Description
The Day the Crayons Quit Activities:
These activities for The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt are fun, engaging, and standards-based. 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 includes an instructional page or anchor chart. 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.








lori G –
Awesome resource. Worked well in second grade classroom.
Alesha’s Wonderful Creations –
I did not use this product, but I did find the material very helpful.
Kathryn P. –
This came in handy with my first graders. Thank you so much!
Taylor G. –
This was perfect for a book study on The Day Crayons Quit- and NO PREP for me was the best part!
Shala Brigman –
My students love this book and loved this lit unit.
Gracie M. –
We had so much fun with these activities! Thank you so much!
Megan C. –
Great activities to use with my first graders over the week while reading this book.
Marcelle L. –
Wonderful resource to go along with a wonderful story.
Creations by Hannah –
Thank you for creating this resource. It was a big hit with the 2nd grade student I tutor. He really loved all the activities!
Laura Pawlak –
My students loved this resource! Very useful resource!
Zahranna L. –
My students enjoyed using this resource. It was simple enough for them to understand but challenging enough to maintain interest. Thank you!
Megan Macri-Rodrigues –
My students loved completing this as part of our ELA unit.
Jaki S. –
this was a great resource for my 3rd/4th grade class, my students enjoyed it
Kirsten Tulsian –
Thank you so much for your thoughtful 5-star feedback, Jaki!
I truly appreciate you for taking the time to share your thoughts and review of this resource!
Much gratitude,
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Allie Grace L. –
Love to use this resource, at the end of the year!
Sarah W. –
I love this resource! My kids loved it and it was well worth it!
Miss Dow Collective –
I cannot love this book series any more and these worksheets are perfect!
Lisa C. –
This was a great addition to my persuasive writing unit.