3RC2.1: use titles, tables of contents, chapter headings, glossaries, and indexes to locate information in text (2 questions on CST)

  Headings and titles list the big ideas in a textbook.  They go from big to small  Title of book, unit, chapter, subheadings) Titles

 title of book unit heading chapter heading subheading Titles

  Lists chapters and page numbers  Helps you find page numbers for chapters quickly and easily  Located at beginning of textbooks  An outline of everything in the book  Shows the topics and how they’re organized Table of Contents

  Calico Ghost Town  The Ladder  Barber’s Mill  Grotto Canyon  Tin Can Alley  Chimney Rock Table of Contents

  A mini-dictionary of key words that are found in the book  Glossaries are at the back of a textbook  Glossaries give definitions of key words Glossaries

  list topics, terms, people, and places in the textbook and gives the page number where they were used  indexes are search tools  use an index when you need to find things  unlike a table of contents, indexes are organized in alphabetical order  indexes give more specific information than tables of contents Indexes

  Here is part of an index from a science textbook. E Earth, Emu, Energy, Echoes, Einstein, 247 Equator, Elements, 161, Which science topic will you learn about on page 235? (A) Earth (B) Echoes (C) Einstein (D) Elements

  Here is part of an index from a science textbook. E Earth, Emu, Energy, Echoes, Einstein, 247 Equator, Elements, 161, To learn about Albert Einstein, you should turn to page (A) 292 (B) 247 (C) 92 (D) 164

  Here is part of an index from a science textbook. E Earth, Emu, Energy, Echoes, Einstein, 247 Equator, Elements, 161, Which science topic will you learn about on page 280? (A) Energy (B) Emu (C) Equator (D) Echoes

  Here is part of the table of contents from a history book. Unit 1 Land and Water Lesson 1-Maps Lesson 2-Lakes Unit 2 California Indians Lesson 1-Shelters Lesson 2-Food What will you read about on page 9? (A) Maps (B) Lakes (C) Shelters (D) Food

  Here is part of the table of contents from a history book. Unit 1 Land and Water Lesson 1-Maps Lesson 2-Lakes Unit 2 California Indians Lesson 1-Shelters Lesson 2-Food A reader who wants to learn about what Indians ate will need to look at which page? (A) 3 (B) 9 (C) 17 (D) 29