1. Harcourt Journeys: Vocabulary Strategies
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2. 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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3. Unit 1: Lesson 5 Dictionary Skills
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4. Part 1: Introduce Strategy
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5. Today, we’re going to learn how to use a dictionary.
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6. Click on the link to watch the Brain Pop Video:
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7. SUM IT UP
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8. What are some reasons for using a dictionary?
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9. pronunciation and syllabication
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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10. HOW TO USE IT
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11. A dictionary has many parts.
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12. It is arranged in alphabetical order.
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13. To find a word, you need to look at the guide words.
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14. A dictionary entry has many parts to it.
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15. The first thing you will see is the word’s syllabication.
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16. Next, you will see the word’s pronunciation.
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17. After the word’s pronunciation, you find the word’s part of speech.
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18. Then you will see the word’s definition.
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19. Last, you see the word’s origin.
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21. Part 2: Projectables
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22. Projectable 5.5
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25. Part 3: Guided Practice
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26. Turn your Practice Book to page 51.
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29. Part 4: Independent Practice
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30. See Handout; page 20 in Grab and Go
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33. See Handout; page 23 in Grab and Go
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36. See Handout; page 26 in Grab and Go
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39. How did you do?
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