Scholastic First Dictionary Activity Book 15 Fun Activities for Learning Dictionary Skills

by Egan, Lorraine Hopping

• ISBN13: 9780439304641
• ISBN10: 0439304644
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-06-01
• Publisher: Teaching Resources

Summary

Make learning dictionary skills fun! Kid-pleasing activities such as Word Rally Games, Word Train Puzzles, and more will get kids alphabetizing, using guide words and pronunciation keys, and learning about prefixes, suffixes, and compound words. Perfect for individual or small-group work. For use with Grades 1-3.

Table of Contents

Introduction and Skills Chart	4	(1)
All Set! Games	5	(2)
Students sort the parts of a dictionary entry---definitions, pronunciation guides, sample sentences, and word forms---into sets
Peek and Seek Races	7	(4)
In three different word rallies, teams race to locate interesting items in a dictionary
What's This? Game	11	(2)
Teams (or individuals) look up words to classify them into things you things you eat, wear, or use
Word Factory Board Games	13	(5)
Two to four players race to the finish by combining letters to form words (for example, b + old = bold)
Word Train Puzzles	18	(4)
Partners (or individuals) connect prefixes and roots to form a chain of words
Silly Sentence Safari	22	(1)
Students use a dictionary to form ridiculous alphabetical sentences
Reproducible Activities	23
Students use a dictionary to form as many words as possible from letters (``Word Worms''), fill in missing letters (``Letter Riddle''), practice using guide words (``Guide Word Poems''), and pronounce words (``Funny Spelling'') to complete poems, jokes, riddles, and rhymes