Test questions on book orientation for Kindergarten ELA

📚 Quick Study Guide: Book Orientation Basics

• 📖 Books have a front cover, a back cover, and a spine. The front cover usually has the title and a picture!
• ⬆️ Always hold a book right-side up. Look for the title to be readable.
• ▶️ Start reading a book from the front cover, then open to the very first page.
• ➡️ When you read words, your eyes usually move from left to right across the page.
• 📄 Turn pages one at a time, usually from the right side to the left side, moving forward through the story.
• ✍️ The person who writes the words for the story is called the author.
• 🎨 The person who draws the pictures is called the illustrator.

📝 Practice Quiz: Test Your Book Smarts!

1. Which part of the book usually shows you the title and a big picture?

1. The front cover
2. The back cover
3. The spine

2. When you start to read a new book, which direction do you usually open it from?

1. From the top
2. From the bottom
3. From the front (where the cover opens)

3. If you are reading words on a page, which way do your eyes move to follow the words?

1. From right to left
2. From left to right
3. Up and down

4. What do we call the person who writes all the words in a story?

1. The illustrator
2. The reader
3. The author

5. What do we call the person who draws all the beautiful pictures in a book?

1. The writer
2. The illustrator
3. The publisher

6. After you finish reading one page, which way do you turn to get to the next page?

1. Turn it backwards
2. Turn it to the left
3. Turn it to the right

7. If you pick up a book and it's upside down, what's the best thing to do?

1. Just try to read it that way
2. Turn it around so it's right-side up
3. Give it to a friend to read