Lesson 47: Reading color and number words

📖 READING (40 Lessons) • 🟢 A. Sounds and Words

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Objective

Read and understand common color and number words in short sentences.

Materials

Mini-lesson — Color and number words

Today you will look at two kinds of words in your reading: color words and number words.

Color words tell you what color something is.
Some common color words are:

  • red — like many hearts or apples
  • blue — like the sky on a clear day
  • yellow — like the sun in many drawings
  • green — like grass and many leaves

Number words tell you how many things there are.
Some common number words are:

  • one — 1 thing
  • two — 2 things
  • three — 3 things
  • four — 4 things
  • five — 5 things

Color words and number words often work together in the same sentence.

  • “I see one red ball.” — one tells how many, red tells the color.
  • “I see three yellow stars.” — three tells how many, yellow tells the color.

When you read, you can use these words to picture what is happening.
If you see a color word, imagine the color.
If you see a number word, imagine how many things are there.

Remember: color words tell what color, and number words tell how many.

Picture strip: Color and number cards

Simple cards showing color and number words together Four small cards that match color and number words: one red ball, two blue cars, three yellow stars, and four green frogs. Color words + number words one red two blue three yellow four green

Guided Practice — Read the color-and-number mini-book

How to use this mini-book:

  • On each page, find the color word and the number word.
  • Say the sentence out loud and picture it in your mind.
  • Hold up fingers or draw dots to match the number word you read.

After reading, pick one page and draw the picture that matches the sentence. Label it with the color and number words.

Focus words
red blue yellow green one two three four five

Tip: When you see a number word, show it with your fingers.

Mini-Book: Colors and numbers

1

I see one red ball.

There is one ball. The ball is red.

2

I see two blue cars.

There are two cars. The cars are blue.

3

I see three yellow stars.

There are three stars. The stars are yellow.

4

I see four green frogs.

There are four frogs. The frogs are green.

Reading Practice — Color and number words

Choose the color or number word that best matches the sentence. Then press “Check answers”.

1) A heart is often drawn in this color: ❤️. Which word matches?
2) The sky on a clear day is this color. Which word matches?
3) Grass is usually this color. Which word matches?
4) The sun in many drawings is this color. Which word matches?
5) You see 1 apple. Which number word matches?
6) You see 3 toy cars. Which number word matches?
7) You see 4 green frogs. Which number word matches?
8) You see 5 yellow stars. Which number word matches?

Quick Check (10 questions)

1) What is a color word?

2) Which of these is a color word?

3) Which of these is a number word?

4) In the sentence “I see two blue cars,” what does two tell us?

5) In the sentence “I see three yellow stars,” what does yellow tell us?

6) Which word matches the number 4?

7) You see 1 red ball. Which sentence matches?

8) Which sentence uses both a color word and a number word?

9) Why is it helpful to know color and number words?

10) To get better at reading color and number words, you should…

Assessment (parent/teacher)

Exit ticket (student)

I will practice…

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