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Dictionary Skills
nd
2
Grade
Why Use a Dictionary?
 to see how to spell a word
 principal
 to learn how to say a word correctly
 (prin-suh-puhl)
 to find what the word mean
 A principal is a person who leads a
school.
 to see how to use words in sentences
 The students listened to the principal as
he spoke about how to behave in the
school.
Guide Words and Entry Words
Guide words –
show the first
word and the last
word on the page.
The guide words
on this page are
painting and
panda
Entry words – are
in ABC order. In
this dictionary,
they appear in
red.
Quick way to look for a word
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
 Start by going to the beginning, middle or
end of the dictionary to locate a word.
 Example: If you were looking for the word
cat, would you find the word in the
beginning, middle or end of the
dictionary? How about:
 forget
shake
opposite
Using the guide words:
Lets practice locating a word using the guide
words.
We will locate the word new by locating one
letter at a time.
n
 If the first letters match, look at the second
letter.
e
 If the second letters match, look at the third
letter etc.
w
What page number is it on?
141
Now try to find the Secret Word. Remember the
rule…one letter at a time.
r
o
o
s
t
e
r
rooster
Let’s try again
o
n
i
o
n
onion
One more time
g
r
a
p
e
grape
syllable
 (part of a spoken word). A dictionary generally uses dots
between the syllables of a word.
 Can you sound out these words?
 Clap the number of syllables in theses words.
 serious (sir-ee-uhs)
 polite (puh-lite)
 passenger (pas-uhn-juhr)
 dictionary (dik-shuh-ner-ee)
 wonderful (wuhn-duhr-fuhl)
Students brainstorm – quietly in
groups
 antonym (a word that is the opposite of another word). A
dictionary may list an antonym for a word. Can you think of
an antonym for:
 happy
 sad
short
tall
dark
light
 synonym (one of two or more words that have highly
similar meanings). A dictionary may list synonyms for a
word. Can you think of a synonym for:
 little
 small
rock
stone
funny
silly
homophones
 Some words sound alike but have different meanings. These
words are called homophones. Look up these words in a
dictionary.
 ate/eight
 flower/flour
 plane/plain
 Night/knight
Assessment
 Now try some on your own.
 Words to look up (hand out worksheet)
clown
Newspaper
dragon
 sink
Good Job!