The Kindest Red is part of our Starts With a Story Collection, which includes more than 600 picture book companions based on high quality children’s literature that support you in delivering highly-engaging interactive read alouds with follow up activities. Learn more about this children’s book below! - Jodi and the Starts With a Story Team
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SUMMARY
"The Kindest Red" by Ibtihaj Muhammad and S.K. Ali is a captivating and empowering children's book that celebrates the power of kindness and inclusion. The story follows a young girl named Asiya who wears a red dress to school and is tasked with creating her own special world, which she picks a kind world. With the support of her friends, Asiya learns many helpful strategies and tools she can use to help others and to make the world kinder. Through a contagious kindness rally and the spirit of compassion, the book promotes a message of acceptance, unity, and creating a kinder world. With vibrant illustrations and a heartfelt narrative, "The Kindest Red" is a touching and relevant tale that encourages readers to embrace diversity and treat others with respect and kindness.
 USE THIS BOOK TO TEACH:
Our read aloud lesson plans for this picture book come with reading comprehension questions (with sample student responses), 30 writing prompts, teaching ideas for grammar skills, social emotional learning discussion ideas, and more. Check out our list below to get a sneak peek at some of the skills this resource teaches.
- Identifying the theme, message, or moral is an important skill that takes a lot of practice. Use this story as an opportunity to help your students with this reading strategy.
- Teach a lesson on making connections to enhance comprehension.
- Help students to analyze what the author’s purpose for writing the book might be.
- Introduce and act out action verbs.
- Introduce pronouns and practice using them.
- Discuss the importance of kindness.
- Discuss mindfulness with students and practice a mindfulness activity with them.
NO-PREP PRINTABLE ACTIVITIES:
If you are looking for “ready to go” activities for the first day of school, be sure to check out the book companion. With it you’ll receive all of the following resources to align with this specific book:
- comprehension questions
- 30Â 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
This book is a must have for your school or classroom library. Your students are going to love completing these activities for the book and you will be impressed with how much they learn. You will want to read this book to your class every year.
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ADDITIONAL BOOK SUGGESTIONS
You and your students will love the similar books listed below, which can all be found in our free picture book list.
- The Proudest Blue by Ibthihaj Muhammad
- Listening with my Heart by Gabi Garcia
- Ordinary Mary’s Extraordinary Deed by Emily Pearson
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