Locating Information Using Varied References

This part of the book holds the book together. It displays the title, author, and call number.

• Cover
• Author
• Spine
• Table of Contents

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.1B

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

This part of a book lists the chapters and sections in the book.  It has the page numbers for each chapter or section.

• Cover
• Spine
• Index
• Table of Contents

This is the person who wrote the book.

• Author
• Illustrator
• Publisher
• Editor

This part of a book is in the back. It lists important words or topics in alphabetical order and which page to find them.

• Title Page

• Table of Contents

• Index

• Glossary

He or she is the person who draws the pictures in a book.

• Author

• Illustrator

• Publisher

• Editor

The Latin word sidere means 'to sink'--this would help a reader to know that the word subside used in the sentence below means to--
The water will subside and the flooding stop if the rain lets up soon. 

• improve
• lessen
• react
• return

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

You are answering a question in your science book about food webs and you can't remember what symbiosis is. Where would be the best place for you to look?

• dictionary

• glossary

• thesaurus

In which reference book would you find  a synonym for angry?

• dictionary
• glossary
• thesaurus

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

You need to know what part of speech the word amazing is. Where would you look?

• dictionary

• glossary

• thesaurus

Refer to the dictionary entry in the photo: What part of speech is the word import?

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D