The Everest School District is using a simple dictionary to help get students excited about learning.
On December 4, 2009, ER Pat Duffy led a contingent of Elks to Corpus Christi School to present personal dictionaries to every third grade student at the school.
I own an up-to-date laptop computer that gives me access to millions of websites; it`s an item that was literally science fiction.
Even with more than 32,000 words from which to choose, Giovanna on Monday had no trouble picking out a favorite.
`My word is `frost` because I like how it sounds,` Giovanna, 9, said.
Valley Grange 519 is participating once again in the `Words for Thirds` dictionary project.
All Johnson County third-graders received copies of dictionaries in March as part of the national Dictionary Project.