Dictionary skills are an important part of learning to read and write. Help your little learner understand the different parts of a dictionary entry.

Use this resource to give your students practice using a dictionary’s guide words to correctly locate a word.

Children learn to identify and use the formatting of a typical dictionary definition in this useful reference worksheet.

Your scholars will break down their vocabulary words with inflected endings into the base form in order to successfully locate a dictionary entry.

Determine the correct definition and strengthen dictionary skills with this foundational worksheet!

Dig into your dictionary skills! Use this resource to guide students as they determine the right word to look up.

Students will practice using dictionary guide words by matching words to the pages they would appear on.

Use this resource to support your students as they become familiar with removing inflected endings in order to find a dictionary entry.

Use this exercise with your students to review alphabetizing and practice using guide words to determine a word’s correct location in the dictionary.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Using a Dictionary to Clarify the Meaning of Unknown Words.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Using a Dictionary to Clarify the Meaning of Unknown Words.

Help your students learn new vocabulary by creating their own picture dictionaries! Students will quickly master their new words with this handy chart that has them logging the word, a picture, a definition, and a sentence that puts the word into context.

Use this resource to support your students as they work to break down words with inflected endings into the base form in order to successfully find a word’s definition.

Kids will sharpen their dictionary skills with this challenging guide words sort. By sorting a group of words into their correct dictionary locations, young readers will gain confidence and dexterity in their reading and vocabulary abilities.

Use this resource to give your students practice using guide words to determine a word’s location in the dictionary.

Instead of looking a word up in the dictionary, practice using context clues to find the meaning of unknown words.

With a dictionary, kids will use the different definitions of "right" in sentences of their own and illustrate its different meanings by drawing pictures.

Can you write a list of irregular plural nouns just by reading the singular nouns? It's a great way to practice dictionary and reference skills, too!

Give your young readers some practice using context clues and dictionaries to expand their vocabulary with this reading activity. As students read, they will consider the meaning of tricky words, then write down their definitions using a dictionary.

When children encounter new words, they don't need to make a beeline for the dictionary. Train them to use context clues to determine the meaning of an unknown word.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Dictionaries & Definitions.