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?
2.
None of these words are shown, but each one belongs on one of the three pages. Use the guide words to sort them.
3.
Look at the guide words on Page 58. Which word would NOT be on that page?
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?
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.
7.
Each word on the left is spelled wrong. Match it to the correct spelling from the dictionary pages.
Fix the job board
Help Dev get his job board ready. Check every word in the dictionary.
8.
Which note is spelled correctly?
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?
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.