A hilarious twist on a classic bedtime story: When a boy who routinely refuses to go to bed gets a talkative stuffed animal, the tables are turned! The reason why I gave this book a four star rating was because even though the story was pretty interesting, the letters that the crayons wrote to Duncan tend to be extremely long and it made me a bit frustrated since I think that the humor in the letters still would have been there, if they were to shorten the letters down to a few sentences and still get the crayons’ points across. Ask the children to consider why some of the crayons use capital letters in their writing. What emotion does this help them express? How could we read these bits out when we are telling the story? Help the children create ‘voices’ for the crayons when they are reading the letters out loud.

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Students will demonstrate by discussing how the characters and settings of different texts explore how language is used to present these features in different ways (ACELT1591). The students can communicate with the person sitting next to them on their table in a low voice – their ideas relating to the story – The Day the crayons quit – focusing on the 5 w’s and 1 H while using their small – normal sized student set of the story book to refer too – creating brainstorming and mind mapping documents which highlight their ideas.

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The students will need to have completed two prior lessons relating to the storybook – The Day the Crayons Quit The teacher collects the students completed letters, places them on display in the literacy – English learning area – under the headings – Letter

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The same year the book came out, a television show came out based on the book called the The Crayon Box. Again, the Daywalt book is extremely similar. So since both stories are exactly the same idea with even similar jokes, where the only difference is the message, why is everyone acting like this new Crayon book is so original and awesome? I don't get it. And really, if you had a choice to show your child only one of the books, which one would YOU choose? The more poetic older book with the classic illustrations and lets-all-hold-hands and learn vibe? Or the newer book, with less of a resolution but more giggling? I mean, which one are they truly going to learn from? What are picture books for?The students are using their listening bodies (bottoms on the floor, hands not fidgeting with anything, hands on knees – unless answering a question where hands will be raised up high until the teacher asks a question and the students wish to answer the question) when the teacher is reading the story book out aloud and asking promoting and guided / inquiry / open ended questions. Continues its predecessor’s pleasing, goofy conceit…Once again, both Daywalt’s text and Jeffers’ illustrations are endearing.”—New York Times Book Review The students need to place the book title, date and include a margin prior to starting their writing activity. The teacher introduces the storybook by firstly pointing to the cover of the big book – which the teacher has placed on the whiteboard ledge and uses a hand pointer to direct the students to what the teacher is asking or referring to in connection to the storybook – to ensure the students have a clear view of the storybook. I don't always review books that my son brings home from the school library (unless I love or HATE them haha) but this one made the 2013 Goodreads Choice Awards and several of you have it on your "to-read" list.

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The students will then read their received letter and take the role of a crayon or crayons stated in the letter, from Duncan and reply to Duncan. Duncan has not used the pink crayon all year. Why do the children think this is? Asking them whether pink crayon is right to say that Duncan thinks pink is a ‘girl’s colour’ can create some interesting debate. Where else have the children seen pink being associated with girls? The students will be able to use and experiment with different materials, techniques, technologies and processes to make Art work (ACAVAM107) (ACARA, 2017).

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All the students will create a brainstorming and mind mapping document prior to writing their letters. This book is ideal for teaching children about feelings. It’s also great for developing inference skills. I stood there looking at the not-quite-a-rainbow-mess in disgust, when my wife looked over and saw my expression, and asked what was wrong. When Duncan reads the letters from the yellow and orange crayons, he sees that they both want to be the color of the sun because they believe there is only one way to color it. The yellow crayon believes that only yellow should be used to color the sun, while the orange crayon believes the sun should be orange. Is there only one way to color the sun? Can the green crayon be used to color the sun? How do we define what artwork should look like, and is there only one way that it can look? These memorable personalities will leave readers glancing apprehensively at their own crayon boxes.” –Publishers Weekly, starred review

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When can people stop doing things that other people want them to do? Can you think of some examples of jobs that are okay to quit and jobs that are not? Or count on them for doing? Is there a difference? This is also an epistolary picture book. I don't know if Daywalt knows this, but a common assignment given by a variety of different elementary school teachers requires kids to read epistolary books ( Dear Mrs. LaRue, The Journey of Oliver K. Woodman, etc.). As such, The Day the Crayons Quit is no doubt destined to remain on multiple children's book lists for decades and decades to come.

Divide your class up into small groups, and give each one of the letters to re-read together, and then to study in more detail. Ask the children to consider the following questions: But then I saw them, like a beacon on a hill… there, on my desk, sat an ancient box of my old crayons next to the hula girl pen holder my grandpa had left me in his will. I didn’t remember buying the crayons, or even why I had them. I didn’t have kids yet, so they were definitely my crayons. And at the time, I couldn’t for the life of me remember the last time I had colored. Crayons are so ubiquitous, aren’t they? They just show up everywhere, under couch cushions, behind the dresser, in the junk drawer. But here was a box I’d aparently kept with me, moving them with all my office stuff from apartment to apartment. So yeah… there they were. And I just knew they had a story to tell. Yellow Crayon and Orange Crayon each write in separately, seemingly they each believe they are the "true" color of the sun.