Purple Stories!

We read the book, Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson.  We discussed the way the boy drew his story as he went along.  Then we watched the video of the story being read aloud, just to see it from another perspective.  Again, we talked about how the boy used drawings to tell his story.

What would YOU draw in your own story?  What kinds of places would you go to and what would you see?

Students came to the board to show what they might include in their own story.  We made purple books for our "purple stories" and used purple markers and crayons.

Once students finished their drawings through the book, they went back and labeled their pictures.

Time to practice reading our stories to a friend and then read to the class!