1. 2 nd Grade Dictionary Skills

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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: forgetshakeopposite

5. 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

6. Now try to find the Secret Word. Remember the rule…one letter at a time. r o o s t e r rooster

7. Let’s try again o n i o n onion

8. One more time g r a p e grape

9. syllable (part of a spoken word). A dictionary generally uses dots between the syllables of a word. 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)

10. homophones Some words sound alike but have different meanings. These words are called homophones. Look up these words in a dictionary.homophones ate/eight flower/flour plane/plain Night/knight

11. 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 shortdark sadtalllight 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: littlerock funny smallstonesilly

12. Assessment Now try some on your own. Words to look up (hand out worksheet) clown Newspaper dragon sink

13. Good Job!