South Dakota ELA K.RF.1.e

ELAKindergartenReading Foundational Skills

The Standard

K.RF.1: Demonstrate foundational understanding of print concepts and features of print.

Identify the front cover, back cover, and title page of a book to navigate text appropriately.

South Dakota English Language Arts Standards (2025)

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students find the front cover, back cover, and title page on a real book. They open the book to find the title page inside.
What Mastery Looks Like: Given a picture book, a student points to all three parts without help. They show the title page inside the book, not the title printed on the cover.
Common Misconceptions: Students may point to the title on the front cover when asked for the title page. They may mistake the back cover for the front cover when the book is turned over.
How to Assess It: Hand each student a picture book and say, "Show me the front cover, the back cover, and the title page." Check whether they open the book to find the title page.

Lesson moves

Give pairs a picture book and three removable slips labeled front cover, back cover, and title page to place on the matching parts.
Hold up a book and ask, "How can you tell this is the title page, not the front cover?"
Play Book Part Simon Says with prompts like "Touch the back cover" and "Open to the title page."
At the class library, have students show a partner the three parts of a book before choosing it to read.

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