3rd Grade – CRCT Practice English/Language Arts Research Process

1. Animals in Swamps All about Alligators Reptiles of the World Which book would be BEST to use as a source for a report about alligators?   Animals in Swamps   All about Alligators   Reptiles of the World   Ally the Alligator's Party  

2. The first and last words on a page of a dictionary are poor and purse. Which word would you find on that page?   pie   pack   pure   pitcher  

3. Which part of a book is like a dictionary? A. index   B. glossary   C. title page   D. table of contents  

4. A. atlas B. thesaurus C. dictionary D. encyclopedia  Which book would be BEST for finding information about the Creek tribe?   A. atlas   B. thesaurus   C. dictionary   D. encyclopedia    

5. Which word would you find between the dictionary guide words deputy and deter?   A. deal   B. design   C. delight   D. demand    

6. Kim is doing a report about birds. Which step should she do LAST? A. take notes   B. choose a topic   C. write the paper   D. make an outline  

7.      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

8. 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    

9. 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  

10. Which resource would be MOST helpful to you if you needed to find information about how to take care of a goldfish?   A. an atlas   B. the Internet   C. an almanac   D. the telephone book  

11. Jason is doing research on birds. Why would he want to use a videotape in his research process?   A. It would have a table of contents.   B. It would let him see and hear birds.   C. It would list words and their definitions.   D. It would have information that was updated daily.

12. Amanda is writing a paper on the violin for her music class. She wants to find all of the pages where the subject of violins appears in her music book.  Where would she find that information?   A.   the index   B.   the glossary   C.   the title page   D.   the table of contents

13. To find out which pages in your science book tell how plants grow, you should look up plants in the   A. index.   B. glossary.   C. title page.   D. front cover.  

14. The guide words on a page of the dictionary are hand and hurt. Which word would you find on this page?   A. halt   B. hour   C. habit   D. husband    

15. What information can be found in an atlas? phone numbers street names   city mayors   land and water features  

Answer Key 1. B 2. C 3. B 4. D 5. B 6. C 7. B 8. B 9. C 10. B 11. B 12. A 13. A 14. B 15. D