• Quick retrieval from earlier learning (Book covers: title, author and illustrator). Students answer on mini whiteboards.
• Show answers together and note who needs support in the main task.

1. The Robot Who Could Not Dance Written by Kofi Mensah Illustrated by Ivy Green What is the title of the book? (Ivy Green / The Robot Who Could Not Dance / Kofi Mensah) → The Robot Who Could Not DancePrompt: The title is the name of the book. 'Written by' tells the author. 'Illustrated by' tells the illustrator.
2. Choose the best answer. Where do you usually find the title of a book? (on the front cover / inside the spine only / on the barcode / on the last page) → on the front coverPrompt: Think about a book you know. What is on the front?
3. Ten Little Frogs Written by Ruth Adams Illustrated by Ben Cole What is the title of the book? (Ten Little Frogs / Ben Cole / Ruth Adams) → Ten Little FrogsPrompt: The title is the name of the book. 'Written by' tells the author. 'Illustrated by' tells the illustrator.

• Read the first lines of a short text aloud and ask what students predict will happen and why.
• Share the objective: Parts of a book: contents, glossary and index. Read the success criteria together.

• Work through the example out loud, saying why you do each step, not just what you do.
• Example: Contents Baby Animals ........ 3 Where Animals Live ........ 8 What Animals Eat ........ 13 Animals at Night ........ 18 Saving Wild Animals ........ 21 On which page does "What Animals Eat" start?
• Step 1: "What Animals Eat" ........ 13
• Step 2: So the answer is: 13
• Answer: 13
• Pause after each step and ask a student to say what comes next.

• Do these together. Students try each step on whiteboards before you reveal it.
• Use the hints as prompts rather than giving the answer.

1. Contents Recycling Paper ........ 4 Plastic Bottles ........ 8 Compost ........ 11 Saving Water ........ 15 Clean Beaches ........ 20 On which page does "Compost" start? → 11Prompt: Find the chapter name in the list.
2. Choose the best answer. What is a caption? (the last page / a list of chapters / words under a picture that tell you about it / the name of the book) → words under a picture that tell you about itPrompt: Think about a non-fiction book. What is at the front and at the back?

• Students work on the student sheet. Circulate and check the first two answers of every student early.
• Students who finish: write a question of their own for a partner, with the answer.

The 6 questions are on the student sheet below, with answers in the key.

• Two questions on their own. Sort answers into got it / nearly / not yet to plan the next lesson.

1. Contents The Sun ........ 3 The Moon ........ 6 Rockets ........ 12 Life on a Space Station ........ 15 Mars ........ 21 On which page does "The Moon" start? → 6Prompt: Find the chapter name in the list.
2. Choose the best answer. Where would you look to find what a hard word means? (the glossary / the front cover / the contents page / the title page) → the glossaryPrompt: Think about a non-fiction book. What is at the front and at the back?

Free online practice with hints and printable worksheets for this skill: eurekami.com/english/grade-1.