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- 4th
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Students define "guide." They identify guide words in a variety of dictionaries, locate words using guide words, and locate guide words using words. Full Review »
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- 2nd - 5th
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Students practice using the dictionary, guide words and placing words in alphabetical order. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 4th
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Students discover how to use guide words when locating words in the dictionary. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students investigate the roots of the English language by looking at the Greek and Latin root words. They perform dictionary work to find words that use 33 root words in this unit. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 8th
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Students write sentences using dictionary guide words, putting two guide words from the same page in the same sentence. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 8th
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Students work together in groups to play a timed game to locate guide words in a dictionary. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 8th
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Students discover the concepts of guide words. They participate in a game in which they are timed when finding words in a dictionary. They reflect on the activity to end the lesson. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 8th
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Students write sentences using dictionary guide words, putting two guide words from the same page in the same sentence. They demonstrate creative-writing and vocabulary skills to write sentences using dictionary guide words. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students watch a demonstration about guide word usage in conjunction with dictionaries and encyclopedias. Students complete an activity sheet for the dictionary and one for the encyclopedia. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students, after brainstorming what the word "guide" means, examine how to use guide words in a dictionary to locate words. They define "guide," identify guide words in a variety of dictionaries and locate words using guide words. Each student also completes a number of practice pages of words. Full Review »

