Do you need help practicing dictionary skills with your students? This fun, low-prep, free reference skills game will get your students excited about finding definitions, pronunciations, and more about various words in the dictionary.
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How do you set it up and play?
I decided to make a fun game using dictionaries because my kids love competition. I set up two desks in front of the room and separated the class into two teams. Each desk had a dictionary, whiteboard, and marker.
One person from each team comes up to each desk. I draw a card from my stack (definition, sentence example, part of speech, and pronunciation) along with a word from a list that I cut apart. It’s a race for the two students to find the word in the dictionary. You can also choose words from your spelling list or any other words you want. From there, if it was either definition or sentence example, the first person to read it from the dictionary was the winner. If it was part of speech or pronunciation, the first person to write it correctly on their whiteboard was the winner.You can play as many rounds as you want. The kids will absolutely love it! It’s a great last-minute activity to keep your students engaged and brush up on reference skills and their understanding of ABC order, as well as identifying the different parts of a dictionary entry.
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