Parts of a Dictionary
Vocabulary Skills Lesson
Theme 1: The Waterfall
Houghton Mifflin Grade 3
Parts of a Dictionary Entry
entry word
part of speech
first meaning
second
meaning
word with endings
for different uses
pronunciation
Special Types of Entry Words
Abbreviations
ft.
Mt.
Compound Words
backpack
Mr.
rainbow
Prefixes and Suffixes
re-
Proper Nouns
-ness
March
Variant Spellings
ax
axe
Mrs.
pre-
Tuesday
-ful
Which of these will be entry words?
Which will appear as part of another
entry?
higher
mis-
Mt.
waterfall