F IFTH G RADE I NFORMATION L ITERACY R EVIEW 2010 Mrs. Lott, Teacher Librarian

P URPOSES FOR THIS ACTIVITY : * REVIEW REFERENCE MATERIALS AND THEIR USES. * U NDERSTAND FEATURES OF DICTIONARIES, GLOSSARIES, AND OTHER SOURCES. * U SE 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. 1. True 2. False

I F I NEED TO LOOK UP A DEFINITION FOR A WORD, I WOULD LOOK IN A ( N ): 1. Atlas 2. Encyclopedia 3. Thesaurus 4. Dictionary 5. Almanac

H OW A WORD IS READ OUT LOUD WOULD BE CALLED ITS : 1. Pronunciation 2. Syllabication

D O YOU KNOW HOW TO TELL WHERE A WORD CAME FROM, OR ITS ORIGIN ? 1. Yes 2. No

L ET ’ S E XPLORE …D O YOU LIKE CEREAL ? D ID YOU EVER WONDER WHERE THE WORD CAME FROM ? W HO CAN FIND THE WORD CEREAL IN THE DICTIONARY ? A HA ! (I LOVE THOSE MOMENTS !)

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

W HAT DO THE DOTS INSIDE AN ENTRY WORD MEAN ? 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

H OW DO YOU RATE THIS STATEMENT : I LIKE USING THE DICTIONARY. 1. Strongly Agree 2. Agree 3. Disagree 4. Strongly Disagree

H OW OFTEN DO YOU USE A DICTIONARY ? 1. Every day! 2. Once each week 3. Once each month 4. “How often do I use a what?”

I USE ONLINE DICTIONARIES AS WELL AS THE DICTIONARY IN ITS PHYSICAL FORM. 1. Yes 2. No

T HE NUMBERS AFTER THE ENTRY WORDS IN A DICTIONARY TELL US IF A WORD HAS MORE THAN ONE MEANING. 1. True 2. False

K NOWING PREFIXES, ROOT WORDS, AND SUFFIXES CAN HELP ME WITH SPELLING AS WELL AS FIGURING OUT WHAT NEW WORDS MEAN. 1. True 2. False

I N THE WORD, “ PREVENTION,” WHAT PART IS THE SUFFIX ? 1. pre- 2. ven 3. -tion

D O YOU KNOW THE MEANINGS OF THESE COMMON PREFIXES ? P RE - MIS - RE - UN -

W HAT IS THE ROOT OF THE WORD “ MEASURABLE ?” 1. mea- 2. measure 3. -able 4. The ability to be measured.

D O YOU KNOW THE ABBREVIATIONS FOR PARTS OF SPEECH ? 1. Yes 2. No

W HAT DO THESE ABBREVIATIONS MEAN ? N VB ADJ ADV SING PL

I KNOW WHAT THE SCHWA SYMBOL LOOKS LIKE AND I KNOW WHAT THE SCHWA SOUNDS LIKE IN WORDS. 1. Yes 2. No

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

D O YOU KNOW WHAT THE WORD “ NUMSKULL ” MEANS ? 1. Yes 2. No

N O ? W ELL, LET ’ S LOOK IT UP !

I AM HOPING THAT WITH THIS REVIEW, NOT A SINGLE 5 TH GRADER WILL BE A NUMSKULL WHEN IT COMES TO DICTIONARY SKILLS ! T HANKS FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION TODAY !