An overhead transparency tells them to find the Table of Contents and the Index. At the end of the five minutes the students open their books to the table of contents. The teacher discusses what the table of contents is for. Then students turn to the index. The teacher poses several questions in which they identify the keyword and find the page on which the information is located.
Students take notes from the book.
Special needs students work with the library assistant or parent volunteers to find facts. Students, using their notes will write a report, using proper sentence and paragraph structure. The students will write an introductory paragraph together under the teacher's direction. They will then write a 3 to 5 sentence paragraph on each subtopic in the card pockets. The teacher shows students how to find the Facts in Brief section in the encyclopedias.