Oxford Junior Dictionary

A fresh new look for the Oxford Junior Dictionary which features thousands of words and phrases in alphabetical order in a clear and accessible design. Each entry contains simple easy-to-read numbered meanings word classes and age-appropriate example sentences. These are taken from well-known children&s authors such as Dick King-Smith Jacqueline Wilson and Roald Dahl. They show the words actually in use to reinforce meaning and inspire children to use language more<br/> effectively making them more independent in their reading and writing. Tinted panels provide extra language information on overused words words belonging to the same family and key language topics (such as connectives or apostrophes). This is powered by the Oxford Children&s Corpus a unique electronic<br/> database of millions of words of writing for children.<br/> Extra material carefully levelled for this age includes information on spelling success punctuation simple grammar key overused words (with alternatives) as well as word origins prefixes and suffixes. Navigation is easy with the guidewords and the full alphabet on every page with a dark blue tab on the letter of the page. <br/> For free additional word games puzzles and activities go online to the www.oxforddictionaries.com/schools website.