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2nd - 5th Grade Common Core Dictionary Skills Worksheets

Review common vocabulary words with this fun and creative color-by-number worksheet!

Color by Code: Vocabulary Definitions #1

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

Using Context Clues

When your students complete this crossword puzzle they will be introduced to a variety of words that are commonly seen in 5th grade texts and basal readers.

5th Grade Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle

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

Dictionary Skills: Alphabetizing Guide Words

Help your beginning reader learn about phonetic spellings that show how to  pronounce a word. In this activity, she'll match each word with its pronunciation.

English Pronunciation

Understanding prefixes is crucial for learning the meaning of unfamiliar words and building vocabulary.  Use this resource to study the prefix pre-.

Prefix Study: Pre

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

Using the Dictionary

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

Identify the Guide Words

Children expand their vocabulary with this hands-on fill-in-the-blank activity.

Fill in the Blank with Vivid Vocabulary

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

Dictionary Detective

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

Using the Dictionary Guide Words

As your beginning reader builds their vocabulary, they may come across words they don't know. This worksheet will help them keep a log of new words.

Vocabulary Log

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.

Guide Words Sort

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

Dictionary Skills

There are many ways to figure out the meanings of unknown words. Through this worksheet, students record unknown words and find out their meaning using a variety of strategies.

Read the Word Clues

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

Reference the Dictionary

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.

Dig into the Dictionary 1

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.

Context Clue Matching

Prepare kids for fifth grade with this crossword puzzle full of new vocabulary words!

Kids will flex their vocabulary muscles to practice using certain nouns as verbs. How do meanings differ when some words are used as different parts of speech

Nouns as Verbs

In this worksheet, children will learn about a few common resource materials and how to search for information in them alphabetically.

Using Reference Materials

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!

List of Irregular Plural Nouns

What do your students do after they circle tricky words in their writing? Help them keep track of the revision process with this handy worksheet.

Revising Spelling

Help your students review root words so they can analyze unfamiliar words and figure out the meaning without using a dictionary. In this worksheet, students will identify the root of each word containing suffixes and prefixes.

Finding Root Words

Kids will practice listening and speaking skills in this interactive vocabulary activity. Students will pair up and take turns responding to questions about difficult words they've encountered and what they learned by using context clues and a dictionary.

Vocabulary Partner Talk

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

Dig into the Dictionary 2

This worksheet will help strengthen your students' word definition skills.

Multiple Meaning Words: Definition Search

Introduce second and third graders to W.E.B. Du Bois, writer, sociologist, and civil rights advocate, with this nonfiction comprehension worksheet.

W.E.B. Du Bois

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.

Vocabulary Think & Seek

Use this table as a tool for students to learn and use root words, prefixes, and suffixes.

Word Parts Table

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2nd - 5th Grade Common Core Dictionary Skills Worksheets

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