A set of keys or buttons used to type information onto a computer.
What is the keyboard?
100
This poet wrote books like "The Giving Tree" and "Where the Sidewalk Ends."
Who is Shel Silverstein?
100
The American Library Association's award for the best children's book author.
What is the Newbery Award?
100
Stories made up by the author.
What is fiction?
100
It is a matter of respect and a method of gaining information. Track the speaker.
What is listening?
200
Use this device to move your cursor around on screen.
What is a mouse?
200
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?
200
The award given to the book with the most votes by Connecticut children in schools and libraries.
What is the Nutmeg award?
200
Literature that can have characters that are magical.
What is fantasy?
200
Our time is limited, so students need to do this right away.
What is follow directions?
300
A network of millions of computers from all over the world.
What is the internet?
300
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: Buzz!
What is an onomatopoeia?
300
The American Library Association's award for the best children's picture book illustrator.
What is the Caldecott award?
300
Informational texts that offer true facts.
What is non-fiction?
300
The type of voice one uses when in the library to allow others to think and focus.
What is quiet?
400
A program that searches information on the world wide web by looking for keywords.
What is a search engine?
400
This type of book tells its story in a comic format.
What is a graphic novel?
400
This book award honors the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King and his wife.
What is the Coretta Scott King award?
400
A type of literature that can be about many subjects, can sometimes rhyme, and it takes skill to create.
What is poetry?
400
When you pick up after yourself, you are treating the library (and everyone who uses it) with this.
What is respect?
500
An image or portion of text that when clicked on takes you to another page, image, or sound.
What is a hyperlink?
500
A pair of words at the top of a page. All of the words included on that page are between the two words in alphabetical order. (Examples can be found in dictionaries and encyclopedias.)
What are guide words?
500
This unique book award is given to an illustrator by 2nd and 3rd graders of Spencer Elementary School.
What is the Pandacott award?
500
Stories set in the future with scientific details as part of the plot.
What is science fiction?
500
During the last five minutes of each class, students are expected to do this.