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Classroom activity · Educational coloring pages
Color by Letter: Strawberry
Color by the look-alike letters m, n, u and w. A juicy strawberry with yellow seeds appears.
- Grade level
- Grades K–1
- Time
- About 20 minutes
- Answer key
- Yes, page 2 of the PDF
- Kids practice
- Practicing a skill through coloring, Following a key, Fine motor control
What kids do
“Read the letter in each square. Color it the color in the key. Leave the w squares white.”
Printed on the sheet:
- Tip: color lightly with crayons or colored pencils. What picture did you make?
Teacher tip
Put an m, n, u, w chart on the desk to check the look-alike letters.
How to use it
- Go over the color key together before kids start.
- Have kids solve each square before coloring it.
- Model the first move or the first answer on the document camera.
Watch for
Kids coloring without solving. Ask them to show you one answer.
Talk about it
- How did you check your answers?
- What was the trickiest part? How did you get past it?
Take it further
Have kids design their own color-by key on grid paper.
US Letter, prints well in black and white. Free for home and classroom use: print as many copies as you need.
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