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Using Headings and an Index is a free printable Grade 1 English worksheet on finding a fact fast with the parts of a book, aligned to Common Core standard RI.1.5. It prints 8 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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Using Headings and an Index

RI.1.5

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Circle the right answer.

1.What is a caption?
  • A.The words under a picture that say what it shows
  • B.The title of the book
  • C.A list of page numbers
2.What does a heading tell you?
  • A.Who wrote the book
  • B.What the part underneath is about
  • C.How long the book is
3.Why is some print made bold?
  • A.Because the printer ran out of ink
  • B.To show it is an important word
  • C.To show it is the end
4.You want to know what "pasteurizing" means. Which part helps most?
  • A.The glossary
  • B.The contents page
  • C.The index
5.Where would you look to find what page "bats" is on?
  • A.The front cover
  • B.The last page
  • C.The index
6.You want to know which page is about roots. Which part helps most?
  • A.The glossary
  • B.The cover
  • C.The index
7.Where would you find a list of the chapters in order?
  • A.The contents page
  • B.The glossary
  • C.The index
8.What does a subheading do?
  • A.Breaks a long part into smaller named pieces
  • B.Names the illustrator
  • C.Ends the chapter

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Answer key — Using Headings and an Index

Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.The words under a picture that say what it shows
  2. 2.What the part underneath is about
  3. 3.To show it is an important word
  4. 4.The glossary
  5. 5.The index
  6. 6.The index
  7. 7.The contents page
  8. 8.Breaks a long part into smaller named pieces

Questions about Using Headings and an Index

What does the Using Headings and an Index worksheet cover?

It practices finding a fact fast with the parts of a book — 8 questions for Grade 1, all on Common Core RI.1.5: Use headings, contents pages and glossaries to find a fact fast. The instruction to students is “Circle the right answer”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.

Which Common Core standard does Using Headings and an Index practice?

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.1.5 — RI.1.5, under Reading: Informational Text for Grade 1. The published standard reads: “Know and use various text features (e.g., headings, tables of contents, glossaries, electronic menus, icons) to locate key facts or information in a text.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.

What age or grade is this worksheet for?

Using Headings and an Index is written for Grade 1, typically ages 6-7. It is one of the sheets on RI.1.5, so it suits any student working at that standard — including older students revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.

Does Using Headings and an Index come with an answer key?

Yes. All 8 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.

How many different versions of Using Headings and an Index can I print?

25 — one per student, and all 25 ask different questions. Set 1 downloads the whole class as a single PDF. Every version is fixed to its own address, so a sheet printed today holds the same problems when you reopen it next week.

Is Using Headings and an Index free to print and photocopy?

Yes. Using Headings and an Index, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.

Is there a lesson plan to teach RI.1.5?

Yes — “Using Headings, Contents and an Index” is a 40-minute Grade 1 plan for RI.1.5, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. Using Headings and an Index is the practice that follows it.

More practice for RI.1.5

Use headings, contents pages and glossaries to find a fact fast.

Teaching this next? Using Headings, Contents and an Index is the 40-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RI.1.5 of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.