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a poster with the words dictionary written on it, and a person standing next to a suitcase

Dictionary Skills? What? You might think that students working in dictionaries is an obsolete idea. With the advancement of technology, students can find information, check spelling, grammar, sentence structure, even get help writing complete papers. But learning how to use a dictionary will help students later on when they are researching or trying to find information. Once they discover how a dictionary is laid out, they will be able to gather information from other resources. Our youngest…

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Blog post about how to teach dictionary skills in 2nd grade

Teaching elementary age kids to use guide words, find synonyms, and search for words in alphabetical can be pretty tricky at first. In this blog post, I‘ll share how I teach dictionary skills to elementary students, what I teach first, and I’ll share lots of activities and ideas for students to practice. It's a must-read before you teach your next lesson on dictionary skills!

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a young boy reading a book with the title dictionary, thesaurus and glossary teaching tips

Need some ideas and activities to teach your 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders how to use word reference materials? I've got you covered with dictionary, thesaurus, and glossary activities to help teach this tricky word analysis strategy! We're talking dictionary guide words and much more! Perfect when you need to review Reading SOL 4.4!

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the parts of a dictionary in english

Parts of a Dictionary. Vocabulary Skills Lesson Theme 1: The Waterfall Houghton Mifflin Grade 3. Parts of a Dictionary Entry. entry word. first meaning. part of speech. second meaning. word with endings for different uses. pronunciation. Special Types of Entry Words. Abbreviations

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a worksheet with the words dictionary skills

This worksheet is designed to test and enhance a student’s dictionary skills, providing a series of questions that require the use of a dictionary to answer. The exercise encourages familiarity with the dictionary’s structure and develops research skills that are vital for academic success. Questions range from finding the starting page of words beginning with...

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two children sitting on the floor reading a book with text that reads here's a dictionary game your students will be to play check out my blog post about dictionary dash

Want to get your students excited about looking up any type of vocabulary words? Dictionary Dash is the game for your students!!! Check out the game in my blog post at It's All Good, Really! Your students will beg for it after playing it just once!!! #susanmescall #dictionarygames #it'sallgoodreally!

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dictionary skills worksheets

These dictionary skills worksheets will help to teach your students how to use the Dictionary to find words, spellings and definitions. All you need to do is supply them with a dictionary! Click to download the dictionary skills worksheets pack and find thousands more teaching resources from Twinkl. #dictionary #skills #worksheet

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a printable dictionary worksheet with the title free dictionary skills worksheet

FREE dictionary skills worksheet - want a double-sided dictionary search to use in your ELA block or literacy centers? I have you covered! Sign up and I will send this dictionary search to you for free!

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a pile of different types of dictionary paper with words and pictures on top of it

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a book with the title'find it dictionary skill work'in red and white

Find It! Dictionary Skill Work Find It! is a dictionary skill activity that fosters independent work. Each page focuses on a different dictionary activity. Students will use their own dictionary to complete the activity pages. The activities in Find It! focus on three different skill types. One activity has students locate their state name in the dictionary as well as ... Read More about Find It! Dictionary Skill Work The post Find It! Dictionary Skill Work appeared first on Classroom…

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Use in whole or small group, centers, with partners, individually, or for homeschool. Find awesome dictionary activities for a short week or an activity for gifted and talented students or fast finishers.

Give your students fun practice using the dictionary with worksheets on Teachers Pay Teachers. Students use dictionaries to look up underlined words and answer fun questions about words. Students also write a paragraph using three of these words and draw a picture to demonstrate what they find in the dictionary. Set up is quick and easy. This activity is great for kids in grades 2 - 4 and for schools first on TpT. #teachers #teachersfollowteachers #iteachtoo #teach #teaching

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an image of a book with the words dictionary in english and two pictures of books

Dictionary Skills Get kids motivated to explore parts of a dictionary with this fun activity. Students will create a word entry and definition of themselves to include in a "Class Dictionary". After putting together a class dictionary, students can complete an extension worksheet to explore the parts of their class dictionary. Get your free copy here.

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a diagram that shows the different words used in reference materials for an interactive text structure

This blog post contains a FREE reference materials activity! Materials are included so you can replicate this anchor chart and lesson for your own upper elementary and middle school students.

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