What Does This Word Mean? ¿Qué Significa Esta Palabra?
Help me give my students these useful tools to build their vocabulary, their curiosity, and their engagement.
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As an English/Spanish Language Arts teacher, I face this question multiple times a day. When students look up these words in a print dictionary, they are flipping through its pages, they are getting so much more than the meaning.
Print dictionaries fuel curiosity and give their brains a workout.
To find a word, they have to consider order and sequencing, alphabetization, spelling, context, and syntax.
Using a print dictionary slows things down. When kids pause for a moment to explore the meaning of a word, they enjoy a much-needed break from the task they're working on. Even a small break in action may inspire a new line of thinking or an innovative idea.
With print dictionaries, children are often inspired, more focused, and fully engaged in learning.
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