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Dictionary Skills Task Cards - Set 1

  • Updated

    Updated:  23 Mar 2023

A set of 12 task cards to practice various dictionary skills.

  • Editable

    Editable:  Google Slides

  • Non-Editable

    Non-Editable:  PDF

  • Pages

    Pages:  9 Pages

  • Curriculum
  • Grades

    Grades:  3 - 5

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teaching resource

Dictionary Skills Task Cards - Set 1

  • Updated

    Updated:  23 Mar 2023

A set of 12 task cards to practice various dictionary skills.

  • Editable

    Editable:  Google Slides

  • Non-Editable

    Non-Editable:  PDF

  • Pages

    Pages:  9 Pages

  • Curriculum
  • Grades

    Grades:  3 - 5

A set of 12 task cards to practice various dictionary skills.

Practice Dictionary Skills

Use these task cards to reinforce your students’ dictionary skillsStudents will complete a multitude of tasks using a dictionary and writing their answers on their recording sheets. 

Skills include: 

  • using guide words
  • finding definitions
  • identifying parts of speech
  • determining the syllabication.

These task cards make a great reading center activity for your students.

Ways to Extend This Activity

Looking to extend this activity for your students? Here are a few of our favorite ideas: 

  • Have your students choose 5 unknown words from the task cards and look them up in the dictionary. Then, have them use all 5 words correctly in a silly story. 
  • Why not have your students create their own set of dictionary skill task cards and recording sheets? Then, trade with a partner and answer each other’s questions.
  • Have your students choose one of the unknown words from the task cards and complete our vocabulary graphic organizer using the word!

A recording sheet is included in the download. Use the drop-down menu to choose between the PDF or Google Slides version.


This resource has been created by Kelli Goffredi, a teacher in Texas, and Lindsey Phillips, a teacher in Michigan, both Teach Starter collaborators.

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