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Brainy Quote: Homepage
Excellent online collection of quotes categorized by topic or speaker. BrainyQuote also offers a very helpful quote search engine and an interesting quote trivia section.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Reference Materials Printed and Electronic
Find out how to use dictionaries, glossaries, and thesauri in order to determine meanings of words and phrases, including their denotations, connotations, and etymologies.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Reference Materials Printed and Electronic
Learn how to use dictionaries, glossaries, and thesauri in order to determine meanings of words and phrases, including their denotations, connotations, and etymologies.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Reference Guides (English Iii Reading)
Use reference guides to help you understand the meaning of unfamiliar words.
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The Awesome Library: Math References
The Awesome Library lets you pick your subject and then gives you additional sites and information on your topic. Need help in Math? Pick your age group and subject and you can do worksheets and examples on the computer.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Reference Materials: Printed and Electronic
You will learn how to use dictionaries, glossaries, and thesauri in order to determine meanings of words and phrases, including their denotations, connotations, and etymologies.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Reference Materials: Printed and Electronic (English Ii Reading)
This lesson focuses on using resources such as dictionaries, thesauruses (or thesauri), and glossaries to find and use words that will improve not only your reading skills but also your writing skills. L.11-12.4c References
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: Reference
Site provides links to a wide variety of reference tools, including encyclopedias, dictionary, thesaurus, quotation books, and guides to English usage. L.11-12.1b Usage issues
Florida Center for Reading Research
Florida Center for Reading Research: Exp. Text Structure: Reading the Research
A lesson plan in which students review reference materials looking for answers to specific questions. Materials are included.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Information Location Mini Lesson
This lesson introduces using the print encyclopedia for grades 3-5. Students are assigned a topic which is selected from their social studies curriculum. Small groups are sent to the reference shelf to select the correct encyclopedia...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Using an Almanac
Students will work in groups to learn appropriate uses of an almanac and how to find information in it efficiently and effectively. Each group will be responsible for explaining the steps taken to complete the task. This lesson is best...
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Homework Helper: Math
This site is provided for by DiscoverySchool.com. A ten-year-old boy and his father found over 625 links to educational sites. Need help with homework ask B.J.
TES Global
Blendspace: Reference Resources 3.4g, 3.7a
A twelve-part learning module with links to images, videos, websites, and a quiz about different types of reference resources.