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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

This well-rounded quiz covers a range of vocabulary topics, from alphabetical order and root words to synonyms and antonyms.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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