Laugh and Learn with Silly Sam: Color-Code Technique: Help Students SEE and Understand Tricky Concepts

Monday, May 1, 2017

Color-Code Technique: Help Students SEE and Understand Tricky Concepts

Color-Coding has been a major theme in my career as a Teacher right from the beginning.

When working with students that were struggling with difficult concepts in Tutoring, I was always trying to find a way to explain things,

or show them in and easier way.

COLOR-CODING!

was the best way I could find to show the subtle differences.

It worked.

And worked.

Today, I still use Color-Coding to teach tricky concepts.

Not just to struggling students, but to all of my students.

If Color-Coding could help struggling learners get a handle on tricky concepts...

maybe all students would benefit.

Right?

Right!

Here are a few ways to use Color-Coding to help explain some tricky concepts to your students.

Color-Coded Contractions

Use 2 colors for the 2 words.

Copy the Whole First Word.

Then add an apostrophe instead of the vowel (or letters).

So, they have = they've

Color-Coded 120 Chart

One More-One Less

Ten More-Ten Less

Start with the Black Box #.

Then Follow the color codes

One More = RED BOX

One Less = BLUE BOX

Ten More = YELLOW BOX

Ten Less = GREEN BOX

Color-Coded NOUNS, VERBS & ADJECTIVES

Students can create their own or copy color-coded sentences.

They write in pencil and then use markers or crayons to trace over the

NOUNS - RED

VERBS - GREEN

ADJECTIVES - BLUE

This technique, we practice each month with seasonal or holiday vocabulary. Students become so solid on parts of speech when they color-code their Nouns, Verbs & Adjectives!

They even ask if they can color code parts of speech in their journals and other writing too!

Color-Coded Mental Math Fact Families

Use color-coding to demonstrate the Fact Families for each of the Mental Math Strategies!

We show each equation with Cube-a-Links to show for example that 1 RED + 9 BLUE = 10

So, the 1, 9, 10 Family House would go like this...

1+9=10

9+1=10

10-1=9

10-9=1

We actually say Red + Blue = Black

You can find more ideas for

Color-Coding in the Custom Category section in my TpT Store: Silly Sam Productions.

Silly Sam Productions Category Color-Coding Technique

Here is a FREEBIE Sampler with some pages to try out the technique.

Color-Coding Technique FREEBIE Sampler

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