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This picture book, Red: A Crayon’s Story by Michael Hall is perfect for teaching students about acceptance, compassion, empowerment, friendship, and celebrating who they are. These reading, writing, and reflection activities support these messages as well as you ELA standards.
Delivery Method: Instant Digital Download
This picture book, Red: A Crayon’s Story, by Michael Hall is perfect for teaching students about acceptance, compassion, empowerment, friendship, and celebrating who they are. These activities support every message in this incredible book.
Red is a crayon that is expected to create red things. With help from his friends and family, he continues to try and try but can’t seem to get it right. One day, a new friend asks him to create an ocean, and he experiences success for the first time in his life (because he realizes he is actually blue on the inside)!
Though the message in this story is applicable for many ages, this product was created specifically for 2nd-6th grade. Please check the preview to determine the appropriateness for your own class of students.
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 file contains 40 PDF pages + Google Slides™.
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This was the best resource I have found for teaching my students strategies for figuring out unknown words. We completed one of each type of activity in a whole group setting. Then they practiced with a partner before doing their independent practice. My students were highly successful with this resource. Thank you!
I love ALLLLL of your resources and this one is no exception! I use these (laminated) Yoga cards to reference when either myself or another student is leading the class in Brain Breaks in between subjects.
I’ve purchased many Growth Mindset resources over the years, and this is by far one of the best. It is thoughtfully put together, thorough, and meaningful. The students are engaged…and mindsets are shifting! Love it. Thanks!
I love this bundle! I have used it for the past two years and it has been so great to use it to get to know my new students. My students also enjoy doing them as they are easy activities to do.
I loved this resource! It was simple to use, engaging, and relevant. I loved the simplicity of each slide. The text and graphics were kid-friendly, beautifully formatted for easy reading, and best of all, there was no prep!
This is everything you could need and more. The titles are awesome, and the activities are so well done. My kids loved it across both of my grades. Wow!
I used this during our Owen & Mzee unit on an emergency SUB day! The digital resource was perfect to assign via google classroom at home. I loved that my students were able to independently review multiple skills with our current text.
I loved everything in this resource. My fifth graders loved the flipbook. They reflected and practiced self-awareness, which is something we covered in SEL. I did this at the end of the year as a fun activity.
This resource doesn’t take much time to prep. I made copies on color paper, cut, and laminated them so I could store them for future use. Each morning, I share an affirmation that I feel my students can relate to and I have them share their feelings or point of view on the affirmation. I post each day’s affirmation on the wall near the classroom door, and we reference past ones as needed. My goal is to have a wall of affirmations by the end of the school year.
This has been a great resource for our journal writing in class! The prompts are always thought provoking and even get my hesitant writers to get something on the paper. Thank you!
These task cards are set-up for easy use by the students in the Google classroom. The text is engaging and with the recommendation for 3rd grade to 6th grade, all students have an opportunity to have success.
Getting to the main idea of a passage can be difficult for some students. Use this digital, as I did, for morning work or homework. Print out the PDF version and work small group.
This is an amazing resource and I have used it over and over again! Thank you for such tremendous products! It barely fits in a year without skipping a few lessons.
I am very pleased with everything I purchased from your store! Thank you for creative, colorful, USEFUL resources!
I absolutely loved these awards! I love all the categories. I love all the sayings that go with each category. I love how there are boy and girl awards for each category, and most of all I love how super easy it was to use! All I had to do was enter my name and date and it was added to each award automatically. Then all I had to do was fill in the names. Thanks for this resource!
This is an excellent resource. Well created, student friendly, clear and concise! Thank you so much for sharing your talents!
The examples on the cards were awesome. I was able to use the cards in multiple ways (bingo, flashcards, etc). This is an awesome resource.
WOW!!!!!! Five stars is not enough!!! I could not have been more impressed with the quality of this product!!!! Do not hesitate to purchase from this seller!
My class does Daily Affirmations, and these cards create great conversation starters as well as reminders. They enhance our Growth Mindset board so beautifully and help keep me on track when I start to feel frustrated. Print, laminate a set for your wall, and have kids copy them into a journal. Such a great boost to start the day!
The task cards work wonderfully in literacy centers. They provide quick review and serve to upgrade student’s writing. Environment skill support is essential, and the anchor charts provide the scaffolding needed by many.
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susan S –
Great!
Jennifer G –
Looking forward to using this
Miss Gins –
Perfect to go along with the book! Thanks!
Celeste U –
Thank you for a great resource for the book.
Katelyn F –
The book is great and this resource to go along with it is also great! The kids enjoyed it!
Wiley Teaching –
Fantastic!
Paula B –
Perfect! I loved how adaptable it was to all the grade levels I work with.
Kristen Price –
Compliments the story really well. Thanks.
Shannyn Brinker –
Great resource!! My student’s have really enjoyed it!
Teach Me In Grade 3 –
Love this! Thank you!
Jamie S –
This was amazing. My kids loved this!
The Chamomile Teacher –
Thanks
Kathleen N –
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Melissa Cashman –
Loved this! I used some of the activities during a demo lesson and got the job right after!
JoAnn E –
Cannot wait to do this with my kids in September!
Hugs and Bubbles –
I love all of the sayings that have been incorporated into the reflective writing prompts. Thank you so much for creating such a wonderful tool!!!
Iria Reyes –
Excellent resource to get the most out of this amazing book.
AMY H –
Perfect, just what I needed!
Kelly S –
Exactly what I was looking for, thank you!
Shan Koteck –
I am so pleased with this package to accompany my read-aloud. We are talking about bullying and acceptance and this package fits perfectly with those topics. Thank you!
Leann T –
Excellent complement to the book!
Katie G –
Thanks!
Whtiney G –
This is great!
sherri E –
Great resource to use with the book!
Laura O –
Great Resource!
Bianca Montgomery –
This activity helped with the understanding of story maps.
Bianca Montgomery –
This activity helped with the understanding of story maps.
Tracey H –
Great resource. Thank you!
Mara P –
Great character education story – lots of art activities and extensions to go along with it!
Mara P –
Great character education story – lots of art activities and extensions to go along with it!
Hailie C –
Great product!
Shannon T –
Great resource to accompany the book!
niki K –
This was a great resource to discuss respect, acceptance, kindness and being unique.
Matthew Andrews –
A+! I love this story and product. Every classroom needs the story of Red.
Barbara Dean –
Great resource
Jacquie O –
Loved this book and what a great activity to go with it.
Kelsey R –
Love this!
Jessica H –
Great resource
Carissa Blackwood –
Love the activities in this resource, and also love the printable posters that come with it.
Amber W –
Great beginning of the year activity!
Michelle A –
Can’t wait to use this
Andrea E –
thank you
Daniel B –
Fantastic for building a family atmosphere!
Daniel Bird –
Love this resource! Goes great for the story. Wonderful for Sub plans
Maddie M –
such a great resource for my room!
Krista Tardiff –
This was a great resource! Thank you!
Colleen Carroll –
Great resource! The questions lead to a great classroom discussion. I also loved the printable quotes! Thank you!
Shellwell –
This packet supports in-depth class discussions. I highly recommend it for enriching the sharing of this book.
lorinda S –
This is a perfect story to add to our affective ed curriculum. Using this year with small groups learning on line.
Jessica M –
The acceptance and peer pressure resources are appreciated.
Derek Witmer –
Love this resource! used it with my virtual students. Engaging, informative, and useful for years to come!
Ronda T –
I used this along with the book and found it very helpful. I would definitely recommend it!
Danielle H –
Perfect for our Pride week! Thank you so much.
Leslie’s Learning Laneway –
Excellent resource, thank you! Very engaging for the students!
Rebecca B –
This was great for teaching my students about the story RED in the classroom. We loved it!
Maria R –
Great resource!
Lynn Robbins –
Great resource. Complies with NC standards.