L.4.4.C

Common Core Standards Dictionaries and Glossaries
Grade:	4th Grade
Standard:	Literacy.L.4.4c
Description:	Consult reference materials (e.g., dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses), both print and digital, to find the pronunciation and determine or clarify the precise meaning of key words and phrases.

Dictionaries: Dictionaries have words and their meanings listed in an alphabetical order. Dictionaries are helpful in learning the correct spelling of words. They also show the correct pronunciation of words. Dictionaries are in book form and are also on the Internet.

This is an example of a dictionary entry:

wound /woond/
n.
1. an injury

v.
2. to hurt

This definition shows how the word is said out loud. It says that the word "wound" is both a noun and a verb. It gives two definitions of "wound."

Common Core Standards

Dictionaries and Glossaries

Literacy.L.4.4c

Consult reference materials (e.g., dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses), both print and digital, to find the pronunciation and determine or clarify the precise meaning of key words and phrases.