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Reference Skills

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ELA3W1 (j)The student uses a variety of resources to research and share

information about a topic.

(k) Uses the dictionary and thesaurus to support word choices.

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1. Geraldine is doing a report on robots for her third grade science project. Which set of guide words in an encyclopedia would help her find facts about robots.

A. human-hurry

B. quest-rookie

C. range-road

D. stars-twine

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2. Which book would be BESTto use as a source for a report about alligators?

A. Animals in Swamps

B. All about Alligators

C. Reptiles of the World

D. Ally the Alligator’s Party

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3. Which book would be BEST for finding information about the Creek tribe?

A. atlas

B. thesaurus

C. dictionary

D. encyclopedia

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4. Which word would you find between the dictionary guide words deputy and deter?

A. deal

B. design

C. delight

D. demand

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5. Devon needs to find out about yesterday’s weather for a science project. The BEST place to find this information is

A. in a magazine.

B. on the Internet.

C. in a library book.

D. in an encyclopedia.

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6. Beverly is doing a report on tigers. What information would she find in an encyclopedia?

A. how to pronounce the word tiger

B. basic information about tigers

C. recent news stories about tigers

D. different opinions about the danger of

tigers

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7. Which is the BEST place to find information about dogs?

A. a book about games

B. a book about science

C. a book about animals

D. a book about geography

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8. Anthony is looking up information about Mickey Mouse in a book on toys. Where would he MOST LIKELY find the page numbers for all of the Mickey Mouse items in the book?

A. index

B. glossary

C. title page

D. front cover

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9. Where would you find a map of the United States?

A. an atlas

B. a glossary

C. a thesaurus

D. a dictionary

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  Table of Contents     "Upside-Down Cake"...............................4     by Pamela Kennington     "Excitement on 27th Street" ..................12     by Jeffrey Alan Cobb     "Water Basketball" ...............................17     by Jacqueline Shumaker     "Jimmy's Treasure" ..............................26     by Cynthia Kaprol

10. Use the Table of Contents to answer this question. Which page most likely has a story about a game to play with a ball?

A. Page 4

B. Page 12

C. Page 17

D. Page 26

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11. What information can be found in an atlas?

A. phone numbers

B. recipes

C. city mayors

D. land and water features

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12. Kenneth needs to find the distance from Macon, Georgia, to Juneau, Alaska, for a math project. He found the software titles below. Which one would be MOST

helpful in his search?

A. Weather, Science, and You

B. Interactive Mountain Climbing

C. Traveling the United States

D. Traveling the Rivers of America

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Use the table of contents below to answer this question.     Title: How to Care for Your Kitten             Author: Kitty Whiskers     Chapter 1...............Introduction     Chapter 2...............Training     Chapter 3...............Medical Care     Chapter 4...............Feeding     Chapter 5...............Breeding     Glossary     Index

13. Yessenia finds a term she does not understand. Where might she look to find the definition of the term?

A. chapter 1

B. chapter 3

C. glossary

D. index

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14. You are writing a report about dogs. You should put information about different types of dogs in the

A. cover

B. title page

C. bibliography

D. body of the report

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15. Which part of a book is like a dictionary?

A. index

B. glossary

C. title page

D. table of contents

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16. On which Internet site could you probably find information about Mars?

A. The Sun and its Planets

B. How to Use a Telescope

C. The Structure of the Sun

D. Pictures of the Night Sky

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17. Where would you look in a book to find out who wrote it?

A. the index

B. the title page

C. the bibliography

D. the table of contents

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18. Which is NOT a good source of information on the Creek Tribe?

A. A map of the world

B. A dictionary page Cr-Cu

C. A compact disc on the Creek tribe

D. A magazine about Native Americans

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19. Where should you look to find the meaning of a word?

A. atlas

B. thesaurus

C. dictionary

D. encyclopedia

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20. When Maria is reading a story, she finds a word she does not understand. She should look for help in

A. an atlas.

B. a thesaurus.

C. a dictionary

D. a magazine

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21. Where is the BEST place to look to find another word for beautiful?

A. an atlas

B. a thesaurus

C. a magazine

D. an encyclopedia

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22. Which book should you use to find the meaning of words?

A. atlas

B. thesaurus

C. dictionary

D. encyclopedia