Scott Foresman Reading Street

PRACTICE Think about the ways you use online references at home and at school.

Make a list of non-computer reference sources you use and the information you can find in them. Now think of ways you can use Internet resources to find similar information.
The next time you access the Internet, try finding a new online reference source.

Use the Strategy

Scan graphic sources that appear on an online reference page.
Read the text surrounding the source. Try to make a connection between what you are reading and the graphic.
Examine labels and captions on the graphic source. Make sure that you understand the information the graphic provides.

USE GRAPHIC SOURCES Explain to students that online reference sources often include graphic sources, just like nonfiction books do. These sources include pictures, diagrams, charts, captions, and other visual sources that help you visualize what you are reading about. They make information clearer.

Strategies
for Navigation

Possible response: The author created this Web site to help people find information quickly and easily.

CONNECT TEXT TO TEXT

Reading Across Texts

Before students answer the question, have them recall some of James's favorite activities and some of the sights, sounds, tastes, and smells he experiences in the story.

Writing Across Texts Explain that students can include in their charts information from both the story and the online reference sources.

Denise used the atlas to find a map of North Carolina.

Then Denise used the
atlas to find a map of
New York.

The almanac gave her
some facts about the state
of New York. Denise
looked at the information
she had gathered and saw
some differences between
the two places Romare
Bearden had lived in.

New York

Why did the author write this Web site?

Author’s Purpose

• Charlotte is the largest city in North Carolina, with
a population of 584,658.
• The state’s agriculture includes tobacco, corn,
cotton, hay, peanuts, and vegetables.
• Tourists visiting North Carolina spend $1 billion every year.
• Popular sports include golfing, skiing, hunting, and fishing.

North Carolina

She used the almanac to
find out this information
about North Carolina.

Writing Across Texts Make a chart listing
information about the city and the country.

What information about the city and the country
can you get from Me and Uncle Romie that you
don’t get from this Web site?

Reading Across Texts

• The largest city in the state is New York City, which
  has a population of 8,085,742.
• New York City is a leader in manufacturing, banking, and book   publishing.
• New York City is a popular travel destination in the
  state of New York.
• The state produces grapes, strawberries, cherries,
  pears, onions, potatoes, and dairy products.



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	Guided Practice If there is time, have students log on to the Internet. Show them how to use online reference sources. Have students make connections between the steps they are doing and related vocabulary terms.