Research Skills
You could use this to find the definition of the word archaeologists.
What is a dictionary?
This names the title of the book. It also tells who qrote the book and who drew the pictures. It even tells the name of the company that published the book.
What is the Title Page?
What type of books are in the 300s?
What is Social Science?
(i.e. cultures, laws, fairy tales)
This is to steal or pass off the ideas or words of another as your own. Be careful not to do this when you are doing research!
What is Plagiarism?
Stories that are made up from the imagination of the author and are not true.
What is Fiction?
You use this book to find a synonym for the word hot.
What is a thesaurus?
This lists all the chapters that are in the book. You can use this to find out what page each chapter begins on.
What is the Table of Contents?
What type of books are in the 800s?
What is Literature?
(i.e. poetry, plays, riddles)
What is the goal of our school wide reading initiative this year?
What is To The Moon We Go?
Writing dealing with facts and events rather than the imagination.
What is Non-Fiction?
This is a set of books that gives information about many topics. The topics are listed in Alphabetical order.
What is an encyclopedia?
This is the page that gives the copyright date, which is the date that the book was published.
What is the Copyright Page?
What type of books are in the 900s?
What is Geography and History?
(i.e. travel, atlases, countries)
What is the capital of Vermont?
What is Montpelier?
A fictional story where the characters have to be detectives to solve a problem. This type of story is usually filled with suspense!
What is a Mystery?
A book that has a collection of maps? This book also contains information about the land, crops and the population of an area.
What is an Atlas?
The part of a textbook that might list the meaning of the word temple?
What is the Glossary?
What type of books are in the 500s?
What is Natural Sciences?
(i.e. math, astronomy, plants, animals)
What is the name of Ms. McGarry's dog?
What is Comet?
A non-fiction book about a real persons life and their accomplishments or events that happened during their life written by someone else.
What is a Biography?
This is a book of facts that is published each year containing miscellaneous information.
What is an Almanac?
An alphabetical listing of all topics/items usually found at the end of a book.
What is an Index?
What type of books are in the 600s?
What is Applied Sciences?
(i.e. robots, transportation, pets, inventions)
When an author uses words in their writing to mimic sounds. It appeals to the sense of hearing and brings a description to life. Example: Buzzzzz!
What is Onomatopoeia?
A fictional story where the setting and characters are part of a notable period in history.
What is Historical Fiction?