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Language Arts Lesson 1
Concepts in Print

Instruction 1-1

Book Parts | Uppercase & Lowercase Letters | Letters, Words, & Sentences | Summary

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Discovering Language Arts: Nonfiction (Grades K-2)

BOOK PARTS

Books are important. People use books in school. People read books for fun. This lesson shows all the parts of a book.

Outside Parts

book parts

Title - the name of the book

Spine - holds the pages and the book together

Front Cover - covers the book's pages

Author - the person that wrote the book

Inside Parts

Inside the cover are pages. The pages have words and pictures.

 

book

Pictures

Most books have pictures in them. A person that draws pictures for books is called an 'illustrator'. If a book has an illustrator, his or her name will be under the name of the author, like this:

book
illustrator An illustrator is an artist. He or she draws pictures that show the story.

Words

Books use words to tell a story.

Do you know left and right? It is important that you do.

Reading words in books means starting at the left side, and reading across to the right side. Do you know what side to start reading on?

left or right

 

Worksheet 1 Left or Right

Worksheet 2 Parts of a Book

Worksheet 3 Illustrate Each Title

Worksheet 4 Create a Title for Each Illustration

Links for Students, Parents and Teachers

Now let's do Practice Exercise 1-1 (top). 

  

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