Grade 3 SGO Post Test

Information that is unfairly in favor or against a person or thing is called

• bias

• opinion

• false

• made up

A primary source is a report

• from someone who saw something happen in person.

• from the person who is in charge.

• that gets sent to the principal's office.

• you can hang on your wall to remember the day.

Why is it important to say where you got information in a report?

• To give credit to the person who wrote the information you used.

• To help someone else find the information you found.

• To make sure the right person gets the credit for thinking of or writing the information.

• To make sure the right person is responsible if the information turns out to be wrong.

Mrs. Thress asks you to write a short report that answers these questions:

1. What do you need to build a log cabin?

2. How did pioneers get their food?

3. Who made pioneer's clothes?  

What title should you give this report?

• 
• 
• 
• 

When you are doing research, it's important to do things in the right order. Once you have a topic to research, the next step is to

• 
• 
• 
• 

You want to do a report on George Washington as a Revolutionary War General. Which question will help you find information to give a great presentation?

• 
• 
• 
• 

What information source would you use to determine the distance from Riverton to the capitol of New Jersey?

• 
• 
• 
• 

Amy is doing a report on a playground accident for the school newspaper. She needs to use a primary source. Which one of these is a primary source?

• 
• 
• 
• 

Michael is learning about volcanoes for a project. He has to find information in more than one source. Which sources will help him the most?

• An encyclopedia, a science book, a book about the atmosphere
• A newspaper article, a television show, a book on the Earth
• A magazine, a television show, a book about Hawaii
• An encyclopedia, a science book, a book on volcanoes

You want to learn about squirrels. You did a catalog search for 'squirrels' and found some books. Where would you find books for your report in the school library?

• the nonfiction section
• the easy fiction section
• the graphic novel section
• the biography section