The Day the Crayons Came Home

Lesson Summary

Design a Crayon Organizer

Duncan’s crayons are scattered all over and they are very disappointed and want to get reunited with their pal, Duncan.

Help Duncan stay organized and make his crayons happy again by designing a well-measured Crayon Organizer.

STE or Math Standards

• Measure lengths:
  1.MD.A.1. Order three objects by length; compare the lengths of two objects indirectly by using a third object.
  1.MD.A.2. Express the length of an object as a whole number of length units, by laying multiple copies of a shorter object (the length unit) end to end; understand that the length measurement of an object is the number of same-size length units that span it with no gaps or overlaps.
• Represent and interpret data:
  1.MD.C.4. Organize, represent, and interpret data with up to three categories; ask and answer questions about the total number of data points, how many in each category, and how many more or less are in one category than in another.

ELA Standards

• Speaking and Listening (SL):
  SL.1.2 Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media
  SL.1.5 Add drawings or other visual displays to descriptions when appropriate to clarify ideas, thoughts, and feelings.
  Sl.1.6 Produce complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation.

Video

The Day the Crayons Came Home by Drew Daywalt