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Library skills Common Core L.6.4c resources
Free Dictionary Skills Worksheets Practice Using a Dictionary Grade 3 Guide Word
You will download a free dictionary skills worksheet packet that covers all of those skills. They are no prep and easy to use and implement. In this free packet, your 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, 6th grade, ESL, ELL, and autism and special education reading students will practice using a dictionary:guide words, alphabetizing, sentence writing, and parts of speech.Please click HERE to see the full dictionary skills worksheets packet.These worksheets work well for emergency sub plans, morning
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3rd - 5th
DICTIONARY DIG • Fun Scavenger Hunts • Grades 4–6
DICTIONARY DIG • Grades 4-6
Fun Scavenger Hunts to Encourage Use and Knowledge of the Dictionary
Dictionary Dig is a set of 32 Task Cards for students in grades 4-6. The activities are ideal for motivating your students to explore and become familiar with the dictionary.
Students go on scavenger hunts in the dictionary to find:
• words with a certain number of syllables
• words that start or end with certain letters
• plural spellings of words
• definitions of words
• words tha
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4th - 6th
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PUN TASK CARDS FREEBIE Bumblebee Edition Research Critical Thinking
A PUN is a delightful literary device that can inject humor into writing. PUNS provide word play with homophones or homonyms. The challenge in this FREE activity is to find a word that sounds similar to BUMBLEBEE and fulfills the clue on the task card.Use these task cards to create a research activity. Using print or electronic thesauri and dictionaries, students will hone research skills and build vocabulary. These task cards are available in print and digitally on TPT Easel.CONTENTS8 task car
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4th - 7th
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Reference Materials Worksheets Color by Code
Are you looking for a fun and engaging way to review reference materials? These color-by-code printables are a fun, quick, and easy way to practice or assess these skills. Big kids love to color too!Each page has 6 or 7 fill-in-the-blank or multiple-choice questions for students to answer. I like to do this as a whole group and make sure everyone has answered correctly before they start to color. This lets you know what might need re-teaching or reviewing. Answer keys are included!The types of r
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4th - 6th
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Reference Book Flip Book
Perfect addition to any classroom or library! This skill is one students need a refresher on every year and with more resources becoming digital it is important that students learn how to utilize them - what better way than with a flip book?!
This was born out of necessity for my students who desperately needed a refresher before testing season when this undoubtedly comes up. Yes, they know what a dictionary and thesaurus are but actually using one and the nuances of each -- we could use some
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3rd - 6th
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Reference Materials: Four Skills Activities compatible with Google Slides
Teach your students dictionary skills and thesaurus skills with this set of reference materials activities. This digital activity packet contains four Google Slides activities. Students will practice skills essential to properly using a dictionary and a thesaurus. Activity #1- Dictionary Skills... Students are provided with two dictionary entries (blow and giant). They read several sentences and must determine which definition matches the way blow or giant is used in each individual sentence. T
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4th - 6th
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PUN TASK CARDS Fall Edition Research Critical Thinking
A PUN is a delightful literary device that can inject humor into writing. PUNS provide word play with homophones or homonyms. The challenge in this activity is to find a word or phrase associated with FALL that fulfills the clue on the task card.Use these task cards to create a research activity. Using print or electronic thesauri and dictionaries, students will hone research skills and build vocabulary. These task cards are available in print and digitally on TPT Easel.CONTENTS40 task cards (4
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: PUN TASK CARDS BUNDLE Research Critical Thinking
PUN TASK CARDS Bee Edition Research Critical Thinking
A PUN is a delightful literary device that can inject humor into writing. PUNS provide word play with homophones or homonyms. The challenge in this activity is to find a word that contains the /bē/ sound, or similar, and fulfills the clue on the task card.Use these task cards to create a research activity. Using print or electronic thesauri and dictionaries, students will hone research skills and build vocabulary. These task cards are available in print and digitally on TPT Easel.CONTENTS40 tas
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: PUN TASK CARDS BUNDLE Research Critical Thinking
PUN TASK CARDS Owl Edition Research Critical Thinking
A PUN is a delightful literary device that can inject humor into writing. PUNS provide word play with homophones or homonyms. The challenge in this activity is to find a word that contains the /ow/ or /al/ sound, or similar, and fulfills the clue on the task card.Use these OWL PUNS task cards to create a research activity. Using print or electronic thesauri and dictionaries, students will hone research skills and build vocabulary. These task cards are available in print and digitally on TPT Eas
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: PUN TASK CARDS BUNDLE Research Critical Thinking
PUN TASK CARDS Ant Edition Research Critical Thinking
A PUN is a delightful literary device that can inject humor into writing. PUNS provide word play with homophones or homonyms. The challenge in this activity is to find a word that ends with –ANT and fulfills the clue on the task card.Use these task cards to create a research activity. Using print or electronic thesauri and dictionaries, students will hone research skills and build vocabulary. These task cards are available in print and digitally on TPT Easel.CONTENTS40 task cards (4/page)PUN an
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: PUN TASK CARDS BUNDLE Research Critical Thinking
Dictionary Scavenger Hunt Worksheet: Vocabulary Skills
Help students learn how to use a dictionary. Promote student autonomy in learning vocabulary. Teach students to evaluate the quality of dictionaries and dictionary websites and apps. I designed this for my ESL students, but it works great for any student who needs to brush up dictionary skills.
This is a straightforward worksheet to help students understand what kind of information they can find in a dictionary. Students take their favorite dictionary or app and check off what information they
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3rd - 12th
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VOCABULARY TASK CARDS BUNDLE Kangaroo Words Research Activity GATE Grammar
This BUNDLE of KANGAROO WORD products includes 3 units: KANGAROO WORDS, TWIN KANGAROO WORDS, and ANTI-KANGAROO WORDS. KANGAROO WORDS have the letters of a synonym within them. TWIN KANGAROO WORDS contain 2 synonyms. ANTI-KANGAROO WORDS have an antonym tucked inside them. Use these task cards to create a research activity. Using print or electronic thesauri and dictionaries, students will deduce the synonyms or antonyms. Should your learners need assistance, the task cards provide a form with
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7th - 10th
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ELA Dictionary Game
When was the last time your students had to look through a dictionary for a word? Need an engaging 15-20 minute time filler? Want to get your students up and moving?Group your students into small groups and play this competitive game to get them up and using their sequencing skills! This can be used for ALL ages and grades. You will need : five dictionaries (any kind will work - for my 6th graders I like to use ones that have a larger text size)**** Before doing this activity you will want to f
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3rd - 12th
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Atlas or Almanac? Reference book PowerPoint and game
Here is a fun PowerPoint and game to teach the characteristics of an atlas and an almanac. The PowerPoint covers the information students need to know about atlases and almanacs. After learning about both reference books, students can then play a fun game to test their knowledge!
This is how I play the card game, but it could be played in many different ways or used as a center. When we play in the library, I divide the class into two teams. I put a bell in the middle of a table, then put one s
Grades:
3rd - 6th
VOCABULARY TASK CARDS Anti-Kangaroo Words Antonyms Research Critical Thinking
An ANTI-KANGAROO WORD is a word that has the letters of an antonym tucked inside it. The letters of the antonym must be in the correct spelling order. Use these task cards to create a research activity. Using print or electronic thesauri and dictionaries, students will deduce the antonym. Should your learners need assistance, the task cards provide a form with clues. This exercise will hone research skills and build vocabulary. These task cards are available in print and digitally on TPT Ea
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7th - 10th
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VOCABULARY TASK CARDS Twin Kangaroo Words Synonyms Research
A TWIN KANGAROO WORD is a word that has the letters of 2 synonyms tucked inside it. The letters of the synonyms must be in the correct spelling order. Use these task cards to create a research activity. Using print or electronic thesauri and dictionaries, students will deduce the synonym. Should your learners need assistance, the task cards provide a form with clues. This exercise will hone research skills and build vocabulary. TWIN KANGAROO WORDS are available in print and digitally on TPT
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7th - 10th
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VOCABULARY TASK CARDS Kangaroo Words Synonyms Research Critical Thinking
A KANGAROO WORD is a word that has the letters of a synonym tucked inside it. The letters of the synonym must be in the correct spelling order. Use these task cards to create a research activity. Using print or electronic thesauri and dictionaries, students will deduce the synonym. Should your learners need assistance, the task cards provide a form with clues. This exercise will hone research skills and build vocabulary. These task cards are available in print and digitally on TPT Easel.CON
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7th - 10th
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Dictionary or Thesaurus?
This activity is a review on whether students know when and how to use the Dictionary and Thesaurus. There are questions to put up or to use in a center. Each question has two answer choices. The students (in pairs) decide to use either the dictionary or the thesaurus and then actually use the reference resource to answer the questions.
I've included both PDFs and Publisher files of all the parts (Questions, Answers, and a Student Worksheet). There are two questions where the answers might
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3rd - 6th
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Dictionary Skills- Using Guide Words
This is an easy activity to have students practice looking up words in a dictionary by using guide words. They can use any set of vocabulary words, spelling words, etc. They can show they found the word by writing the guide words and then drawing a picture or writing a sentence to show the meaning of the word.
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3rd - 6th
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