Support readers to make a connection between the cover illustration and the title.
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Activity: Cover Detectives
Standards
Predict the topic and/or genre of a book based on its title and cover illustration.
Reader Goals
I can predict the genre of a book from its title and cover illustration.
Focus
Genre: alphabet books
Helpful Hints
Guide
- Say
Let’s look at the cover of the book. The title says, Queen of the Quiz. I predict this is another alphabet book because I see two words beginning with the letters QU in the title. - Ask
Who are the characters?
(teacher and students) - Ask
Where are the characters?
(They are in the classroom.) - Say
I wonder what they are doing in the classroom. Let’s look closely at the cover illustration.
Guide
- Say
Let’s think about what the title has to do with the picture. - Point to the word Quiz and Ask
I see the word quiz in the title and thought bubbles above students. What do you think they are doing?
(trying to answer a quiz, guessing an answer to a question) - Say
From looking at the picture, I think the teacher is giving them a quiz and students are trying to answer it. I wonder if the Queen of the Quiz is the person who runs the quiz.
Guide
- Point to the title and Say
Let’s read the title together: Queen of the Quiz. - Ask
What letters do you think we are going to learn in this book?
(QU) - Say
Yes, I think we will learn the words that start with the blend QU, like queen and quiz in the title. I also wonder who will be the queen of the quiz. - Say
Let’s read and find out!
