Print Concepts
Kindergarten · English Language Arts · Reading Readiness · Virginia, USA
Lesson Summary
Learn how books work, including how to hold a book and which way to read.
Explanation
Before you can read, you need to know how books work. You hold a book right-side up and start at the front cover. You read from left to right and top to bottom. When you get to the end of a line, you go to the beginning of the next line. The words on the page are what we read, not the pictures.
Practice Questions
Q1: Which direction do we read: left to right, or right to left?
Answer: Left to right
Q2: Where do you start reading on a page?
Answer: At the top left
Q3: What is on the front of a book?
Answer: The front cover, which shows the title and often a picture.
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Print Concepts is a lesson in the Reading Readiness chapter of Kindergarten English Language Arts. It is part of the Virginia, USA school curriculum and covers key concepts that students need to understand at this level.
What grade level covers Print Concepts?+
Print Concepts is taught in Kindergarten as part of the English Language Arts curriculum in Virginia, USA.
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