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A Colourful History

The document is a Grade 1 reading comprehension worksheet centered on the history of Crayola crayons, detailing their introduction in 1903, changes in color sets over the years, and public involvement in color selection. It includes exercises for students to order events and identify colors from the story. The worksheet aims to enhance reading comprehension and engagement with the topic of crayons.

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A Colourful History

The document is a Grade 1 reading comprehension worksheet centered on the history of Crayola crayons, detailing their introduction in 1903, changes in color sets over the years, and public involvement in color selection. It includes exercises for students to order events and identify colors from the story. The worksheet aims to enhance reading comprehension and engagement with the topic of crayons.

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Grade 1 Reading Comprehension Worksheet

Read the short story. Then answer each question.

A Colorful History

In 1903, Crayola brought color to the world.


Their first sets of crayons cost just five cents! The
box had colors of red, orange, yellow, green,
blue and violet. Crayons in brown and black
filled out the set of eight. Since then, hundreds
of shades of crayon have worn the Crayola
label.

The range of colors to choose from


grew when Crayola
introduced their new Young
Artist set. Color names
changed too. This box had 28
shades such as rose pink and
burnt sienna.

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Grade 1 Reading Comprehension Worksheet

A big change came in 1990. For the


first time some colors were removed
from the box. Seven shades like
lemon yellow went to the Crayola Hall
of Fame. New colors took their place
like jungle green and teal blue.

Not everyone liked the change. Some people


wrote letters to Crayola to complain. They
wanted to see the return of the old colors they
loved. Of course, all the letters were written
with crayons.

The range of colors grew again in 1993. Crayola


brought out a new set to mark 90 years in
business. This box of 96 colors including 16 new
colors. The new colors were named by the
public with names like mac and cheese and
shamrock.

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Grade 1 Reading Comprehension Worksheet

At one hundred years old, Crayola shook things


up again. More colors left the box. This time the
public could vote to ‘Save the Shade.’ Burnt
Sienna received enough votes to stay in the set.
Colors like blizzard blue and magic mint joined
the Hall of Fame. New colors took their place
like wild blue yonder.

On National Crayon Day in 2017, one more


shade left the box. The gold tinged dandelion
joined the Hall of Fame. The new color
‘bluetiful’ took its place.

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Grade 1 Reading Comprehension Worksheet

Exercises:
1. Put the events in order.

______ Blizzard blue joins the Crayola Hall of


Fame.

______ A new color called jungle green


comes out.

______ Dandelion joins the Crayola Hall of


Fame.

______ A new color called shamrock is


made.

2. Circle the right color in the sentences


below.

a. The young artist set had colors like


(magic mint/rose pink).

b. (Burnt Sienna/lemon yellow) won


enough votes to stick around.

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Grade 1 Reading Comprehension Worksheet

c. In 1993, the public named colors like


(blizzard blue/mac and cheese).

d. At one hundred years old Crayola


added a new color called (wild blue
yonder/teal blue).

3. Invent new names for the first eight crayon


colors. (Answers will vary)

Red

Orange

Yellow

Green

Blue

Violet

Brown

Black

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