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                                                                                                                          Vocabulary Skills - Parts of a Dictionary


                                                                                                                          Objectives and Standards


                                                                                                                          Objectives:1. Recognize entry words and their meanings.
                                                                                                                          2. Identify special types of entry words.
                                                                                                                          3. Learn academic language: pronunciation, key, entry word, root word.

                                                                                                                          California Content Standards: R 1.7 and W 1.3

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                                                                                                                          Practice - Entry Word or Not

                                                                                                                          Look at the words below and decide which would be entry words and which will appear as a part of the entry for another word.  


                                                                                                                          creek
                                                                                                                          ferns
                                                                                                                          roaring
                                                                                                                          bonfire
                                                                                                                          grinned
                                                                                                                          mountain goat
                                                                                                                          cookout
                                                                                                                          louder
                                                                                                                          mis-
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                                                                                                                          Reading - Vocabulary, Cause and Effect
                                                                                                                          Word Work - Inflected Endings, Spelling (VCE) and Parts of a Dictionary
                                                                                                                          Writing and Language - Subjects and Predicates
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