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Dev Checks Words at the Car Garage

Grade 2 dictionary practice: use guide words to find words on dictionary pages, then check and fix misspelled notes from a car repair garage.

Grade 2ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toL.2.2.e

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  • 1 Common Core standard
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  • 11 questions
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Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 2
Subject
ELA
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students use guide words to tell which dictionary page a word is on.
  • Students check spellings in a beginning dictionary and correct misspelled words.
  • Students try another spelling for a first sound when a word is not where they expect.

How to use

Look at the three dictionary pages together and point out the guide words at the top of each page. Then let students check and fix Dev's notes on their own.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

L.2.2.e

Use reference materials, including beginning dictionaries, to check and correct spellings.

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Dev Checks Words at the Car Garage

Use guide words and a dictionary to check and fix spellings.

Use the guide words

Guide words are the two words at the top of a dictionary page. They are the first and last words on that page. Every word on the page comes between them in ABC order.

Dev's mom fixes cars at her garage. Dev helps by writing notes on the job board. When he is not sure how to spell a word, he looks it up in his beginning dictionary. Here are three pages from it.
Page 9 Guide words: battery – bumper
battery: a box that holds power to help start a car
belt: a strong band that helps parts in an engine turn
brake: the part you push to stop a car
bright: full of light
bumper: a bar on the front or back of a car that helps protect it
Page 23 Guide words: engine – hood
engine: the machine that makes a car go
fix: to make something work again
gloves: things you wear on your hands
grease: a thick, slippery oil
hood: the cover you lift to see a car's engine
Page 58 Guide words: tire – wrench
tire: the rubber ring that goes around a wheel
tool: something you use to do a job
wheel: a round part that turns so a car can roll
window: a piece of glass that lets in light
wrench: a tool that turns nuts and bolts
1.
Dev wants to look up the word gas. It is not shown, but it belongs on one of these pages. Which page?
  • A. Page 9 (battery – bumper)
  • B. Page 23 (engine – hood)
  • C. Page 58 (tire – wrench)
2.
None of these words are shown, but each one belongs on one of the three pages. Use the guide words to sort them.
gearboltvanwiperfuelbulb
Page 9 (battery – bumper)Page 23 (engine – hood)Page 58 (tire – wrench)
3.
Look at the guide words on Page 58. Which word would NOT be on that page?
  • A. trunk
  • B. wash
  • C. tow
  • D. yard

Check the spelling

Find each word on Dev's dictionary pages. Use the dictionary spelling to check his notes.

4.
Dev wrote: "Car 1 needs a new batery." Look at Page 9. Which is the correct spelling?
  • A. batery
  • B. battry
  • C. battery
  • D. baterry
5.
Dev wrote: "Push the brayk to stop the car." Use Page 9. Write the misspelled word the correct way.

Correct spelling:  

6.
One word in this note is spelled wrong. Use the dictionary pages to check. Underline the misspelled word.

Wipethegreeseoffthehood.

7.
Each word on the left is spelled wrong. Match it to the correct spelling from the dictionary pages.
  1. enjun
  2. weel
  3. glovz
  4. bumpur
  1. A. gloves
  2. B. bumper
  3. C. wheel
  4. D. engine

Fix the job board

Help Dev get his job board ready. Check every word in the dictionary.

8.
Which note is spelled correctly?
  • A. Clean the brite light near the bumper.
  • B. Clean the bright light near the bumpur.
  • C. Clean the brigt light near the bumper.
  • D. Clean the bright light near the bumper.
9.
Dev wrote "rench." He looked for it with the words that start with r, but it was not there. Where should he look next?
  • A. With the w words, since wr can make the r sound
  • B. With the n words, since the word has an n in it
  • C. With the t words, since tire is the first guide word
  • D. With the h words, since the word ends with an h
10.
Each note has one misspelled word. Use the dictionary pages to write that word the correct way.

Car 1: Turn the bolt with a rench.
Correct spelling:  
Car 2: Lift the hoode to see the engine.
Correct spelling:  
Car 3: The back windo has a crack.
Correct spelling:  

11.
Write a new note for Dev's job board. Use two words from his dictionary pages. Check that you spelled them correctly.

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