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English · Pre-K

How Books and Print Work

Children learn who makes a book (the author writes the words, the illustrator draws the pictures), that we read words from left to right and from the top line down, and that words are groups of letters with spaces between them, so we can count the words in a line and point to each one as we read.

  • 3 lessons
  • About 40 minutes
  • How print works check: 4 questions
  • Ways to answer: choose an answer, match pairs and type a number
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What learners will discover

  • Know that the author writes the words and the illustrator draws the pictures, and find the title on the cover.
  • Know that we read a line of words from left to right, and the lines from top to bottom, going back to the left for each new line.
  • Know that words are groups of letters with spaces between them, and count the words in a short printed line.

Lessons

  1. Who made this book? 4 steps2 practiceabout 13 min
  2. Which way do we read? 4 steps1 practiceabout 13 min
  3. Spaces between words 4 steps2 practiceabout 14 min
  4. How print works check 4 questions at the end

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Games to practice with

  • Memory LanternsFlip glowing lanterns to find pairs that belong together.
  • Sound GardenListen closely and grow the garden: find the word that starts, rhymes or claps just right.
  • Story SequencerShuffle, sort and retell: put the picture cards in story order.

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