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The Kissing Hand – Printable Mini Book Activity

After reading The Kissing Hand, students connect Chester’s feelings with their own experiences of school. The printable mini-book uses simple prompts for drawing or writing about emotions.
Grades
Pre-K–1
Pages
3
File type
PDF
Preparation
Print ready

Updated Sep 27, 2022

Subject
ELA
Topic
The Kissing Hand, character feelings
Resource types
Worksheets
Preparation
Print ready
Standards
RL.K.1

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What's inside this resource

After reading The Kissing Hand, students connect Chester’s feelings with their own experiences of school. The printable mini-book uses simple prompts for drawing or writing about emotions.

Product description

From the author

The Kissing Hand Printable Book is a short and sweet activity to go alongside this book for your little learners at the start of a new school year.

Three printable sheets make five numbered mini-book pages plus a cover after cutting.

You will print a set of pages for each student. You can cut their pages in half or they can cut them depending on their readiness.

They will get to read, color and write as they think about how the character feels and how they feel on their first day of school.

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Identify a feeling about starting school

  • Connect a character experience with personal emotion

  • Complete a simple reflective sentence frame

Teaching tips

  • Read The Kissing Hand aloud before using the response pages.

  • Allow drawing or dictated responses for learners who need writing support.

Skills covered

  • Emotional literacy — school feelings are named.

  • Text-to-self connection — story experience prompts reflection.

  • Sentence completion — frames support personal expression.

Good to know

Questions teachers ask about this resource

Can students complete the mini-book before they can write independently?

Yes. They can draw their response or dictate a sentence to an adult after discussing the prompts together.

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Curriculum

Standards, concepts & topics

Standards

  • RL.K.1

Core concepts

  • First-day feelings

  • Story response

  • Emotional reflection

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