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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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 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.

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.

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

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Dictionaries & Definitions.

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

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

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

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

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

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