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How Books Work

A Kindergarten worksheet to help students understand the basic concepts of print and how books work, including identifying parts of a book and directionality.

Kindergarten ELA ReadingEarly LiteracyConcepts of PrintHow Books Work
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Fill in the BlanksTrue / FalseShort Answer

Standards

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.K.1.aCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.K.1.c

Topics

KindergartenELAReadingConcepts of PrintBooks
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How Books Work

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Read each question carefully and follow the directions. Good luck!

Look at the picture of the book. Fill in the blanks with the correct words from the word bank.

Open book
front cover
back cover
pages
spine

1. This is the   of the book. (It has the title and author.)

2. This is the   of the book. (It holds all the pages together.)

3. These are the   of the book. (This is where the story is!)

Read each sentence. Circle True or False.

1. We read a book from left to right.

T

True

F

False

2. We start reading a book from the back cover.

T

True

F

False

1. What is your favorite book?

2. Who is the author of your favorite book?