Description
This Labor Day Color by Number and Text Marking activity is the perfect way to bring life to the topic! Students read a non-fiction passage and search for answers while marking evidence from the text. Perfect reading comprehension activity.
Topics include: Interesting facts about the history of Labor Day.
Students complete a “before reading” anticipation guide, read about Labor Day, answer questions, mark the text for evidence, color the picture according to their answer, and complete the “after reading” anticipation guide.
This is a great cross curriculum activity that also practices Language Arts skills and citing evidence. You can use this activity to assess prior knowledge. You can use this activity as a unit review. Lastly, you could use the student worksheet as a quiz or formative and then let them color as a reward! You choose what works best for you.
This is a fun, colorful activity that allows students to show mastery while relaxing, learning and coloring in their answers. This is also perfect for emergency sub plans! Hang the finished product in the hall for teachers and students to stop and admire.
What’s Included:
•1 Word design
•12 questions
•1 Reading Passage ( 2 pages – front/back)
•1 Anticipation Guide
What do you need?
Crayons, markers or colored pencils
The following colors will be used: Red, Orange, Yellow, Green,
Blue, Brown, Purple
(all standard colors)
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Ruth R. –
Students were engaged and enjoyed coloring at the end.
Shelby C. –
Loved it! Used in my 5th grade class! Overall, a great resource!
Derrick S. –
This has been great for my ELL students. Easy to use.
Erica B. –
My 7th graders really enjoyed this activity! It kept them engaged and helped them understand the concepts clearly. Everything was easy to use and required very little prep on my end — a great addition to my geography lessons!
Zenia M. –
Very nice activity to use for Labor Day! My kids were very engaged!
Leticia J. –
This was a great way to reinforce our Labor Day lesson!
Bethany G. –
This Labor Day activity was a great substitute day lesson, as it not only kept students engaged but also informed them about the reasons we get the day off from school, helping them understand the significance of this holiday.
Mikayla R. –
My students had so much fun doing this. I had them work in groups and that made it even better. This did take them longer than expected, but they all finished.
Meredith B. –
Students enjoy the coloring component of this activity!
Sonya A. –
Great to use for Social Studies. Easy read for my students.
Miss Russell’s Resource room –
thank you so much for this wonderful resource. love it
Ashley T. –
Excellent resource for students to understand Labor Day
Jung Learners –
A great way to teach students about Labor Day while analyzing a text.
Lauryn S. –
Super easy for a sub and to review Labor Day in September!
Lindsey K. –
This was a great activity for my students to learn more about labor day while also getting a little creative.
Trevor E. –
I enjoyed the format, but found the piece that grabbed them was when I assigned each student 2 specific questions to answer for the whole group. Nice assignment for a short class period.
LINDA C. –
This has been a great resource on the Friday before Labor Day. My students have been back to school for a full two weeks, and they are usually worn out by Labor Day. Chromebooks are put away for this lesson, and we do some “old-school” reading & coloring. I don’t print the anticipatory set but use it as a whole group stand up/sit down (or raise your hand if you think it is true). I have found that many of them have no idea what Labor Day is about, so it works well in my American History class.
Stephanie R. –
My students really enjoyed this!
Haley B. –
Love using these! Thanks so much!
Rikki R. –
Great early finisher activity