FIFTH GRADE INFORMATION LITERACY REVIEW 2010Mrs. Lott, Teacher Librarian

PURPOSES FOR THIS ACTIVITY:

* REVIEW REFERENCE MATERIALS AND THEIR USES.

* UNDERSTAND FEATURES OF DICTIONARIES, GLOSSARIES, AND OTHER SOURCES.

* USE A FUN TOOL TO SHOW WHAT YOU KNOW OR REVIEW WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW!

A GLOSSARY IS A CONTENT-SPECIFIC DICTIONARY USUALLY LOCATED AT THE BACK OF A BOOK.

True Fa

lse

12%

88%1. True2. False

IF I NEED TO LOOK UP A DEFINITION FOR A WORD, I WOULD LOOK IN A(N):

Atlas

Encyc

lopedia

Thesaurus

Dictionary

Almanac

0% 0%5%

89%

5%

1. Atlas 2. Encyclopedia 3. Thesaurus 4. Dictionary 5. Almanac

HOW A WORD IS READ OUT LOUD WOULD BE CALLED ITS:

Pronunciation

Sylla

bication

33%

67%1. Pronunciation 2. Syllabication

DO YOU KNOW HOW TO TELL WHERE A WORD CAME FROM, OR ITS ORIGIN?

Yes No

56%

44%

1. Yes2. No

LET’S EXPLORE…DO YOU LIKE CEREAL? DID YOU EVER WONDER WHERE THE WORD CAME FROM?

WHO CAN FIND THE WORD CEREAL IN THE DICTIONARY?

AHA! (I LOVE THOSE MOMENTS!)

IN A DICTIONARY, THE WORD SPELLED PHOENETICALLY INSIDE THE SLASH MARKS AFTER THE ENTRY WORD TELLS YOU:

What th

e word m

eans

How to sa

y the w

ord

How to use

the w

ord in..

What p

art of s

peech it

is

11%

28%

17%

44%1. What the word means

2. How to say the word

3. How to use the word in a sentence

4. What part of speech it is

WHAT DO THE DOTS INSIDE AN ENTRY WORD MEAN?

A good place t..

.

Where to

break...

Where th

e word...

6% 0%

94%1. A good place to stop and check your spelling

2. Where to break the word’s syllables

3. Where the word came from, or it’s origin

HOW DO YOU RATE THIS STATEMENT:

I LIKE USING THE DICTIONARY.

Strongly

Agree Agree

Disagre

e

Strongly

Disagre

e

17%22%

0%

61%1. Strongly Agree2. Agree3. Disagree4. Strongly

Disagree

HOW OFTEN DO YOU USE A DICTIONARY?

Once each

week

Once each

mont...

“How often do ...

22%

33%

11%

33%1. Every day! 2. Once each week3. Once each

month4. “How often do I

use a what?”

I USE ONLINE DICTIONARIES AS WELL AS THE DICTIONARY IN ITS PHYSICAL FORM.

Yes No

37%

63%1. Yes2. No

THE NUMBERS AFTER THE ENTRY WORDS IN A DICTIONARY TELL US IF A WORD HAS MORE THAN ONE MEANING.

True Fa

lse

33%

67%

1. True2. False

KNOWING PREFIXES, ROOT WORDS, AND SUFFIXES CAN HELP ME WITH SPELLING AS WELL AS FIGURING OUT WHAT NEW WORDS MEAN.

True Fa

lse

18%

82%

1. True2. False

IN THE WORD, “PREVENTION,” WHAT PART IS THE SUFFIX?

pre- ve

n -ti

on

56%

33%

11%

1. pre-2. ven3. -tion

DO YOU KNOW THE MEANINGS OF THESE COMMON PREFIXES?

PRE-MIS-RE-UN-

WHAT IS THE ROOT OF THE WORD “MEASURABLE?”

mea-

measu

re -a

ble

The ability t

o...

11% 11%

26%

53%1. mea-2. measure3. -able4. The ability to be

measured.

DO YOU KNOW THE ABBREVIATIONS FOR PARTS OF SPEECH?

Yes No

33%

67%1. Yes2. No

WHAT DO THESE ABBREVIATIONS MEAN?

NVBADJADVSINGPL

I KNOW WHAT THE SCHWA SYMBOL LOOKS LIKE AND I KNOW WHAT THE SCHWA SOUNDS LIKE IN WORDS.

Yes No

39%

61%1. Yes2. No

MEET…

… THE SCHWA!(OK, SO IT HAPPENS TO BE A LITTLE IMAGINARY…I TRIED TO FIND IT. PICTURE IT WITH ME! )

DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE WORD “NUMSKULL” MEANS?

Yes No

17%

83%1. Yes2. No

NO?

WELL, LET’S LOOK IT UP!

I AM HOPING THAT WITH THIS REVIEW, NOT A SINGLE 5TH GRADER WILL BE A NUMSKULL WHEN IT COMES TO DICTIONARY SKILLS!

THANKS FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION TODAY!