Reference Skills and Text Features

Which word would you find on the same page as the following guide words; 
kiwi---knit

• king
• kitty
• knob
• knife

Which word would you find on the same page as the following guide words;

gold--good

• gong

• goal

• godparent

• gorilla

What word would NOT appear on a page with the following guide words?

sideways-----silly

• sight

• silent

• siding

• sock

Which word would you find on the same page as the following guide words;

lowercase---lunchroom

• lock

• loudspeaker

• lump

• lobby

Dictionaries have thousands of words that are organized ____.

• by length

• geographically

• alphabetically

• phonetically

Dictionaries can NOT help you with...

• How to pronounce the word

• How to spell the word

• What the meaning of the word is

• Help to learn a language

What does a dictionary help us do?

• It tells us how to add numbers.

• It tells us what a word means.

• It tells us how many letters are in the alphabet

• It explains this history of a word.

Which of these words would come FIRST in the dictionary?

• Cucumber

• Jogging

• Zebra

• Elephant

Which of these words would come LAST in the dictionary?

• Jackle

• Help

• Number

• Borrow

What part of a dictionary entry is circled?

• Definition

• Example

• Part of speech

• Pronunciation