, the teacher key. Black and white printing still works for the rest of the scene, but the five pots need colour to be checked, so print page 1 in colour if you can.