Taylor Smith

Lesson Plan 8

C.C. & State Standard(s):

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.K.1
With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.K.7
With prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and
the story in which they appear (e.g., what moment in a story an illustration depicts).

Objective(s):
1. Students will be able to answer questions about a text on the plot, characters, and
setting in a story.

Student Friendly Objective(s):

1. I will be able to answer questions about the pages on a story.

Assessment:
As I read the story, have children answer questions about the characters, what is
happening in the plot of a story and what they think will happen next.

Key Vocabulary:
Character
Plot
Setting
Story
Title

Anticipatory Set:
Ask children which holiday is coming up (Valentine’s Day) and read the title of the
book, “The Kissing Hand” by Audrey Penn and talk about the cover and what they
think the book might be about.

Activate Prior Knowledge:

Ask children what they will be doing on Valentine’s Day and ask them why we have
it as a holiday.

Input/Modeling:
As the teacher reads, “The Kissing Hand”, ask the children questions about each
page, such as “Who is Chester and how is he feeling?” and “What do you think the
kissing hand is?” Engage in student discussion and allow several children to
comment. Call on different children each time.

Check for Understanding/Guided Practice:

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Look back through the book and discuss with the children what the kissing hand is
and how it helped Chester.

Closure:
At the end of the book, ask children what helped Chester and what did he do for his
mother in return. Ask children how Chester felt at the beginning of the book and
why he didn’t want to go to school. Ask children what his mother did for him and
how he felt at the end of the book going to school that night. Go back through the
book and look at each of the illustrations again as you do this.

Independent Practice:
Have the children turn to a partner and explain whom they would give the kissing
hand to and why.

Differentiated Instruction/Accommodations:
1. Students may work with a teacher if there aren’t enough students for even
pairs.
2. Teacher will help students answer the questions if there are no responses.