Book Features and Author's Reasons
Identify front cover, back cover, and title page of a book; identify the reasons an author gives to support points in informational text
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Can your child find the contents page or index in a non-fiction book and use it to locate specific information — and do they understand why the author included those features?
Identify front cover, back cover, and title page of a book; identify the reasons an author gives to support points in informational text
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- Point to and name parts of a book (front cover, back cover, title page)
- Use the title page to find the title, author, and illustrator
- Identify a reason the author gives for a claim in a simple non-fiction text
“Can your child find the contents page or index in a non-fiction book and use it to locate specific information — and do they understand why the author included those features?”
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- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- English
- Domain
- Reading Comprehension
- Age range
- Ages 5–8
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