Does anyone teach students how to use a print dictionary?
Our rotary club gives Miriam Webster dictionaries to the 3rd graders, and since I  observed that they don't know how to find words easily (alphabetical order and guide words are big challenges), I began teaching grade 2 students how to use The Scholastic First Dictionary, which has many fewer words, as a preparation.  But it only has easy words that students know, so it doesn't effectively demonstrate that dictionaries are for learning the meaning of a words you don't know.

I'm curious what others do.

Elaine, Broad Brook School, East Windsor




On Sun, Jan 10, 2021 at 4:03 PM Heidi DeFlippo <deflippoh@fpsct.org> wrote:
we taught our students this year how to use Merriam-Webster and the World Book online dictionary [we have a district subscription to World Book online]

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On Sun, Jan 10, 2021 at 2:11 PM Christina O'Neill <coneill@region15.org> wrote:
Good afternoon,
Does anyone use or can recommend a kid-friendly online dictionary (preferably free and good for early elementary)?

In doing a search, I found: 
http://wordcentral.com/ (powered by Merriam-Webster)
https://www.rhymezone.com/ (requires an extra step ie drop down menu to click on "find definitions")
https://www.factmonster.com/dictionary (information is written at a higher level)

Wordsmyth looks like a good Chrome extension but costs $3.99. 

Thanks,
Christina O'Neill
LMES Library/Media Specialist




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