Italian First Level
Colours
First Level Significant Aspects of Learning
• Use language in a range of contexts and across learning
• Continue to develop confidence and enthusiasm to communicate using the
language being learnt
• Develop an awareness and understanding of patterns and sounds of language
• Begin to develop an understanding of, interest in and respect for other
countries, cultures and languages
• Appreciate and understand the value of language learning
• Recognise familiar written words when listening
• Explore how gesture, expression and emphasis are used to help
understanding.
• Listen, recognise and respond to familiar voices in short, predictable
conversations
• Understand and respond to familiar spoken vocabulary
• Actively take part in daily routines
• Listen and join in with stories, song or poem
• Enjoy engaging with simple and familiar texts on my own and with others
using resources to support learning
• Participate in familiar games, paired speaking and short role plays
• Take part in simple, paired conversations about themselves giving simple
opinions and asking simple questions
Vocabulary
Colours
Aim to teach at least 5 of the colours at Early Level initially and build up
as pupils progress towards 1st.
Che colore e`?
E`
blu
bianco
rosso
verde
giallo
rosa
nero
grigio
viola
marrone
Ti piace il blu?
Io amo
Mi piace
Non mi piace
Io odio
What colour is it?
It is
blue
white
red
green
yellow
pink
black
grey
purple
brown
Do you like blue?
I love
I like
I don’t like
I hate
For Early/First Level, start
with about 5 only and work
your way up to all the
colours!
Introducing vocabulary
You can try this as an alternative to introducing
vocabulary.
Make colour cards for and give each group/pair
a set.
Ask them to listen to the colour and look at the
word and then hold up the colour they think it
is.
Ascoltate
e
guardate
I colori in italiano…
Scegli
Il colore
blu
arancione
viola
bianco
rosso
verde
rosa
grigio
nero
marrone
giallo
Di che colore e`?
E` blu
E` bianco
E` rosso
E` verde
E` giallo
E` rosa
E` nero
E` arancione
E` grigo
E` viola
E` marrone
Quale colore ti piace?
Ti piace il blu?
Io amo il blu!
Mi piace il giallo
Non mi piace il rosso.
Io odio l’arancione!
Embedding the language tip
Use Italian colours for cooperative groups
– I rossi, I verdi etc.
Ask pupils “Di che colore e`?” when
reading stories, creating art work etc.
Sample activities
You will find a bank of sample activities which you can use to
practise the vocabulary in the classroom.
This is not a prescriptive list of activities and you can use or
adapt them to suit the needs of your class.
Di che colore e`?
E` verde!
E` rosso
E` giallo
E` marrone
E` nero
E` blu
E` rosa
E` viola
E` bianco
Brain Training – I colori
Brain Training!
Challenge: say the colour
that the word is written in,
and not the word itself!
rosso
nero
verde
rosa
grigio
blu
giallo
marrone
blu
arancione
rosso
bianco
verde
rosso
giallo
blanc
nero
giallo
marrone
blu
verde
bianco
grigio
rosso
arancione
rosso
viola
blu
giallo
nero
bianco
grigio
rosso
viola
Portami…
• For this activity, put pupils into rainbow
groups by giving each pupil a card which
is either blue, red, green or yellow and
asking them to form a group with 4
colours. They can also say their colour
as they are moving around the class.
• Ask them to introduce themselves using
Buongiorno etc.
• Then teacher asks a different colour
each time to bring them an object of a
colour. E.g. La persona rossa portami
l’oggetto verde!
Portami
1. Portami un oggetto means “Bring me an object”
2. Pupils work in teams/cooperative groups
3. Teacher calls out “Portami un oggetto” and adds a
colour onto the end e.g. Portami un oggetto blu
4. The pupils must race to give the teacher something
that colour.
5. You can ask pupils to then say what colour it is e.g.
E` rosso.
6. Pupils can also then take a turn of asking others to
“Portami un oggetto….!”
I gruppi dell` arcobaleno
Presentarsi in gruppo.
Buongiorno
Come stai?
Io mi chiamo…
Il mio colore preferito e`….
Portami un oggetto….
Cosa manca?
• Qu’est-ce qui manque? means what’s missing?
• Pupils look at the colours on the following
slides, close their eyes, teacher moves the
slide on and one colour will disappear. Pupils
then open their eyes and have to say which
colour is missing.
• You can then get pupils to do the same activity
in their groups.
Guardate I colori.
Chiudete gli occhi.
Aprite gli occhi.
Cosa manca?
Si, e`il blu!
Si, e` il rosa!
Si, e`il rosso!
Si, e` l’arancione!
Si, e`il nero!
Si, e`il verde!
Si, e` il bianco!
Si, e`il viola!
Si, e`il marrone!
Si, e`il grigio!
Tocca a te!
Mettete le carte al
centro del tavolo
Tre persone chiudono
gli occhi
Una persona rimuove
una cata
Aprite gli occhi!
Cosa manca?
Mettete le carte al
centro del tavolo
Ascoltate I colori…
Colpisci il colore sul tavolo!
Quale colore ti piace?
Asking the class their opinions on colours.
Finish the sentence on each slide.
You can play this as corners by putting up
opinions in corners of the room and then asking
pupils to move to an area of the room which
matches their opinion of that colour.
Ti piace…?
Io amo
Non mi piace
Mi
piace
Io odio
Ti piace…?
Io amo
Mi piace
Non mi piace
Io odio
Ti piace…?
Io amo
Mi piace
Non mi piace
Io odio
Ti piace…?
Io amo
Mi piace
Non mi piace
Io odio
Ti piace…?
Io amo
Mi piace
Non mi piace
Io odio
Ti piace…?
Io amo
Mi piace
Non mi piace
Io odio
Ti piace…?
Io amo
Mi piace
Non mi piace
Io odio
Ti piace…?
Io amo
Mi piace
Non mi piace
Io odio
Ti piace…?
Io amo
Mi piace
Non mi piace
Io odio
Ti piace…?
Io amo
Mi piace
Non mi piace
Io odio
Ti piace…?
Io amo
Mi piace
Non mi piace
Io odio
Class colour survey
1. Pupils can practice asking Ti piace…+ a colour by
surveying each other around the class. This can
then be linked to creating a graph, tally marks etc.
Quale colore ti piace? Means which colour do you like?
And could be used as a title for a graph.
A quante persone piace il giallo? = How many people
like yellow
Songs and videos!
You will find a bank of sample songs and videos which you can use
to practise the vocabulary in the classroom.
This is not a prescriptive list of songs and you can use or adapt
them to suit the needs of your class.
You will find a set of more supported activities in Early Feelings
and more challenging activities in Level 2 Feelings.
Arcobaleno
rosso e giallo e rosa e verde,
arancione, viola e blu.
Io conosco I colori,
Tutti I colori
Del mio arcobaleno
e
e
e
e
e
Io conosco tutti I colori,
Tutti I colori
Del mio…arcobaleno
La canzone a colori
Filastrocca dei colori .
FILASTROCCA DEI COLORI
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Noi siamo il rosso e il giallo
facciamo insieme un ballo
e per combinazione
esce fuori l'arancione.
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Noi siamo il bianco e il rosso
ridiamo a più non posso
poi ci mettiamo in posa
ed esce fuori il rosa.
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Noi siamo il giallo e il blu
corriamo su e giù
qualcuno poi si perde
e si ritrova il verde.
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E poi tanti colori
la manna dei pittori.
Ognun fa la sua parte
per darci un tocco d'arte.
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Noi siamo il rosso e il blu
guardiamo sempre in su
stiam sotto le lenzuola
finchè non siamo viola.
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Filastrocca dei colori
e tutti siam pittori.
Filastrocca dei colori
giallo, rosso e blu!
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Noi siamo il rosso e il nero
siam complici davvero
e col giallo sul balcone
facciamo un bel marrone.
ICT Resources online
You will find a bank of sample ICT activities which you can use to
practise the vocabulary in the classroom.
This is not a prescriptive list of activities and you can use or
adapt them to suit the needs of your class.
You will find a set of more supported activities in Early Feelings
and more challenging activities in Level 2 Feelings.
Each of the slides contains an image of the website page. If you
click on the image it will take you to the page. Alternatively you
can use a link address which you will find in the slide notes.
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