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BBC

Bbc: Skillswise: English: Reading: Dictionaries and Indexes Quiz: Level One [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Quiz testing basic alphabetization and dictionary skills required for real-world application. Three levels of difficulty with answers provided.
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Activity
Learning Farm

Learning Farm: Common Core Standards: Dictionaries, Glossaries, Thesaurus

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Learn about different reference materials such as dictionaries, glossaries, and thesauri to help you learn meanings of words, pronunciation, or parts of speech. View a short lesson then practice using Game Mode or Test Mode.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Learn a Word: Science Vocabulary Acquisition

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
In this lesson, students use multiple sources to learn the meanings of science words, collaborating to create useful resources for learning and retaining science vocabulary.
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Vocabulary.com

Words Plagued by Unusual Silent Letters

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site contains a list of 20 words with commonly misspelled words that have silent letters. Teachers can digitally assign this list to their students to reinforce the spellings, pronunciations, and meanings of these words.
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Website
Love To Know Media

Your Dictionary: Scrabble Word Finder

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This article discusses using a Scrabble Word Finder. It focuses on the Your Dictionary Word Finder including explaining ways to use it and what is available through it.
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BBC

Bbc: Skillswise: Root Words

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This Skillswise site focuses on root words. Included are a video about why learning how to identify root words is important, fact sheets and worksheets for instruction, and quizzes on the information presented. The Skillswise sites from...
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TES Global

Blendspace: There, Their, They're

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
A learning module that includes seven links to images, videos, activities, and a quiz about the homonyms: there, their, and they're.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Spelling and Vocabulary Challenge

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this activity, students drag letters to form spelling words. Students also write sentences on the Activboard using vocabulary words. This is a great literacy center activity.
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English Page

English Page: English Vocabulary: Advanced Vocabulary Lessons

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site gives people learning English with a list of useful vocabulary for situations such as getting an apartment or going to the grocery store. It includes a learning activity to practice the vocabulary.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Horrid Homonyms

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart allows students to learn the correct definitions for a predetermined list of commonly misused homonyms, use each of the words on the list correctly in a sentence, and recognize that...
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Using the Dictionary

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart was created to teach dictionary skills to second and third grade students. It has a lot of practice opportunities built in and an Activote quiz. It was designed to use over several days.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Compound Words

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart contains activities to learn and understand how compound words are made and used.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Dictionary

For Teachers 1st - 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will recognize the functions of dictionaries and the types of information available in dictionaries used in schools. They will learn the differences between dictionaries and thesauruses....
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Dictionary Use

For Teachers 1st - 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This resource introduces students to dictionaries. It covers what a dictionary is used for, what types of information you will find in a dictionary, guide words and their purpose, and how to use a...
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Guide Words

For Teachers 1st - 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this flipchart students will learn how to locate words on the page of a dictionary by using guide words.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Homophones

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart focuses on homophones - words that sound the same but have different meanings. Several activities are brought together to guide students to understanding this language art.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: How to Use a Thesaurus

For Teachers 1st - 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart will review how to use a thesaurus. Uses links to an online web thesaurus to look up various words. Great starting point.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Library Dictionary

For Teachers 1st - 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart can be used in a library/resource center to illustrate alphabetical order and how books are arranged on the shelves in the library. It also discusses alphabetical order to help teach...
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Other

One Look Reverse Dictionary

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
OneLook is a dictionary for those times when you have a good idea what a word means, but you can't think of the word itself. You can also generate lists of related terms or possible answers for crossword clues. L.9-10.4c References,...
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Quizlet

Quizlet: 6th Grade Vocabulary Match

For Students 6th Standards
Match each vocabulary word with its definition as you race against the clock. Words include: analyze, compose, engage, relevant, implicit, and explicit.
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Quizlet

Quizlet: 6th Grade Vocabulary Learn

For Students 6th Standards
Type the vocabulary word that matches each definition. Words include: analyze, compose, engage, relevant, implicit, and explicit.
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Teaching Ideas: Using a Thesaurus

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Use this worksheet activity to develop your thesaurus research skills.