Elementary teachers looking for lesson plans and activities for A Color Of His Own will find this post helpful. It includes resource recommendations, free teaching ideas, and information about the book. You’ll have everything you need to deliver engaging interactive read aloud lessons based on this story.
With themes of friendship and individuality, this A Color Of His Own picture book by Leo Lionni is a favorite in 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade classrooms. It will be a big hit in your classroom too! Learn more about this book below!
Engage Your Students with A Color Of His Own Lesson Plans & Activities in 3 Easy Steps:
- Read a summary of A Color Of His Own. You can find it in the section below.
- Check out the teaching ideas for reading comprehension strategies, grammar topics and social emotional learning skills that can be taught using this children’s book.
- Download the book companion to make lesson planning simple with A Color Of His Own reading comprehension questions, writing prompts, teaching ideas & no-prep extension activities.
A COLOR OF HIS OWN SUMMARY
All animals have their own color, except chameleons. The chameleon in this book is tired of always changing colors, and wants to find a color of his own. He attempts to remain on a leaf forever so he does not change color, but the leaf changes color itself and eventually falls off the branch.
After a long cold winter, the chameleon ventures out into the grass when spring comes. He meets an older chameleon and asks if they will ever have a color of their own. The older chameleon suggests that the two stay together forever. Although they will change color, they will always be the same color as each other. This causes the chameleons to live a much happier life.
A COLOR OF HIS OWN LESSON PLAN IDEAS
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We found this book was especially good at teaching the topics listed below.
READING COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
The text-based A Color Of His Own reading comprehension questions focus on:
- summarize/retell
- plot (problem-solution)
- sequencing
- cause and effect
- identifying theme, message, and moral
LITERATURE-BASED SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING LESSONS
We found this story to be a great SEL picture book to promote:
- friendship
- individuality
GRAMMAR, VOCABULARY & WORD STUDY
- plural nouns
- adjectives
- prepositions
- homophones
A COLOR OF HIS OWN ACTIVITIES
You’ll receive all of the following resources aligned to the story:
- comprehension questions
- 30 writing prompts with themed paper
- vocabulary activities
- word study print & go activities
- ideas for grammar lessons with focus sentence printables
- social emotional learning discussion topics
- graphic organizers to target specific comprehension skills and strategies
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BOOK INFO FOR ELEMENTARY TEACHERS
What are the reading levels for A Color Of His Own?
- Lexile® Measure: 640L
- Guided Reading Level: O-P
- DRA Level: 34-36
- Accelerated Reader Level (ARC): 3.5-3.7
Who is the author? Who is the illustrator?
The book was written by Leo Lionni. It was illustrated by Leo Lionni.
What genre is A Color Of His Own ?
It is a fiction book. You may want to check out our genre activities or read our blog post, How to Teach Genre to Elementary Students.
How many pages are in the book?
The story is 30 pages long.
