CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.K.5

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The Standard

Identify the front cover, back cover, and title page of a book.

Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts · Reading Standards for Informational Text

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students handle informational books and locate key parts on the outside and inside. They use clues such as the title, pictures, author name, barcode, and placement.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student can correctly point to and name each book part without help. The student uses location and visual clues to tell the parts apart.
Common Misconceptions: Students may confuse the title page with the front cover because both often show the book's name. They may call the final inside page the back cover.
How to Assess It: Hand each student an unfamiliar nonfiction book. Ask, “Point to the front cover, back cover, and title page.”

Lesson moves

Give pairs three sticky notes to label the front cover, back cover, and title page on a classroom book.
Show photos of three book parts and ask, “What clues help you name each part?”
Play Book Part Simon Says, with students touching the named part only when the direction begins with “Simon says.”
Examine library books and compare where titles, author names, pictures, and barcodes appear on each book part.

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