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    Knowing the purpose of different resources as reference materials.
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  • Anmoldeep uses walk too many times in his story. He wants some replacement words.
    Dictionary
    Thesaurus
    Index
    Atlas
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  • Dennis is taking a cross country trip. He wants to look at a map to see which states he'll pass through.
    Index
    Atlas
    Newspaper
    Almanac
  •  15
  • Lyndsey needs to know some basic facts about polar bears. She has to use a printed resource. Where would be the best place for her to start looking?
    Index
    Encylopedia
    Dictionary
    Atlas
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  • Vannah says a dictionary would be a good place to find the meanings of words she doesn't know. Is she in the right place?
    Yes!
    Nope!
    Who cares...
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  • Damen has the challenge of not using the word said in his writing. Where can he look to find replacement words?
    Thesaurus
    Atlas
    Dictionary
    Index
  •  15
  • Tyonna said her World Almanac would show her maps of the different countries. Is this the best resource to use? 
    No - an index is the best source for maps!
    No - a dictionary is the best source for maps!
    No - an atlas is the best source for maps!
    Yes - that is the best source for maps!
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  • What is an encyclopedia used for?
    Finding basic facts, like Google in book form
    Finding pronunciations of words
    Finding what page something is on
    Finding synonyms of words
  •  15
  • Santi needs to know how to pronounce segregation. What resource should he use?
    Index
    Dictionary
    Almanac
    Encyclopedia
  •  15
  • Which resource gives information about a particular year?
    thesaurus
    almanac
    atlas
    dictionary
  •  15
  • What resource would you use to find out who won the World Series of 1998?
    Almanac
    Thesaurus
    Newspaper
    Encyclopedia
  •  15
  • Where can you find the meaning of a word or definition?
    Atlas
    Encyclopedia
    Thesaurus
    Dictionary
  •  15
  • Yuvraj wants to make a list of some of the countries in Africa. He needs a map. Where should he look?
    Almanac
    Atlas
    Newspaper
    Thesaurus
  •  15
  • Kellan is researching lizards and needs some basic facts. He has to use a book from the library. What should he use?
    Encylopedia
    Almanac
    Dictionary
    Thesaurus
  •  15
  • Makenzie is watching TV, and they are talking about photosynthesis on an episode of The Magic School Bus. If she wants to know the definition of photosynthesis, where should she look?
    Thesaurus
    Atlas
    Dictionary
    Newspaper
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  • Saniyya is editing someone's paper. They use the word looked, and she wants to find a synonym that she could suggest to them to replace the word. Where can she look?
    Dictionary
    Thesaurus
    Almanac
    Encyclopedia
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  • Lily wants to know if the book she has talks about sea turtles. Where can she look to see if the book has that information?
    Encyclopedia
    Atlas
    Index or Table of Contents
    Dictionary
  •  15