Strategy Demonstration:Color Coding

Emily Walker3 - 30 - 10

Literacy Education

Color Coding Description / Definition

1.This strategy allows students and teachers to work though group

activities and homework questions in a more organized manner.

2.For a group activity this strategy can be used to assign different

groups specific problems/questions.

3.For individual assignments or tests this can be used to differentiate

answers to problems/questions, such as in multiple choice

questions, mix and match, etc.

Example of Color Coding

What is this shape?

A) Cube B) 3-Dimensional Triangle C) Pyramid D)

Triangular Prism

The correct answer is D) Triangular Prism, but if someone didn’t know how to

read the answer out loud or felt uncomfortable with their English but knew

the correct answer, they would then be able to say simply “The yellow one.”

And here is another example of how to use this strategy...

Group Activity

2x2+12x+15

x2-6x+8

x2+7x-13

x2-19x-3

x2+5x+1

x2-3x-11

** Hint: You may need to know the Quadratic Equation.

Factor the polynomials

-b+ b2-4ac

2a

HandoutMix and Match Worksheet