Elementary School Dictionary Skills Resources

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

Stumped on a Spanish language worksheet? This mini dictionary is here to help!

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

Use this mini English-to-German and German-to-English dictionary as a resource while you learn German.

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

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.

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.

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

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

Little readers, practice alphabetizing with this fun activity! Kids can put these scrambled words in alphabetical order to create a complete sentence.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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