In Gr. 1 our focus is on reading. Students learn all about the parts of a book (cover, spine, title page, index, glossary, table of contents) and understand their importance. We publish a book about the parts of a book and each student gets to take home their own that they have worked on. Weekly activities reinforce all of the book parts and their importance. We read! Proper book care is reinforced. Use of bookmarks is reinforced. Shelf markers always. More of the spine labels are introduced and we play spine label bingo. I introduce series books and show students how to find a good series to get hooked on. They learn about the difference between fiction and nonfiction and ways to tell the difference.