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