Virginia SOL 1.RV.1.G
The Standard
Identify the purpose of simple reference materials (e.g. picture dictionary, digital dictionary).
Virginia Standards of Learning for English
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students name what a picture dictionary and a digital dictionary are used for. They choose a suitable tool when they need help with a word.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students can explain that a picture dictionary uses words and images to help with meaning. They can explain that a digital dictionary helps users find meanings, pronunciations, or spellings on a device.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think these tools are books to read from beginning to end. They may also expect every entry to include a picture or confuse a dictionary with a search engine.
How to Assess It
- Show a picture dictionary and a digital dictionary. Ask, “Which tool could help you learn what ‘enormous’ means, and what would you find there?”
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Set out a picture dictionary and tablet, then have pairs find a given word and point to the information each tool provides.
Ask students to finish the sentence, “I would use a dictionary when I need to find…” and share one example.
Play Tool Match by having students match need cards, such as check spelling or find meaning, to the best reference tool.
During read-aloud, pause at an unfamiliar word and let students choose and use a reference tool to check its meaning.
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Related Standards
- 5.RV.1.J
Use glossaries, beginning dictionaries, and thesauruses, both print and digital, to determine or clarify the meaning of words and phrases.
- K.RV.1.D
Identify the purpose of simple reference materials (e.g., pictures, dictionary, digital dictionary)
- 3.RV.1.I
Use glossaries, beginning dictionaries and thesauruses, both print and digital, to determine or clarify the meaning of words and phrases.
- 3.LU.2.E
Consult reference materials, including beginning dictionaries to check and correct spelling.
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