Have your students make their own #Dictionary

Supplies Needed: Lined paper, construction paper, pencils, crayons, and children's dictionaries are required supplies. 

Students: Students work independently. 

No preparation/setup required. 

Start: Begin the project by describing what a dictionary is and demonstrating its use to the class. Inform students that they can each create a personal dictionary containing newly encountered words. For a couple of weeks, have students record every new word they encounter on a separate sheet of paper. Have the students determine the meaning of the word by consulting a dictionary or a parent or instructor. Then have them write the definition and an illustration of the word on the paper. When the project is complete, have each student arrange his or her pages in alphabetical order, create a cover page, and then bind the pages with staples.