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ISBN 1405487615
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Parragon
Hardback: 224 pages
Price: S$12.90
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Children’s
Illustrated Thesaurus
By Sue Graves
This colourful, easy-to-use thesaurus contains over 500
headwords and more than 2,000 synonyms to help children
develop and improve their writing and language skills. Sample
sentences help explain meaning and usage, extensive index
for cross-referencing and illustrated feature panels.
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ISBN 1405487607 |
9781405487603
Parragon
Hardback: 224 pages
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Children’s
Illustrated Dictionary
By Betty Root
This colourful, easy-to-use introduction to over 1,300 words
for young children will help develop key vocabulary skills.
A-Z guide on each page helps children find words quickly.
Sample sentences help explain meaning and usage, part of
speech is given for each headword. Special themed pages
provide word help.
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ISBN 0007203535
Collins Education
Paperback
Price: S$10.40
for
age 5 +
FREE Dictionary Skills
Worksheets for school adoption. |
First
School dictionary
Collins First School Dictionary has been especially designed
to support the language and literacy needs of children aged
5+. It introduces early learners to essential dictionary
features such as headwords, definitions and other forms
of the word (for example, plural forms).
It includes example sentences which highlight the headword
to show how it can be used. Simple full sentence defintions
and example sentences show the headword in a context familiar
to the child.
The A–Z on each page helps with alphabet skills and
ensures that the dictionary is easy-to-use. Guidewords are
also given on every page.
Bright, colourful illustrations and photographs support
language learning and make the dictionary lively and fun.
PLUS new, updated word lists, writing help and support for
using the internet, as well as an interactive quiz.
Researched and developed in consultation with Literacy and
Numeracy Consultants |
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ISBN 0007205376
Collins Education
Paperback
Price: S$10.40
for
age 7+
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Collins
Grammar Rules
Indispensable grammar support for ages 7+ , this
lively handbook provides short, clear definitions of all
key grammatical concepts plus lots of examples, tips on
spelling, and dictionary and thesaurus work.
Essential
information covered in this guide includes:
• Parts of speech (Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Adjectives,
Adverbs, Prepositions, Conjunctions, Interjections, Spotting
Parts of Speech)
• Word building (Affixes – Prefixes and Suffixes;
Derivatives and Compounds)
• Spelling guide (Three simple rules for better spelling;
Eleven general rules)
• Using a dictionary (Alphabetical order, Pronunciation,
Parts of speech, Phrases and idioms, Word origins)
• Synonyms and antonyms (Using a thesaurus to find
synonyms, Making antonyms)
• The Sentence (Word order, Phrases, Clauses, Types
of sentence, Sentence construction)
• Punctuation (Ending a sentence, Punctuation within
sentences, Punctuation within words, Punctuation of speech,
Punctuation of plays
• The Paragraph (The topic sentence, Types of paragraph,
Writing a paragraph, Using connectives, Sentence variation)
• Special uses of language (Register, Standard English,
Informal language, Special effects) |
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ISBN 0007207832
Collins Education
Paperback
Price: S$10.40
for
age 7+ |
Collins
Maths Dictionary
Collins New KS2 Maths Dictionary is packed with
the vocabulary definitions recommended for Years 3 to 6
by the Natioanl Numeracy Framework.
Contains
over 375 entries following the yearly vocabulary recommended
for Years 3 to 6 and beyond, with headwords, guidewords
and a thumb index which follow important dictionary conventions
and support independent use. Includes introductory sections
for teachers, pupils and parent |
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ISBN 000720387X
Collins Education
Paperback
Price: S$12.30
for
age 9 +
FREE Dictionary Skills
Worksheets for school adoption.
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Collins
Primary Dictionary
Especially designed for children aged 8-10, Collins Primary
Dictionary combines the features you need with a user-friendly
design, making it easy to find words quickly. This clear
unillustrated dictionary includes synonyms, word histories
and pronunciation guidance, plus weblinks, games, grammar
and writing help with Collins Word Wizard.
Written in a clear, straightforward style, it places words
within a context familiar to the student. Headwords are
highlighted in colour so they are easy to find.
Parts of speech (for example, whether a word is a noun or
verb) and other forms of a word (for example plural forms
as well as adjectival forms) are clearly shown. Pronunciation
help is given for difficult or easily confusable words,
as are synonyms (similar words) and antonyms (opposite words)
to widen children's vocabulary. Word histories give extra
information about interesting words.
Grammar, writing and spelling help as well as games and
tests are included in the Collins Word Wizard section, and
links to the Internet are built in. |
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ISBN 0007203896
Collins Education
Paperback
Price: S$12.30
for
age 10 +
FREE
Dictionary Skills
Worksheets for school adoption.
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Concise
school dictionary
Collins Concise School Dictionary has been especially designed
to support the language and literacy needs of children aged
10+.
It includes vocabulary for cross-curricular subjects such
as ICT, Science and Geography.
Collins Word Wizard provides even more support for key skills
such as grammar, writing and spelling, as well as tips on
using the Internet and fascinating facts about new and unusual
words.
The Dictionary develops and reinforces essential dictionary
features such as extended entries with multiple definitions,
parts of speech (verb, noun, etc), derivations and inflexions
(plurals, comparative forms, tenses of a verb,etc), guide
words and related words.
It provides etymologies for words from both modern languages
and cultures and more ancient origins. Synonyms and antonyms
are highlighted for common and overused words. Word families
are grouped together in word family boxes. Common prefixes
and suffixes are highlighted and defined. |
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ISBN 0007203691
Collins Education
Paperback
Price: S$10.40
for
age 7 +
FREE Dictionary Skills
Worksheets for school adoption.
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Junior
dictionary
For children aged 7 and over, this clear, easy-to-use dictionary
contains full sentence definitions, child-friendly example
sentences and parts of speech (noun, adjective etc) as well
as colour headwords, an A–Z index on every page and
homework help with the Collins Word Wizard.
It introduces key dictionary features such as showing parts
of speech (noun, verb, adjective or adverb) and other forms
of a word (for example plurals or past tense of a verb).
The Collins Word Wizard section gives extra help with grammar,
writing and using the Internet as well as handy hints for
learning tricky spellings and cool new words, themed word
lists and games to play with the dictionary.
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