Dictionary Skills Resources

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

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!

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

Get middle schoolers talking about the nuance and connotation of words and how they affect the meaning of a sentence with this helpful worksheet.

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

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.

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

Enjoy spelling practice alongside your Presidents' Day celebrations with this fun word search activity!

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Use this vocabulary-building worksheet to help middle school students expand their knowledge of academic words in an authentic and multi-faceted way.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.