Teachers looking for lesson plans and activities for Festival of Colors will love this post. It includes resource recommendations, free teaching ideas, and information about the book.
With themes of respect, kindness, and mindfulness, this Festival of Colors picture book by Surishtha Sehgal and Kabir Sehgal is a favorite in 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade classrooms.
Engage Your Students with Festival of Colors Lesson Plans & Activities in 3 Easy Steps:
- Read a summary of Festival of Colors.
- 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.
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FESTIVAL OF COLORS SUMMARY
This story celebrates and honors the Indian holiday of Holi. Celebrated in the early Spring, this holiday welcomes new beginnings and is filled with colors!
Two children teach readers about this holiday by gathering natural flowers and grinding them into powders. Their family, friends, and neighbors then all dress in white and the powder is thrown.
Join Chintoo and Mintoo as they get ready for the festival of color, Holi!
FESTIVAL OF COLORS 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 Festival of Colors reading comprehension questions focus on:
- retelling
- sequencing
- author’s purpose
LITERATURE-BASED SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING LESSONS
We found this story to be a great SEL picture book to promote:
- respect
- kindness
- mindfulness
GRAMMAR, VOCABULARY & WORD STUDY
- transition words
- color words
- actions verbs
FESTIVAL OF COLORS 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 Festival of Colors?
- Lexile® Measure: AD250L
- Guided Reading Level: H
- DRA Level: 14
- Accelerated Reader Level (ARC): 1.6
Who is the author? Who is the illustrator?
The book was written by Surishtha Sehgal and Kabir Sehgal. It was illustrated by Vashti Harrison.
What genre is Festival of Colors?
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 32 pages long.
