Learning the Parts of a Book

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Learning the Parts of a Book
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TEKS

•   Kindergarten, 1st grade
• 5. Reading/print awareness. The student
  demonstrates knowledge of concepts of print. The
  student is expected to
• H. Recognize that different parts of a
  book such as the cover, title page, and table of
  contents offer information

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In This Unit You Will Learn

• About the different parts of a book, like the
  cover, title page, and table of contents, and how
  they help us find information.

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The Cover

• The cover of the book is the first thing you
  see when looking at a book before you even open
  it!

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• The cover usually tells us the title and author
  of the book.

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Review

• What 2 things does the cover of a book usually
  tell you?
• Author
• Title
• Illustrator
• Both a and b

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Right! The cover tells you the title and author
of a book.
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Are you sure? Hint There is only one answer
choice that has 2 things
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The Title Page

• The title page is one of the first pages in
  the book. If you open the cover, it is usually
  the first or second page.

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• The title page tells us the title of the book
• It also lists other people that helped make the
  book, like the illustrator (if the book has
  pictures)

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Title Page Continued

• www.u.arizona.edu/ic/swchildlit/pages/lrch.html

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What does the title page have that the cover does
not?

• The author
• The title
• The illustrator
• A biography about the author

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Good Job! Thats right, the title page also
lists other people that helped make the book,
like the illustrator.
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Wrong, try again.Remember that we said the
cover has the title and the author
Hmm..
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Table of Contents

• The table of contents is located just after
  the title page.

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• The table of contents tells us all of the
  different parts of a book and what page they are
  on.

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What does the Table of Contents Do?

• Tells you who wrote the book
• Where to find information in the book
• What different terms mean

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Way to go! The table of contents tells us where
to find information.
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Not exactly. Look at the table of contents one
more time.Hint if you look at somethings
contents, you look at what it is made of or what
is in it
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How Do The Cover, Title Page, and Table of
Contents Help Us?

• Knowing these parts of a book can help you learn
  what the book is about.
• It can also let you find what you are looking for
  faster.

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Which of these items appears 1st, 2nd, and last?

• Cover, table of contents, title page
• Table of contents, title page, cover
• Cover, title page, table of contents

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Nice Work, that is the correct order!
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AlmostHint the order that we discussed these
in class is the same order that they appear in a
book.
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Works Cited

• Lilly, Carolyn. (n.d.). Hop on Pop-Up Cover
  Image. Retrieved on October 6, 2004, The
  Wonderful World of Pop-Up and Animated Books,
  www.popupbooks.net, http//www.popupbooks.net/main
  .html.
• No Author. (n.d.). Table of Contents Image.
  Retrieved on October 7, 2004, Certiport
  Certification Center, http//shop.certiport.com/Sh
  op/Control/fp/SFV/28737.
• No Author. (2001). Tommy Thumbs Songbook Title
  Page Image. Retrieved on October 6, 2004,
  History, Arts, and Libraries, http//www.michigan.
  gov.
• No Author. (October 13, 1999). Little Red
  Cowboy Hat Image. Retrieved on October 6, 2004,
  Southwest Childrens Literature,
  http//jamaica.u.arizona.edu/ic/swchildlit/pages/m
  ain.html.
• Office of Curriculum and Professional
  Development. (September 8, 2003). Texas
  Essential knowledge and skills. Retrieved on
  October 6, 2004, Texas Education Agency,
  http//www.tea.state.tx.us/teks/.

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So

• We have learned that there are three parts on a
  book the cover, the title page, and the table of
  contents
• The cover tells us the title and author of a book
• The title page tells us the title, author, and
  anyone else that made the book like the
  illustrator
• The table of contents tells us where to find the
  information we are looking for and
• These parts help us find information faster.
• Good Job! You have successfully completed this
  lesson!