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Understanding print on a page

English · Phonics & Word Reading · ages 4-6
Name ______________________   Date ____________

  1. You read the top line of a page first, then the line under it.

    Circle one:   True   False

  2. What do the words in a book tell us?

    • Only page numbers
    • A story or facts
    • Nothing at all

  3. Which way do you turn the pages of a book?

    • From back to front
    • From front to back
    • Any way at all

  4. Where do you start reading on a page?

    • Top-left corner
    • Bottom-right corner
    • Middle of the page

  5. Look at this page with two lines. Where do you start reading?

    I see a catThe cat is big
    • At the last word of the top line
    • At the first word of the bottom line
    • At the first word of the top line

  6. Look at the row of words. Which word do you read first?

    Samlikescats
    • Sam
    • likes
    • cats

  7. A page has three lines of words. Which line do you read last?

    • The middle line
    • The top line
    • The bottom line

  8. You finish reading a line of words. Where do your eyes go next?

    • Down to the start of the next line
    • Up to the top of the page
    • To the very last page

  9. Lena opens her book in the middle and starts reading there. Why does the story not make sense to her?

    • She read too slowly
    • She did not start at the beginning
    • The book had too many pages

  10. Why do we start reading at the top-left of a page?

    • That is where the words begin
    • That is where the picture is
    • That is where the page number is
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Answer key

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Understanding print on a page W1-mt_1KCwbGvm1F-s1

  1. True · Reading starts at the top of the page and goes down, line by line.
  2. A story or facts · Print tells a story or gives facts. That is why we read it.
  3. From front to back · Pages turn from the front of the book toward the back.
  4. Top-left corner · Reading starts at the top-left corner of the page.
  5. At the first word of the top line · Reading starts at the top-left of a page, which is the first word of the top line.
  6. Sam · Reading starts on the left, so "Sam" comes first.
  7. The bottom line · Your eyes work down the page, so the bottom line is the one they reach last.
  8. Down to the start of the next line · When a line ends, your eyes drop down to the start of the next line.
  9. She did not start at the beginning · A story is built page by page from the front, so starting in the middle skips the part that explains it.
  10. That is where the words begin · The words on a page begin at the top-left, so that is where reading starts.
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