This year I am trying to cover a different information literacy skill each month for second through fifth grade. September's Media lessons focused on dictionary skills. There are tons of lesson ideas for teaching dictionary skills, but I wanted something fun and new so I did some searching and found this cute idea for younger grades. It would be a bit time consuming for my second and third grade classes to cut out all of the pieces, so I created a one page sheet and called it a Dictionary…

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

Dictionary skills are an important part of learning to read and write. Help your little learner understand the different parts of a dictionary entry.

When you download our printed dictionary skills worksheet you no longer need to worry about teaching your little ones about using a physical dictionary.

Use a dictionary to look up some words and complete the chart. This resource is from A&C Black's 'Developings' series.

Selecting the Right Resource- Read the questions and write whether you would find the answer in a Dictionary, Thesaurus or Encyclopedia. Great practice for 2nd Grade!

Locating information in either digital or printed form requires dictionary usage skills. These worksheets and activities will have 2nd and 3rd grade, ESL, or RTI students using guide and entry words, alphabetizing, and looking at meanings, plus more. Great for follow-up lessons or stand-alone tasks. Be sure to check this resource out!

Want to get your students excited about looking up any type of vocabulary words? Dictionary Dash is the game for your students!!! Check out the game in my blog post at It's All Good, Really! Your students will beg for it after playing it just once!!! #susanmescall #dictionarygames #it'sallgoodreally!

Teaching elementary age kids to use guide words, find synonyms, and search for words in alphabetical can be pretty tricky at first. In this blog post, I‘ll share how I teach dictionary skills to elementary students, what I teach first, and I’ll share lots of activities and ideas for students to practice. It's a must-read before you teach your next lesson on dictionary skills!

These Dictionary Skills Mini-Books will engage your students and get them to become Dictionary Detectives! Here's to Dictionary Skills made easy!