Young scholars dig through dictionaries to uncover the wealth of information they provide. Using the included graphic organizer, children learn about target words by finding their parts of speech, pronunciation, definition, synonyms, and origin before writing a sentence to demonstrate their understanding of the term.

Concepts

dictionary skills, parts of speech, Vocabulary, word origins, phonetics, reference materials

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Additional Tags

vocabulary activity, dictionary skills, Synonym, Antonym, part of speech, word origin, phonetic spelling, english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• This activity can address vocabulary in any subject area and would work perfectly as a center during rotations
  

Classroom Considerations

• Assumes learners have prior knowledge of the phonetic notations presented in dictionaries
• Explicit instruction on using dictionaries may be required to support younger students 

Pros

• Suggestions are providing for extending and modifying this activity
• Three different graphic organizers are provided that can be used to complete this activity
• Activity is adaptable to additional Common Core English Language Arts Standards

Cons

• None

Common Core

L.4.2.d L.5.2.e