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Elementary and middle schoolers write 12 words in alphabetical order. They answer seven questions using the dictionary skills of pronunciation, breaking words into syllables and finding definitions. Then they answer five questions about guide words, word type, syllables, and meaning using the word curious. Lastly, they divide three words into syllables.
There will always be words you don't know, so how do you find their meaning? You have to use the dictionary! Provide teams of learners with this two-page packet, and have them search the dictionary for several unknown words. Words like turban, ukulele, vestry, and albumen are included, so even your most precocious learners will need to use the dictionary.
Elementary schoolers use the Word Wizard Dictionary to reinforce dictionary skills. In this dictionary skills lesson plan, everyone learns about the entry words, syllables, pronunciation, parts of speech, and definitions.
Practice dictionary skills and participate in a class discussion about lyrical poetry. Ninth graders examine and discuss the different sections/quartiles of the dictionary, and identify which quartile a list of words would be found. They then read the poem "Ode to a Nightingale," and identify the characteristics the poem has that makes it a lyrical poem.
Students review the letters of the alphabet. They discuss activities they do at or around their homes. They brainstorm the names of things they find at home that start with a particular letter of the alphabet and then sort them into alphabetical order. Through teacher modeling and guided practice, they discover how to find some of the words in the picture dictionary.
Build your class's dictionary skills with this fun game. The activity allows learners to better understand dictionary usage, spelling, and vocabulary. By the end of this activity, they should be skilled word finders.
Play a game to reinforce dictionary skills. Class members compete to see who can be the first to locate a word. Remind competitors that the provided guide words will speed up their search.
In this dictionary skills: syllabication and compound entries worksheet, 4th graders decide how to divide 16 words into syllables, then look up the meanings of 8 compound entries.
In this analogies instructional activity, students discuss the definition of an analogy. Students are given an example to show an analogy. Students then must finish 8 analogies by writing a word from a box that completes the analogy. Students end the instructional activity by doing a dictionary skills section where they are learning about nouns.
How do you know how to pronounce new words? Use this worksheet to explore the pronunciation key provided in the dictionary. Learners will read five sentences and attempt to use the key provided to decode the word in parentheses.