2. U SING R EFERENCE M ATERIALS ELAW3 c. Uses various reference materials (i.e., dictionary, thesaurus, encyclopedia, electronic information, almanac, atlas, magazines, newspapers) as aids to writing. d. Uses the features of texts (e.g., index, table of contents, guide words, alphabetical/ numerical order) to obtain and organize information and thoughts.

3. W HAT ARE REFERENCE MATERIALS ? D_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _y T_ _ _ _ _ _ _ s A_ _ _ _ _ c Others? _______ http://streaming.discovery education.com/ Make a LIST of all that you hear mentioned in the GPB video

4. I DENTIFY Almanac Dictionary Thesaurus Encyclopedia Atlas Other? Identify what you would use each reference book for: Reference Materials:

5. W HAT IS AN ALMANAC AND WHY IS IT USEFUL ? HTTP :// WWW. WORLDALMANACFORKIDS. COM / HTTP :// WWW. WORLDALMANACFORKIDS. COM /

6. W HAT ’ S AN ATLAS? http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids- usa-atlas/ http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids- usa-atlas/

7. E NCYCLOPEDIAS http://kids.yahoo.com/re ference/encyclopedia What are you reading about in SS/Sci/Reading that you could look up in the encyclopedia?

8. Y AY FOR R EFERENCE M ATERIALS ! W HEN WILL YOU NEED TO USE THEM THOUGH ?

9. R EFERENCE M ATERIALS ARE HELPFUL WHEN … Writing Papers Researching for: Social Studies, Science, Reading, Math--the possibilities are endless! You need to quickly look up information or have a question about something you just want to know! Spellings, meanings, maps, facts~