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885 Dictionaries encyclopedias Lesson Plans
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- 4th
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Students investigate five different reference sources in the Media Center: Atlas, Dictionary, Encyclopedia, Card Catalog (Look Up Station), and the Internet. They decide which is the BEST source to use to answer specific questions. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 8th
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Students create "Me" entries for a dictionary, encyclopedia, atlas, and newspaper. Full Review »
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- 2nd
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Students create an encyclopedia of unusual animals, using a variety of resources to collect their information. Each student illustrates an animal and provides a brief description for each letter of the alphabet. A very nice, colorful lesson! Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 8th
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Students use library/literacy skills in a hands-on exploration of resources such as dictionaries, encyclopedias, atlases, almanacs, nonfiction books, travel guides, brochures, on-line websites, videos, audiocassettes, and CD's to synthesize information. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students explore a variety of reference resources while seeking information. atlases, almanacs, dictionaries, encyclopedias, thesauri, and online search engines as well as library card catalogs are utilized in this lesson. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 8th
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Students create six that describe themselves in different formats. They explore different research resources and apply them to the definitions about themselves. Full Review »
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- 3rd
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Students practice using a variety of reference materials. They are asked how they find out about unfamiliar subjects. Students check the origin of jeans in the dictionary. The teacher explains that the encyclopedia tells about Benedict Arnold. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 8th
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Students discuss reasons to use reference materials, identify correct reference material to use for specific information, find answers to specific questions by locating information in encyclopedia, dictionary, atlas, almanac, glossary, thesaurus, and/or telephone book, practice finding and exploring listed Internet sites for reference materials, and correct ready-made paper using Spellcheck, Thesaurus, and print functions. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students use a software program to illustrate words from the dictionary. Using an old dictionary, the book is passed around the room for each person to tear out a page. They create an illustration to show the meaning of the word and practice using fonts, sizes and colors. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students examine a variety of reference resources when seeking information. They discuss atlases, almanacs, dictionaries, encyclopedias, thesauri, online search engines for the Internet, and online library card catalogs. They complete a worksheet for assessment purposes. Full Review »
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