The Dictionary Project January 31, 2011

The Rotary Club of McMinnville was given this "quilt" of thank-you letters from the students at one of the 15 schools where they give dictionaries. Ray Fields said that he and Ginger

Dictionaries provided for local kids

The Dictionary Fund, originally established at the Community Foundation by Dahmen Brown and Mary Gallagher, is providing area third graders with their own dictionaries through The Dictionary

Dictionary Project means a word of difference

I totally agree with Lee Butz's Jan.

American Legion Auxiliary Perry Strickland Post # 172 shares thank-you letters

The following letters are from Edgemont Elementary School:

Pam Lauritsen, American Legion Auxiliary # 172, Edgemont Elementary, Edgemont, SD

Letters from Teachers

Dear Ladies Auxiliary: Thank you so much for the dictionaries the third grade received this year. They are a very useful tool in the classroom and at home. The students have been using them to look up vocabulary words in reading, science, and social studies. They have been learning about guide words, syllables, and pronunciation in spelling/ phonics. We will be doing a unit...

Kenna, American Legion Auxiliary # 172, Edgemont Elementary, Edgemont, SD

Letters from Children

Dear Ladies Auxiliary, Thank you for serving in the Ladies Auxiliary! Also thank you for giving us dictionaries! We really use them! Thank you! Sincerely, Kenna

Rice Lake Elks Lodge dictionary project

Rice Lake Elks Lodge # 1441 donated over 500 dictionaries to students at 14 elementary schools in their region. They go to the schools in the fall when school starts.

Zoie, Rotary Club of Central Vermont

Letters from Children

Dear Rotary Club, I love my new dictionary! I looked up in the dictionary and found a word I didn’t know. The word is premonition at first it was hard to say but then I looked to the place where it tells you how to pronounce the word. I just looked up the word pronounce to write it in that sentence. Thanks again for...

Matthew, Rotary Club of Central Vermont