Accelerates Academic Language Development

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Oxford Picture Dictionary: Content Areas for Kids Teacher's Edition PDF (61 MB)

Download Oxford Picture Dictionary: Content Areas for Kids Teacher's Edition.

Teaching with the Oxford Picture Dictionary: Content Areas for Kids Program

There are many resources available to help you successfully implement the entire program.

Teacher’s Edition

Full-color Dictionary pages and thorough teaching notes (including differentiation, grammar, academic language notes, and content support) for each topic provide a comprehensive instructional resource.

Assessment CD-ROM

Provides simple, customizable tests for every topic.

Correlations and Standards

The Oxford Picture Dictionary: Content Areas for Kids program is correlated to state and national standards.

Reproducible Collection

Consists of two books of social studies, science, and math resources. Has scaffolded reading and writing practice and over 800 word and picture cards for 70 topics.

Authors and Advisors

The Oxford Picture Dictionary: Content Areas for Kids program was written and reviewed by leading experts in language development and content area instruction.

The Oxford Picture Dictionary: Content Areas for Kids, Second Edition, English/Spanish Edition

The complete second edition Dictionary with Spanish translations of all terms and topic titles.

Workbook

With content vocabulary, academic language, and writing practice for each topic, the enhanced Workbook provides learners with the language skills they need for academic success.

Content Area Readers

The collection of readers provides additional reading practice in social studies, science, and math topics.

Table of Contents and Sample Topics

The Oxford Picture Dictionary: Content Areas for Kids program provides academic language instruction with 70 topics grouped into 9 thematic units. Units focus on the language of home, school, social studies, science, health, and math. The topics are explicitly aligned to national and state standards.

Audio Program

Audio CDs contain clear pronunciation of all Dictionary terms, exercise banner presentations, and content readings.