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