In the song, Smith meets a donkey on the road. The print version of a knee-slapping cumulative ditty. Brown goes all in to match with a grayscale palette for everything but the purple crayon-a callback to black-and-white sci-fi thrillers as much as a visual cue for nascent horror readers. Reynolds’ text might as well be a Rod Serling monologue for its perfectly paced foreboding and unsettling tension, both gentled by lightly ominous humor. As guilt-ridden Jasper receives accolade after accolade for grades and work that aren’t his, the crayon becomes more and more possessive of Jasper’s attention and affection, and it is only when Jasper cannot take it anymore that he discovers just what he’s gotten himself into. Jasper is only a little creeped out until the crayon changes his art-the one area where Jasper excels-into something better. When he faces a math quiz after skipping his homework, the crayon aces it for him.

When Jasper watches TV instead of studying, he misspells every word on his spelling test, but the crayon seems to know the answers, and when he uses the crayon to write, he can spell them all. Jasper is flunking everything except art and is desperate for help when he finds the crayon. reflect and respond to discussion questions and prompts.Īctivities can be used to differentiate instruction for students, to provide them with a choice, or to focus on a particular skill.When a young rabbit who’s struggling in school finds a helpful crayon, everything is suddenly perfect-until it isn’t.consider what they would do in the story.compare and contrast Aaron Reynolds’ books.As a result of the activities included, students will be able to: In addition to celebrating fall and creativity, the over two dozen activities support English Language Arts and Math. You’ve got to get creative when crayons start taking over your life! This series of Creepy Crayon Activities engage students in a variety of design and artistic challenges.

The creepy crayon book