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Year 4 · English

Use Dictionaries

Year 4 learners practise how to use a dictionary.

The activities include Learn How to Use a Dictionary, Practise Using a Dictionary, Use a Dictionary. The checked support below includes teaching, lesson, worksheet, video. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.

Activities covered

  • Learn How to Use a Dictionary
  • Practise Using a Dictionary
  • Use a Dictionary

Checked learning resources

  • What is a dictionary? - BBC Bitesize

    BBC Bitesize · Teaching · Opens on the provider website

    We can use a dictionary to find out the meaning or spelling of a word. Find out more about using a dictionary in this Bitesize KS2 English guide. KS2 English topic: Dictionaries.

  • Dictionary Skills Activity Pack

    Twinkl · Lesson · Account may be required

    English dictionary-skills pack with a PowerPoint explaining efficient dictionary use, a game, differentiated worksheets and a log for recording new words found during reading.

  • Using a dictionary - English - Learning with BBC Bitesize

    BBC Bitesize · Teaching · Opens on the provider website

    In this English article, learn about alphabetical order and how to use a dictionary. KS2 English topic: Dictionaries.

  • Dictionary Skills Worksheet

    Twinkl · Worksheet · Account may be required

    KS2 English worksheet requiring pupils to look up words and practise using a dictionary as a reference tool.

  • Dictionaries

    BBC Bitesize · Lesson · Opens on the provider website

    Year 4 English resource matched to how to use a dictionary.

  • How to Use a Dictionary

    YouTube — Merriam-Webster · Video · Opens on the provider website

    How to Use a Dictionary Dictionaries tell us lots of things about words, such as what they mean, and how to spell them. But there's ... · Merriam-Webster · 8 minute video Caption evidence: Some dictionaries may look diff