The Day the Crayon Quit

In the letter to Duncan, Red Crayon wrote that----

• it felt lonely becuase Duncan loved using Orange so much

• fire engines and strawberries would look nice in yellow

• its tip needed to be sharpened before Duncan used it again

• Duncan made it work harder than any other crayon

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.1

Purple Crayon was going to lose it if Duncan didn't

• put his crayons away in the box when he was done coloring

• start coloring inside the lines

• take Purple out of the box at least once a week

• include Purple when drawing rainbows

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

What did Gray Crayon want Duncan to color?

• long roads or highways

• sharks or humpback whales

• storm clouds or smoke

• baby penguins or pebbles

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

After Duncan used White Crayon, White was left feeling

• cold

• bored

• empty

• flat

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Black Crayon wondered if it was too much to ask Duncan to color a black -----

• car or truck

• bicycle

• party dress

• beach ball

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.1

Yellow and Orange were no longer speaking becuase they both

• felt they should be the color of the sun

• wanted to be the first color in the top row of the crayon box

• liked being used as Duncan's hair color

• believed they made the mot beautiful daisy

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

What bad news did Blue Crayon include in its letter?

• it wanted to be green becuase it loved the grass and tress so much

• it was so short and stubby it couldn't see over the railing in the box

• its paper was torn, and its name could not be read anymore

• it was tired of coloring only blue balloons and blue birds

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.1

What did Pink Crayon ask Duncan to do?

• tell his sister that Pink Crayon was thankful she had used it

• trade Pink Crayon with a friend who loved pink

• use Pink Crayon to write a love note on Valentine's day

• find a coloring book that had princesses in it

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Peach Crayon wondered why Duncan had----

• never tired it on any coloring page

• peeled of its paper wrapping

• broken in half

• thrown it in the back of his desk

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

What did Duncan's teacher do after he shower her his new picture?

• she gave him an A for coloring and an A+ for creativity

• she suggested he try using markers instead

• she offered him a new box of crayons

• she told him all his colors where wrong and asked to make a new picture

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2