Harcourt Journeys:
Vocabulary Strategies
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Dictionary Skills:
Part 1: PowerPoint Lesson
Part 2: Projectable 5.5
Part 3: Practice Book Page 51
Part 4: Leveled Practice 20
Leveled Practice 23
Leveled Practice 26
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Unit 1: Lesson 5
Dictionary Skills
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Part 1: Introduce
Strategy
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Today, we’re going to
learn how to use a
dictionary.
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Click on the link to watch
the Brain Pop Video:
http://www.brainpop.com/english/studyandrea
dingskills/dictionaryandthesaurus/
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SUM IT UP
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What are some
reasons for using a
dictionary?
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We use a dictionary for several
reasons:
 check spelling
 pronunciation and syllabication
 find out how a word is used (part
of speech)
find out a word’s meaning
(definition)
 find out where a word came from
(origin)
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HOW TO
USE IT
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A dictionary has
many parts.
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It is arranged in
alphabetical
order.
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To find a word, you need
to look at the guide words.
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A dictionary entry has
many parts to it.
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The first thing you will see
is the word’s syllabication.
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Next, you will see the
word’s pronunciation.
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After the word’s
pronunciation, you find
the word’s part of speech.
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Then you will see the
word’s definition.
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Last, you see the word’s
origin.
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Part 2: Projectables
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Projectable 5.5
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Part 3: Guided Practice
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Turn your Practice Book to
page 51.
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Part 4: Independent
Practice
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See Handout; page 20 in
Grab and Go
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See Handout; page 23 in
Grab and Go
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See Handout; page 26 in
Grab and Go
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How did you do?
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