The Oxford Picture Dictionary for Kids

The Oxford Picture Dictionary The Oxford Picture Dictionary for kids is especially designed for young students who are learning English. This dictionary presents over 700 words in the context of colorful pictures that tell stories and that cover a broad spectrum of content from the K-2 curriculum, with topics that are interesting and relevant to children. Also available: Oxford Picture Dictonary (2nd Edition) - 11 bilingual books Oxford Picture Dictonary (1st Edition) - available in Cambodian and Polish Oxford Picture Dictionary Interactive CD-ROM (2nd Edition) The New Oxford Picture Dictionary CD-ROM

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The Oxford Picture Dictionary for Kids

The Oxford Picture Dictionary for kids is especially designed for young students who are learning English. This dictionary presents over 700 words in the context of colorful pictures that tell stories and that cover a broad spectrum of content from the K-2 curriculum, with topics that are interesting and relevant to children. The Dictionary can be used by itself or with its components as the core of an entire English language curriculum. It is available in monlingual English (paperback and hardcover), English/Spanish, and English/Japanese editions.

Features of the Oxford Picture Dictionary for Kids Program:

Dictionary

• Presents over 700 words in the context of colorful pictures that tell stories
• Introduces five characters and their families and features them throughout the book
• Covers a broad spectrum of content from the K-2 curriculum, with topics that are interesting and relevant to children
• Offers 60 topics on vibrant double page illustrations which can be presented in any order
• Defines vocabulary with callout pictures to help children isolate each item and search for it in the context of the picture story
• Includes verbs and nouns together to encourage students to use the language in context
• Can be used by itself or with accompanying components as the core of an entire curriculum

Teacher's Book

The Teacher's Book presents techniques and strategies for using each component of the program. Specific instruction ideas for each topic are provided in a simple, easy-to-follow format. It includes:

• Reduced pages from the Dictionary, Workbook and Worksheets
• Teaching suggestions for the words, Stories, Beats!, and dialogues
• Additional activities for each topic plus an annotated bibliography of recommended children's books for each theme
  

Reproducibles Collection

A boxed set of four reproducible books:

• The Word and Picture Cards Book contains pages for making matching word and picture cards for each topic.
• The Stories Book offers a page for each of the 60 topics which tells the story of the Dictionary illustration. Each page folds to make a mini-book for individual reading practice.
• The Beats! Book contains a playful rhythmic chant on each page providing language practice related to each topic. Like the Stories, each of the 60 pages folds to make a mini- book.
• The Worksheets Book contains two pages for each topic, providing language practice through a variety of writing activities.
  

Workbook

The Workbook offers a variety of activities for each topic, such as word games, labeling, matching, and writing tasks.

Cassettes

The set of Cassettes provides listening practice to accompany all of the components of the program. For each topic, the Cassettes contain:

• All of the words from the monolingual English Dictionary.
• All of the Stories and Beats from the Reproducible Collection.
• Dialogues which bring to life the characters in each Dictionary illustration.
  

Wall Charts This set of 60 charts features poster-size reproductions of each of the illustrations in the Dictionary. The callout words are listed on the back for easy reference by the teacher or student.

Sample page

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The Oxford Picture Dictionary for Kids