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The Day the Crayons Quit Activities: Literature Unit

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Pages: 53 PDF pages + Google Slides

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Description

The Day the Crayons Quit Activities:

These activities for The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt are fun, engaging, and standards-based for students. This literature companion includes activities with the following topics:

  • Compare and contrast
  • Character traits
  • Main idea and comprehension
  • Adjectives
  • Writing a friendly letter
  • Writing an opinion piece
  • Types of sentences
  • Verb tenses
  • Editing

You will find various instructional sheets, activities, and task cards.

Use this literature unit in literacy stations or as a class. Each topic/objective has an instructional page or anchor chart to go along with it. Drew Daywalt’s sequel to The Day the Crayons Quit is also available in my store!

NOTE: THIS FILE INCLUDES A DIGITAL DISTANCE LEARNING OPTION!

This product includes a digital option (as well as the no prep printable option). The instructions for utilizing the digital portion appear at the end of the packet.

This PDF file contains 53 pages + Google Slides™.

207 reviews for The Day the Crayons Quit Activities: Literature Unit

4.9
Based on 207 reviews
  1. Rebecca Bowman 

    Love the file! Thanks!

  2. amy hufstedler 

    Love it!!

  3. Traci A

    Awesome

  4. Jacquelyn U

    looovvvveeee this

  5. Melanie T

    Amazing, thanks!

  6. Special Creations By Stacy 

    Love this resource!

  7. Special Creations By Stacy 

    Love this resource!

  8. Colleen N

    Fantastic resource

  9. Valerie W

    Thanks for the ideas! My students did on great job on the writing activities! Great book and great ideas!

  10. Sylvia C

    Excellent! Plan to use for an end of year activity. Thanks so much!

  11. My Lesson Designer 

    What a fun book! These activities will help students understand the concepts

  12. Buyer

    We are homeschoolers delving into close reading. This is a book my boys are familiar with and ‘taking it apart’ using this kit has been delightful. My 3rd grader particularly enjoyed the adjectives page and naming characteristics of the crayons. Thank you!

  13. Kembree Smith 

    this is awesome. thanks!

  14. Marie B

    Very excited to start!

  15. Shelly B

    Great activities for the story

  16. Mary Grace T

    These will be great activities to introduce them to centers the first week of school. Thanks so much!

  17. Buyer

    Great activities!

  18. zena T

    Great to see some resources based on new books! Very creative and can be used for a number of grades.

  19. zena T

    Great to see some resources based on new books! Very creative and can be used for a number of grades.

  20. Kristine C

    This is well done. I can’t wait to use it!

  21. Sue A B

    I love this book and the activities are great.

  22. Debbie M

    LOVE, LOVE these

  23. Julie L

    Great activities! I can’t wait to use them.

  24. Becky M

    Can’t wait to use this with my students!!

  25. Leena D

    liked it and found it useful.

  26. Dorothy W

    Thanks for providing resources for one of my favorite books!

  27. Tiffany F

    so cute

  28. Kimberlee K

    students loved the story and activities

  29. Jessica Brown 

    Awesome! Love this

  30. Buyer

    These activities will make reading the book more fun for the little ones, thank you

  31. 3rd Grade Dreamers 

    I can’t wait to use this

  32. Maureen Prezioso 

    My students loved these activities! Their persuasive writing pieces were so funny and they loved doing it! Thanks for all your hard work!

  33. Tammie B

    Perfect for our book study!

  34. Connie H

    I love using picture books and teaching the skills that help the kids learn in a short minilesson and this product will be used every year to do just that.

  35. Carla Kennedy 

    A1 resource, recommend

  36. Averett’s Favorites 

    Sweet

  37. Amanda K

    Wonderful to pair with the book

  38. Kim S

    My kiddos really liked the activities

  39. Beth H

    The children loved the activities! Thank you.

  40. laura C

    The Day the Crayons Quit is a favorite of mine. The activities were perfect for my 2nd graders.

  41. Rhiannon H

    Very helpful!

  42. Rhys P

    Fantastic, thank you! Love the activities

  43. Nicole L

    Wonderful and easy to follow. Thanks.

  44. TeachLoveSleepRepeat 

    I love this book …. and your resource made it even BETTER!

  45. Molly W

    Great activities to work on a variety of goals. Thank you!

  46. Little Red Parker 

    Super cute and prefect to go with the book.

  47. Blairwood S

    I love teaching with this book. Thank you for making it easier!

  48. Hana B

    Great story and great curriculum to accompany the story! Thank You!

  49. Margaret Griesmer 

    Fabulous book companion, for a fabulous book!

  50. Linda S

    great thank you!

  51. Linda S

    great thank you!

  52. Julieanne Z

    lovte it – great resource

  53. Lea Vozzella 

    Great resource! Thank you!

  54. Kathy B

    Loved this!!

  55. Christy C

    Great resource. Thanks!

  56. Jacqueline M

    Awesome, love this. I teach autism 3-5. Perfect.

  57. Jacqueline M

    Awesome, love this. I teach autism 3-5. Perfect.

  58. Jennifer C

    Excellent Resource

  59. Kathy C

    One of my favorite books! Thanks for the great activity to along with it!

  60. Zoe J

    Excellent resource to go with a fantastic book.

  61. Leanne C

    I’m excited to use this!

  62. Susan N

    Great way to link grammar and literacy

  63. Susan N

    Great way to link grammar and literacy

  64. Wendy W

    Loved all of the choices!

  65. Cindy White 

    Great resource to go with a great book.

  66. Saskia G

    A very helpful supplement for a wonderful book.

  67. Infinity by Laura Anne 

    I bought this to help a student teacher of mine use the book The Day the Crayons Quit and build her FIRST lesson that she taught. It really helped organize her thoughts and what she wanted our students to learn and be able to do. Thank you!

  68. Math with Mazzaferro  

    Fun activities!

  69. Kinsey J

    Favorite sub plans 🙂

  70. Patricia K

    kids enjoyed!!

  71. Patricia Hund 

    Fantastic resource to go along with a great story!

  72. Whitney M

    This is a great, easy to use collection of resources to go with an excellent book. Thanks!

  73. Nicholas B

    love this!

  74. Lynda A

    Just downloaded, can’t wait to use!

  75. Dana J H

    This is great, thanks!

  76. Cristina B

    These activities were awesome!

  77. Pam B

    Will use this every year! Great

  78. Kaitlyn Delaney 

    Love this! My go to when reading The Day the Crayons Quit! Thank you!

  79. Laura M

    Wonderful activities for all grade levels!! Easy to scaffold!

  80. Fascinating Firsties 

    One of my favorite units all year! My students loved the multiple activities. I really enjoyed their writing!

  81. Renee D

    I use this as a beginning of the year mini lesson. The kids LOVE this book and they love doing the papers along with it.

  82. Heidi G

    So many strategies can be taught through this book. Thanks for the resource.

  83. Angela H

    Cute!

  84. Teacherbuds Meaghen 

    These activities were great, I left them on a day that I had to be out unexpectedly and the informational pages were great for the students and Sub!

  85. Caitlin S

    This is one of my favorite stories and now I have a great resource to help me teach it. Thanks!

  86. Jerves J

    great tool

  87. Kathryn W

    Great tools for language development.

  88. Angie B

    Great resource for a great book!

  89. Kristen Price 

    This compliments the book perfectly. Thanks!

  90. LaTurner’s Learners 

    Thanks! Great resource and activity to go with fun books. My students found these engaging and fun!

  91. Library Life K-5 

    Wonderful! This made this unit fun and easy!

  92. J H

    Good amount of activities!

  93. Bethany F

    This was so useful and fun!

  94. Dianne M

    Thankyou. A great resource

  95. Louise D

    Love this book and great addition for it.

  96. Heatha N

    Love it

  97. Kaitlyn S

    loved implementing these with the story

  98. Candice Meiers 

    Great resource

  99. Candice Meiers 

    Great resource

  100. LaRita M

    Great – Thanks!

  101. Stephanie M

    This was so cute! My kiddos love it!

  102. Danielle M

    Thank you

  103. Cara R

    Great activities that go along with an awesome book.

  104. Diana B

    Great resource for this story!

  105. Sassy Speech 

    Love this!

  106. Angelina E

    Great resource!

  107. Angelina E

    Great resource!

  108. Beverly K

    great resource- thank you!

  109. Learning with Crayons  

    Awesome activity! Students loved it and so did I!

  110. Tessa Reed 

    Will be using soon!

  111. Pamela Everitt 

    thanks

  112. Courtney F

    love this unit of work

  113. Teacher’s Treasure Box 

    Great Resource!

  114. Julia L

    great!

  115. Laura E

    I have always read this story with my students. It is great to now have a unit to go with it. Thanks!

  116. Heather H

    Great resource, thanks

  117. Victoria A

    Wonderful resource

  118. EBDiva 

    I really enjoyed using this resource with my kids! Thank you!

  119. Leah W

    Excellent resource!!

  120. Krista Z

    Super Resource for an incredible book! Thank you for your hard work!

  121. Sara S

    Great resource

  122. Cathy B

    Fun way to practice our letter writing, the students really enjoyed this activity!

  123. Polly N

    Great resource for a great story!

  124. Lori P  

    Great Resource!!!

  125. Katharine V

    Great activities to go along with the book!

  126. Obsessed with Learning 

    This was such a fun product. Students loved this unit.

  127. Debra Winburn 

    great

  128. KARL M

    Awesome resource!

  129. Ashley M

    Perfect companion to the book.

  130. Lauren H

    Very useful to compliment reading and writing.

  131. Neeshia D

    I loved this. Thanks.

  132. Stephanie T

    Excellent document

  133. tamara A

    This is one of my favorite books and these companion materials are fantastic for making a thorough lesson, thanks!

  134. Amanda P

    THank you!

  135. Amanda P

    THank you!

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    This is so awesome! Thank you!

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    Very cute!

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    Loved this! I used this in my class last year and I am coming back to it this year. A fantastic resource to go along with a great book!

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    my fav book

  144. Therese Manzi 

    Great activities

  145. Candice H

    Love this! Very well done!

  146. Carrie D

    Thank you!

  147. Deborah M

    The students LOVED these!

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    Great!

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    My kids really enjoyed this!

  150. Ciao Bella Teaching 

    These were great! Thank you!

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    Good resource to go along with story.

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    Love this resource! Exactly what I needed!

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    Loved it!

  155. Risoli’s Reading Room 

    can’t wait to use this week.

  156. C S

    It requires the students to be capable readers of the tasks. My students during the last part of first grade still needed support in order to be successful. My second students had no problems and thought they were fun.

  157. C S

    It requires the students to be capable readers of the tasks. My students during the last part of first grade still needed support in order to be successful. My second students had no problems and thought they were fun.

  158. Shannon Montes 

    Love this! Thank you!

  159. Shannon Reber 

    Good resources!

  160. Ann C

    It wasn’t what I was looking for but it’s good for adjectives.

  161. Daphne F

    Really great resource. All of the worksheets are clear and easy for the students to complete. Thanks so much!

  162. Monica M

    Love this book and I like to have multiple activities for it.

  163. LinLou 

    Great resource! Thanks!

  164. Nicole Slough 

    Great book…fun activities

  165. Keli G

    My favorite book! I love this resource!

  166. Laura O

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  167. Gwendolyn H

    Thanks!

  168. Amanda B 

    Great resource, thank you!

  169. Rachel W

    Great resource for this read aloud!

  170. Chapter and Verse A Novel Approach 

    This was a great resource for this book. Much appreciated.

  171. Danielle M

    Loved using this with my first graders! Thank you!

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  174. Maria R

    This resource was great to utilize to practice strategies using this text.

  175. Lauren C

    Great resource for my lower kids in 3rd grade for online learning!! Kept them engaged while reading the story!

  176. Keely M

    Thank you!!

  177. Gaganpreet Kaur 

    This was a good resource and with some modifications worked well with distance learning.

  178. Sweeney’s Super Sweet Second Grade Creations 

    Great resource!

  179. SMM Learning 

    My students not only loved the story but this follow up activity as well. Thank you!

  180. Ashley T

    This is one of my favorite books and I loved how well this resource aligned with standards yet was engaging! My students definitely really enjoyed using these and it added so much fun to our educational time. Thank you!

  181. Teach With Miss Tombari 

    I love this book and this activity had my students engaged! Great resource

  182. New Jersey Teaching 

    My students loved this book and this resource helped me teach it

  183. Luenda S

    Cute resource!

  184. Kristen W

    Loved these activities to go along with a fun read aloud!

  185. Jordan A

    These activities were the first things I did with my very first class! The students were very engaged and loved the stories as much as I do. They were fun while still aligning with the standards.

  186. Fun in Second 

    Thank-you!

  187. Cathy Whorton 

    Great activities. My students loved them all.

  188. Julie S

    Thank you for this resource!

  189. Denise C

    My students enjoyed using this resource!

  190. Anna V

    This is an excellent companion to the book!

  191. Lauren F

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  192. Ashley C

    This worked so well for my second graders. I’ll definitely continue using this resource!

  193. Shannon M

    CAN’T WAIT TO USE THIS!

  194. Kerri A

    Thank you for a great resource to use with the book. My students enjoyed the activities.

  195. Samantha G

    Very engaging!

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    Love it!

  198. Erin V

    My grade 2 class had so much fun going through this resource! Great templates provided and very engaging.

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    Great resource!

  200. Catherine M

    Great book and resource for persuasive writing!

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    cute

  202. Max D

    Great resource! Thank you!

  203. Amanda McKee 

    Super cute! My students really enjoyed it and It was easy for me to use in class!

  204. Mary P

    Engaging resource–students really enjoyed using this resource.

  205. Andrea F

    I used these activities as part of my sub plans and my students and substitute loved them!

  206. ANGELA P

    This was a great resource for my class. Thank you for the supplement.

  207. lori G

    Awesome resource. Worked well in second grade classroom.

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