The Newbury House Dictionary provides simple and clear definitions. Also includes sample sentences, idioms, and a wide array of cultural facts and figures. Students may also view photographs related to the words.

How are your dictionary skills? Check out this site to learn how to improve your dictionary skills. This site features exercises grouped into three different levels.

This online music dictionary offers more than just definitions. Most terms have vocalized pronunciations and audio examples, as well.

In this feelings dictionary entry, students click on one of the frogs with an expression on his face; the feeling is stated and a definition is shown. There are also flashcards with the same frog pictures so they can practice learning...

These activities can be used as assessments but are very interesting as classroom small group activities for dictionary skills, vocabulary building, alphabetization, and development of beginning research skills.

These activities can be used as assessments but are very interesting as classroom small group activities for dictionary skills, vocabulary building, alphabetization, and development of beginning research skills.

This article focuses on transition words and phrases including how to explain them to children and providing lists of transition words and phrases by types such as Time and Sequence, Cause and Effect, and Conclusion. It also provides a...

This article discusses winter word games including Melting Snowman, Draw It, and Password.

Students use the online "Little Explorers" picture dictionary to search for the occupations described in a series of clues. This exercise, which promotes dictionary use, deductive reasoning, and vocabulary building, would work well with...

This lesson focuses on the need to look up vocabulary words when given a list from an assigned reading to help better understand the text. It offers a literary example of such a list. This information is provided in text and in audio...

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