Outside the Book
What information does the cover of a book give you?
What is Topic, Genre, Author, Illustrator.
This alphabetically lists new or important words and tells what they mean.
What is Glossary.
These words describe what a picture or illustration is all about.
What is a caption.
It is a picture that shows the location of things or places.
What is a map.
What is the term used for the words below a picture?
What is caption.
This is another word for the name of the book.
What is title.
This lists words alphabetically and often gives the page number where the words occur in the text.
What is index.
This calls attention to new and important words.
What is bold print.
It shows information in a visual way so that it can be understood by readers, often has numbers.
What is graph.
Where would you look to find out how many chapters are in a book?
What is table of contents.
This is what we call the person who wrote the book.
What is author.
If you didn't know the definition of a word you could look here to find it.
What is glossary.
This is a hand- drawn picture that helps the reader visualize the text.
What is an illustration.
It is a picture made with a camera that shows how things look in real life.
What is a photograph.
When answering a question about a passage, what is something you need to do?
What is go back into the text and underline your answer! (Find text evidence!)
This is the person who drew the pictures in the book.
What is the illustrator.
If you wanted to know if a book about snakes talked about its habitat, you could look at this section in the BACK of the book to find out.
What is index.
This gives the heading and beginning page of each section of the book.
What is Table of Contents.
This is a drawing that shows the parts of something.
What is a diagram.
Why would you want to read a summary on the back of the book before reading a story?
What is because it can help you know what the story is going to be about and you can tell if it is going to be a good fit book.
Who is your favorite reading teacher?
What is Ms. Stewart.
This tells the reader what the section of reading is about.
What is Heading.
Why is it important to read captions?
Because it gives you more information on the topic.