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The Oxford picture dictionary

Illustrations and text help define more than 3,700 words in both English and Haitian Creole with language exercises, an easy-to-follow pronunciation guide, and a thematic index.
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Building oral language skills in preK-K

dozens of easy, research-based ideas that develop children's listening, speaking, and vocabulary skills and lay the foundation for reading success
Provides research-based activities, lessons, strategies, and reproducible pages designed to promote oral language skills in prekindergarten and kindergarten students.
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Growing a reader from birth

your child's path from language to literacy
2004
A guide to understanding how children develop language from birth through five years that reviews the latest research revealing how much infants, toddlers, and preschoolers know and can express from the early months on.

The power of our words

teacher language that helps children learn
2014
Presents practical information to help teachers lead students in envisioning themselves achieving success, use questions that encourage creative thinking, and listen to students in a supportive way, and includes stories and examples that show how to use words correctly and effectively in order to reinforce positive results in students.
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The Oxford dictionary of American usage and style

2000
Contains alphabetically arranged entries that provide information on how to speak and write effectively, featuring entries that provide information about a particular word or set of words, and essay entries that address larger questions of usage and style.
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Introduction to communication

grades 6-8
2008
A comprehensive guide that helps middle grade students better understand mathematical content through talking and writing, providing CD-ROM with lesson activities to stimulate learning.

TalkAbility

people skills for verbal children on the autism spectrum ; a guide for parent
2006

By different paths to common outcomes

literacy learning and teaching
2014
Discusses the ways young children learn to read and write, exploring such topics as literacy awareness, concepts about print in English and other languages, fostering independence in early writing, introducing storybooks, and accommodating diversity.

Life, animated

a story of sidekicks, heroes, and autism
2014

Slinging mud

rude nicknames, scurrilous slogans, and insulting slang from two centuries of American politics
2011

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