How Books Work
A Grade 1 ELA worksheet focusing on the basic concepts of print and how books work, including parts of a book and reading direction.
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How Books Work
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Read the questions carefully and answer them based on what you know about books.
1. Which part of the book tells you what the book is about?
The back cover
The front cover
A page inside
The spine
2. Which way do you read words on a page?
Bottom to top
Right to left
Left to right
Top to bottom
3. The holds all the pages of a book together.
4. When you open a book, you start reading on the page.
5. The title of a book is usually found on the back cover.
True
False
6. We turn pages from left to right.
True
False
7. Look at the picture of the book below. Draw a line from each word to the correct part of the book.
Front Cover
Back Cover
Spine
Pages
8. Why is it important to know how books work?