Sound It Out

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Students match phonetic spellings with real spellings of words on a dictionary page.

Subjects: Language Arts

Grade Levels: 3-5, 6-8

Objectives
Students will:

• decipher dictionary pronunciations, and
• demonstrate an understanding of words in context.

Keywords
dictionary, pronunciation, words in context

Materials Needed

• Sound It Out work sheet, one per student
• Scholastic Children's Dictionary page, one copy per student, or display a single copy of the page on a screen for all to see and use)
• pencils or pens

Procedure

1. Review with students the dictionary pronunciations on the example page. Ask students why the pronunciations are spelled differently from the words.
    
2. Distribute the Sound It Out work sheets to students. Tell students to use the dictionary page example to complete the work sheets.

Assessment
Evaluate students' completed work sheets.

ANSWER KEY
1. could
2. counter
3. counselor
4. cottontail
5. coupon
6. cougar
7. counterclockwise
8. couldn't
9. cough
10. countryside
11. countdown
12. countless

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