Marnie Samuelson

Use the book, The Crayon Box that Talked, by Shane Derolf, to introduce the unit. This book is a wonderful way to teach cooperation in your class. The activities include basic color identification using words and pictures, discovering secondary colors, word search, middle vowel sounds, venn diagram and character trait graphic organizers. The activities have been differentiated for student's success. The Crayon Box that Talked Activities by Marnie Samuelson is licensed under a Creative Commons

1st grade Journey's HMH reading program weekly sight words. The sight words are labeled to match the units and lessons for the entire year. These sight words are for individual student notebooks or to be taped on desks for easy reference.