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Bbc: Skillswise: English: Reading: Dictionaries and Indexes Quiz: Basic [Pdf]
Quiz testing basic alphabetization skills required for real-world application. Three levels of difficulty with answers provided.
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Visuwords: Visuwords Online Graphical Dictionary and Thesaurus
Visuwords is an online graphical dictionary which you must see to believe! It is highly interactive and allows you to create diagrams, to drag and drop, pass over words to see their meanings, and much much more. It can be as easy or as...
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Heinle: Newbury House Dictionary of American English
The Newbury House Dictionary provides simple and clear definitions. Also includes sample sentences, idioms, and a wide array of cultural facts and figures. Students may also view photographs related to the words.
Merriam-Webster
Merriam Webster: Word of the Day
This daily resource gives the word for the day, definition, example sentence and a "Did you know?" about the word.
BBC
Bbc: Skillswise: Dictionaries and Indexes
This Skillswise site focuses on using dictionaries and indexes. Included are a video about why using these tools is important, fact sheets and worksheets about using them, quizzes on the information presented, and a dictionary game. The...
University of Chicago
The University of Chicago: Roget's Thesaurus Search Form
Enter any word and get tons of words that mean the same thing (or close to it)
Vocabulary.com
Vocabulary for National Grilled Cheese Day
This site contains a list of 10 words that are synonyms to the words "grill" or "cheesy". Teachers can digitally assign this list to their students to reinforce the spellings, pronunciations, and meanings of these words.
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Dictionary.com
Dictionary.Com is an online dictionary. It provides definitions, syllabication, pronunciation, word origin, and part of speech. It also provides a word of the day, word games, and much more.
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Beacon Educator: Reading Educator: Dictionary Game
Develop better vocabulary and dictionary skills while playing this fun dictionary game with students in small groups. Click on the video link to watch the game being played in a classroom. L.9-10.4c References
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Wordsmyth: The Educational Dictionary Thesaurus
This site not only is a dictionary and a thesaurus, but it also has brain teasers and games.
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Dictionary.com
Look up any word by typing the entry at the top. Includes word of the day, links to foreign language dictionaries, and link to a thesaurus. L.9-10.4c References, L.9-10.4d Verify meaning, L.11-12.4c References, L.9-10.4d Verify meaning,...
Grammarly
Grammarly Handbook: Where to Find Information
This page focuses on where to find information needed for writing papers: the library or the internet. It offers tips for using search engines and key words.
Merriam-Webster
Merriam Webster: Visual Dictionary Online
Picture dictionary with 6,000 pictures that illustrate American English words organized around different themes, such as astronomy, clothing, transporation, and sports. With access to a vocabulary-esque game of the week. [Has wraparound...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Using a Word Journal to Create a Dictionary
This lesson enables students to track unfamiliar words as they read, link these words to their background knowledge, create new sentences for their words, and develop a final project that displays their new vocabulary. Great resource for...
Vocabulary University
My vocabulary.com: Vocabulary Word List for Science
This page offers vocabulary over 50 word lists pertaining to Science.
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The Internet Picture Dictionary: French
This site is an easy to use French picture dictionary. Selections can be made by typing in the word you wish to look up or you can choose a category.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Shared Spelling Strategies
Contains plans for a lesson that will provide middle schoolers with strategies for spelling unfamiliar words. Students are asked to use phonological awareness and visual recall, analyze alternative spellings, and use a variety of...
Wisc-Online
Wisc Online: Using "They're," "There," and "Their" Correctly
Students practice recognizing the different uses of there, their and they're.
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Online Etymology Dictionary
The site, created by an avowed amateur, Douglas Harper, shares the origins of words. Students will type a word into a text box and click a "search" button to see the etymology of the word.
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Law.com: Dictionary
This site provides an online dictionary of legal terms that you can use by looking up words or definitions.
Vocabulary Spelling City
Vocabulary Spelling City: Word Search
In this free version of the game, choose from four sets of words, depending on the grade level. The words are scrambled into a word search where you must find them. Includes 'Spelling Test' and 'Teach Me' features.
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Little Explorers German English Picture Dictionary
This engaging picture dictionary encourages reading and vocabulary building among young students whose first language is German. There are also activity pages which can be printed for classroom use.
Get It Write
Get It Write: Cyberlanguage
Find out what various style manuals recommend in the way cyberlanguage is written.
Love To Know Media
Your Dictionary: How to Solve Cryptograms
This article provides detailed tips on how to solve cryptograms such as looking for repeated words, solving the short words first, and looking for digraphs and common letters.