Reference+Materials

=How do certain elements of nonfiction help us understand what we read?= =__Table of Contents:__=

Where are certain topics in the book? What page is it on? What are the names of the chapters? Found in the front of the book, the table of contents tells us what and where!
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=__Glossary:__= ==Found in the back of a nonfiction book, a glossary tells us about the words we see in the book. Usually, these words are in **bold**. Like the dictionary, the glossary is arranged in alphabetical order!==

=__Index:__= ==Located in the back of the book, an index is like a table of contents, but with more detail. An index is in alphabetical order by topic. If we look for "lion" in the index, we look under "l". It will tell us every page that the word lion is on!==

=__Pictures and Graphs:__=

Diagrams tell us about certain topics, but in pictures!


=**__For More Information and Practice:__**=


 * ===Alphabetical Order Review Game===


 * ===Yahoo Kids! Reference Page===


 * ===Find It VA ===


 * ===Brain Pop: Dictionaries and Thesaurus===

with Tim and Moby
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