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Zoo Words and the Dictionary

Grade 3 zoo-themed practice with guide words, ABC order and checking spellings with a beginning dictionary page.

Grade 3ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toL.3.2.g

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Single worksheet
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1 Common Core standard
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12 questions
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Details

Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 3
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 and ABC order to find words in a dictionary.
Students check and correct spellings with a beginning dictionary page.

How to use

Show a real children's dictionary first and point out the guide words. Then let students use the printed dictionary pages to check and fix spellings.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

L.3.2.g

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

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Zoo Words and the Dictionary

Use a dictionary to check and correct spellings.

Guide words and ABC order

Guide words are the two words at the top of a dictionary page. The first one is the first word on the page, and the last one is the last word on the page. Every word between them is in ABC order.

A dictionary page has the guide words parrot and penguin. Which word is on this page?