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The Dolch word list is a list of frequently used English words (also known as sight words), compiled by Edward William Dolch, a major proponent of the "whole-word" method of beginning reading instruction. The list was first published in a journal article in 1936 [1] and then published in his book Problems in Reading in 1948. [2]
The World Book Dictionary is a two-volume English dictionary published as a supplement to the World Book Encyclopedia.It was originally published in 1963 by Field Enterprises under the editorship of Clarence Barnhart, who wrote definitions for the Thorndike-Barnhart graded dictionary series for children, based on the educational works of Edward Thorndike whom Clarence Barnhart had known and ...
The first publication was The Western Pennsylvania Scholastic. It covered high school sports and social activities; the four-page magazine debuted on October 22, 1920, and was distributed in 50 high schools. [3] More magazines followed for Scholastic Magazines. [3] [4] In 1948, Scholastic entered the book club business. [5]
The Sesame Street Dictionary is an illustrated children's dictionary featuring Muppet characters from the popular television show Sesame Street. First published in 1980, it contains short definitions and sample sentences for around 1300 words, each accompanied by an illustration featuring a character from Sesame Street .
Compact Oxford English Dictionary of Current English [ edit ] Third edition revised ( ISBN 978-0-19-953296-4 ): Includes over 150,000 words, phrases, and definitions.
This is a comparison of English dictionaries, which are dictionaries about the language of English.The dictionaries listed here are categorized into "full-size" dictionaries (which extensively cover the language, and are targeted to native speakers), "collegiate" (which are smaller, and often contain other biographical or geographical information useful to college students), and "learner's ...
The Society was named after the Grolier Club, which had been founded in 1884 to advance the arts involved in making books and which was itself named after a well-known French bibliophile, Jean Grolier de Servières. In 1910, Jackson purchased the rights to publish the British The Children's Encyclopædia under the name The Book of Knowledge.
Weekly Reader was a weekly educational classroom magazine designed for children. It began in 1928 as My Weekly Reader.Editions covered curriculum themes in the younger grade levels and news-based, current events and curriculum themed-issues in older grade levels.