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Printable Picture Dictionaries Short, printable picture dictionaries - each with 26 pages in PDF format. One has a word for each picture, one has room for the student to write each word, and one has a missing letter in each word for the student to fill in.

K-3 Theme Pages

Famous Explorers From Armstrong to Vespucci

Animal Printouts Hundreds of animal coloring pages with labels and information.

• To browse through the dictionary, click on a letter in the alphabet at the top of the window and you'll see a page of words that start with that letter.
• 2,511 illustrated dictionary entries! Each word is used in a meaningful example sentence. Most entries have links to a related web site. Just click on an underlined word (or its accompanying picture), and you'll link to a related page.
• The LITTLE EXPLORERS^TM picture dictionary makes surfing the Internet very easy. A picture-dictionary format is used to link to hundreds of carefully-chosen child-friendly sites around the world. Since the pictures are links, even pre-readers can surf with a minimum of help and guidance from their favorite adult. Older kids can use Little Explorers as a school reference.
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  • English (Phonetic) - organized by the initial sounds of the words in English

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Dictionary Classroom Activities: Scavenger Hunts Search for words in the dictionary to answer questions - dictionary scavenger hunts!

Vocabulary Map Printouts Vocabulary maps are graphic organizers that can be useful in helping a student learn new vocabulary words. Labeled cells in the printouts prompt the student to write the word, its definition, its part of speech, a synonym, an antonym, do a drawing that illustrates the word's meaning, and write a meaningful sentence containing the word.

Dictionary Definition Worksheets Read the definition of a word, then answer multiple-choice questions about the word.

Dictionary Term Abbreviations Write the abbreviations for common dictionary terms, including noun, verb, adjective, Greek, etc. Or go to the answers.

Countries with the most English-language speakers:

Country	Number of English Speakers (approximate; X=1,000,000 people)
USA	237.7 million	X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
UK	58 million	X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Canada	18 million	X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Australia	15.5 million	X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Ireland	3.72 million	X X X X
South Africa	3.7 million	X X X
New Zealand	3.3 million	X X
Jamaica	2.5 million	X X
Trinidad and Tobago	1.2 million	X
Guyana	0.8 million	X

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