The Day the Crayons Quit - Room 1

We read The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt, illustrated by Oliver Jeffers. In the book, the colors have left complaint letters for their owner, Duncan. They're tired of being overused ... or not used at all! And Orange and Yellow are fighting over which is the color of the sun. At the end, Duncan gets an A+ for creativity by making a huge drawing filled with alternatively colored items like a pink dinosaur, a green monkey, and a black rainbow.

First-graders came up with their own solutions to the crayons' dissatisfaction: