The document provides instructions and questions for various educational activities and assignments, including learning about Independence Day customs, a science project on the water cycle, researching favorite sports or animals, and taking effective notes from reference materials. Students are directed to choose answers and find information from resources like dictionaries, catalogs, magazines, and encyclopedias. The activities aim to teach research skills and reinforce concepts around different informational texts and resources.

3. 1
At summer camp you are learning about customs celebrated
on Independence Day.
Which custom is NOT about July 4th?
1.
Picnic with family and friends
2.
See fireworks
3.
Eat cold cereal for lunch
4.
Go to a parade

4. 2
For science you need to answer the following questions:
* Why is ground water important?
* How is rain formed?
* What is water evaporation?
What is the topic for the science project?
1. Oceans
2. Lakes and Rivers
3. Underground Water
4. Water Cycle

5. 3
Which resource would you use to find a synonym for the word frozen?
Name the resource on your paper
Use the computer
and
book resources
at the tables to decide.
dictionary
encyclopedia
atlas
thesaurus

6. Time Magazine
4
A primary resource is original information
and can not be changed or edited. Which of
these pictures show a primary resource?
Write your answer
on your paper.
The State Newspaper
Food Menu
Declaration of Independence

7. 5
Your friend just told you about a great chapter book from the S.C. Children's
Book Award list. The book is Freaky Fast Frankie Joe by Lutricia Clifton. You
looked it up in the library catalog and the book is in. When you get to the
fiction section where will you find the book?
1. On the "F" shelf for Frankie?
2. On the "C" shelf for Clifton?
3. On the "L" shelf for Lutricia?
4. On the "J" shelf for Joe

8. 6
Your assignment is to explain how to play your favorite sport,
How would you decide on your sport?
1. ask a friend
2. get a idea from your teacher
3. choose a sport I really like
4. go to the sports books to look through them for ideas

9. 7
Data are numbers in lists, charts or graphs.
Information is facts written in sentences.
What do you see in the pictures?
DATA or INFORMATION
Write your answer
on your paper.

10. 8
You saw the t.v. show Animal Planet and they were featuring penguins.
What is the best way to search in the library catalog
for books about this arctic animal?
1. Title
2. Subject
3. Series
4. Author
Do a search on the library catalog.
Click on the picture to connect to the library catalog.

11. 9
Look at the screen shot below from the library catalog.
If you wanted to check out this book, where would you find it?
1. Non-fiction section
2. Fiction section
3. Reference section
4. Everybody section

12. 10
You looked up Martin
Luther King, Jr. in World Book Encyclopedia
and want to organize your facts. On your note taking chart, where would you
put information about the famous "I Have a Dream" speech that Martin Luther
King, Jr. delivered in Washington, D.C.?
1. Early Life
2. Events During Public Life
3. Why Important to History
4. Interesting Facts
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Early Life
____________
______________
_____________
_____________
Events During
Public Life
_____________
____________
____________
Why Important
to History
_____________
_____________
_____________
______________
Interesting Facts
_____________
_____________
_____________
_____________

13. 11
Look at this title page.
What is the name of the publisher?
1. Martha Rustand
2. Capstone Press
3. Ballentine Elementary
4. Pebble Plus

14. 12
Your family has just moved to the Ballentine area and you want to learn more about
things to do at school and after school. Which resource would NOT be helpful?
Look at the
resources on the table
before you decide.
Soccer Shots form
Can YOU give at least ONE brochure
Ranger Rick magazine
RUN Hard Marathon flyer
MAD Science paper
I can’t wait to (Girl Scout) paper

15. 13
To do research on furry animals,
you are using an encyclopedia.
How should you take notes
on new and important facts?
1. Copy word for word from the
encyclopedia pages
2. Write facts in my own words
3. Make a copy of the encyclopedia
pages at the copy machine

16. 14
When you do research, you must always
show where you get your information.
You also might need to find it again.
Name three items that would help you
easily locate the article again.
Name 3 on your paper.
_______________________
_______________________
_______________________
article title
medium – kind of resource
URL address
title of magazine
date of article
author
publisher
date you found the article

17. 15
To find books and other resources on the library catalog,
what are the simplest ways you can search?
Name 3 on your paper.
1. _____________________
2. _____________________
3. _____________________
Do a search on the library catalog.
Click on the picture to connect.

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