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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.