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Hippo Days: Words and Pictures

Kindergarten read-aloud of a book about hippos. Children name the author and illustrator and tell what the words and pictures each show.

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Aligned toRI.K.6

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  • Single worksheet
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  • 1 Common Core standard
  • Printable answer key
  • 8 questions
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Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Kindergarten
Subject
ELA
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students name the author and the illustrator of an informational book.
  • Students tell what the author's words tell and what the illustrator's pictures show.
  • Students tell what the cover words Written by and Illustrated by mean.

How to use

Read the cover and both pages aloud, pointing to the words and then to the picture notes. Read each question and its choices aloud, then let students write, circle, match and sort.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

RI.K.6

Name the author and illustrator of a text and tell what role each one plays in presenting its ideas or information.

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Hippo Days: Words and Pictures

Listen and tell what the author and the illustrator each did.

Look at the book

Your teacher reads the cover and each page. The words are what Lena wrote. The picture notes tell what Omar drew.

The front cover says:
Hippo Days
Written by Lena Brooks
Illustrated by Omar Haddad

Hippo Days

Page 1 words: Hippos are big, heavy animals. On hot days, they stay in the water. The water keeps them cool.

Page 1 picture: A hippo is in a river. Only its eyes, ears and nose are above the water.

Page 2 words: At night, hippos walk out of the water. They eat lots of grass.

Page 2 picture: A baby hippo walks close to its mother under the moon.

Who made the book?

Your teacher reads each question. Answer it.

1.
Use the word bank. Write the name that fits each blank.
Word bank: Omar Haddad · Hippo Days · Lena Brooks

The author is  .
The illustrator is  .

2.
What did Omar Haddad do for this book?
  • A. He wrote the words.
  • B. He read the book aloud.
  • C. He drew the pictures.
3.
Match each part of the cover to what it tells you.
  1. Hippo Days
  2. Written by Lena Brooks
  3. Illustrated by Omar Haddad
  1. A. who drew the pictures
  2. B. the name of the book
  3. C. who wrote the words

Words and pictures

Your teacher reads each question. Think about the words and the pictures.

4.
What does Omar's picture on page 1 show?
  • A. a hippo eating grass under the moon
  • B. a hippo's eyes and ears above the water
  • C. a hippo sleeping on a sandy beach
5.
Did Lena's words tell it, or did Omar's pictures show it? Sort the cards.
the water keeps hippos coola baby hippo walks next to its mothera hippo's nose sticks up out of the waterhippos eat lots of grass
Lena's words tell itOmar's pictures show it
6.
You want to know why hippos stay in the water on hot days. Where can you find out?
  • A. in the words Lena wrote
  • B. in the pictures Omar drew
  • C. in the name on the cover
7.
Omar wants to show what a baby hippo looks like. What does he make?
  • A. a list of words
  • B. a picture
  • C. a new title
8.
Tell a partner what the author did and what the illustrator did for this book.

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