Using the Dictionaries During Reading Groups

Reading all these Roald Dahl books, my third graders are being introduced to all sorts of interesting words!! During our meetings on James and the Giant Peach, my readers have been practicing finding the definitions in our classroom dictionaries. We have looked for words like:

• intently
• famished
• colossal
• cresting
• billowing
• consternation
• ominous
• vales 
• cautiously

... and lots of other interesting words. Do you know any of the definitions without looking in the dictionary? Do you know how to use the dictionary to find the definitions? If not, my third graders could teach you.