Teachers bring in paint color swatch samples from paint or hardware stores.
These paint samples papers always include an example of the color and a more expansive name. The paper swatches can be used in a sorting game, much like a word sort. The words can be placed on a word wall, which can be referred to for connections to literature. Colors can be used to connect to the mood of the story both in students' reading and writing or colors can be connected to the feelings of a character.