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I need the definition for the word “mirage.” Where do I look?

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Where Do I Look? #1

Answer: Dictionary

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Where Do I Look? #1

Question: I want to plan a road trip to Chicago. What book will have maps to help me know how to get there?

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Where Do I Look? #2

Answer: Atlas

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Question: I need to call my doctor’s office and I don’t know her number. Where would be the best place to look?

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Where Do I Look? #3

Answer: Phone Book

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Where Do I Look? #3

Question: I’ve used the word “special” six times in one paragraph. What would be the best source to help me find other words that mean the same to use?

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Where Do I Look? #4

Answer: Thesaurus

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Question: I want to find out more about ducks and the electricity is out. What would be the best source to use?

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Where Do I Look? #5

Answer: information book OR encyclopedia

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Question: Put the following words in alphabetical order:

•School•Screw•Scant

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Using the Resource #1

Answer: Scant, School, Screw

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Question: Would “hitch” be on the dictionary page with the guide words, “highlight” and “his”?

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Using the Resource #2

Answer: No

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Question: You are reading an information book and you come to a word you don’t know. What part of the book could help you find the meaning of the word?

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Using the Resource #3

Answer: Glossary

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Question: You have a nonfiction book about dogs. Where can you look in the book to find the pages that talk about Dalmatians?

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Using the Resource #4

Answer: Index

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Question: I really liked this book. I want to read another by this author. What page will tell me who wrote this book?

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Using the Resource #5

Answer: Title page or cover of the book

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Question: I read a fiction story about a girl that lived during the Civil War. What genre is this book?

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Generally, Genre #1

Answer: Historical Fiction

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Question: If the characters in the story use magic like Harry Potter, what genre would this book be?

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Generally, Genre #2

Answer: Fantasy

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Question: Books like Tales of the Fourth Grade Nothing could really happen and take place now. What genre does this describe?

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Generally, Genre #3

Answer: contemporary realistic fiction

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Question: Who did it? How did they do it? Can you figure it out? Books in what genre ask these questions?

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Generally, Genre #4

Answer: Mystery

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Question: Snow White, Goldilocks and the Three Bears and Puss in Boots. All of these stories are examples of what genre?

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Generally, Genre #5

Answer: Fairy Tales (or Folk Tales)

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Question: What book can help me to know how to pronounce the word “orchestral?”

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I Need to Know #1

Answer: Dictionary

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Question: According to this chart, how many days is a cat pregnant?

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Animal Approximate pregnancy period Typical number of newborn

Alligator (American) 9 weeks1 50-602

Bat (common vampire)

210 days 1

Cat 65 days 4

Dog 9 weeks 1-10

Elephant 21-22 months 1

Answer: 65 days

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Question: Would the word “diary” come before or after the word “diet” in the thesaurus?

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I Need to Know #3

Answer: before

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Question: Looking at this Table of Contents, how many chapters are in this book?

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The Unusual Parrot 5

How Parrots Look 6

Where Parrots Live 9

Kinds of Parrots 11

What Parrots Eat 14

Baby Parrots 16

Parrot Habits 19

Parrots and People 22

Table of Contents

Answer: 8 (eight)

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Question: What book could help me determine how far it is from Dallas, Texas to Norman, OK?

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I Need to Know #5

Answer: an atlas

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Question: Clue, detective, suspect, evidence, witness, alibi. All of these words would most likely be found in which genre of book?

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Answer: Mystery

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Question: What would be the best book to find when Harry S. Truman was born?

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Hodgepodge #2

Answer: encyclopedia (or information book)

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Question: Fact or Opinion—

“Adelie penguins are the most attractive specie of penguin.”

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Hodgepodge #3

Answer: opinion

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Question:

Looking at this page of the index, what page number would you find “landfills”?

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Hodgepodge #4

Answer: 70 (seventy)

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Question: Where can I find a synonym for the word “pretty”?

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Hodgepodge #5

Answer: Thesaurus

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