Putting Dictionary Skills Into Action

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 I had the best day teaching a grade 3/4/5 class dictionary skills!  

You know the dictionaries don't get used very often when a child can slam it closed and dust comes flying out!  We were playing "dictionary drag racing" and students had to close the dictionaries until told to start.  


A good reminder that we need to keep some things sacred, like using a real live, tactile resource to teach students dictionary skills.  They had fun and learned how to look up words very quickly!  



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