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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

With a dictionary, kids will use the different definitions of "right" in sentences of their own and illustrate its different meanings by drawing pictures.