<Your Club or Organization>
<Address>
<City>, <State> <Zip>

<Date>

To: Parents of Third Grade Students

From: <sponsor name>

The DICTIONARY PROJECT is designed to aid third grade
teachers in their goal to see all their students leave at the
end of the year as good writers, active readers, and creative
thinkers. Our purpose is to provide third grade students in the
community with their own personal dictionary. The dictionary is
for the children to keep, so they can take it with them into the
fourth grade and use it throughout their school career.

A dictionary is perhaps the first and most powerful reference
tool a child should own. Its usefulness goes beyond the spellings,
pronunciations, and definitions it lists. It is a companion for solving
problems that arise as a child develops his or her reading, writing,
and creative thinking abilities. Students benefit from an increased
self-reliance and resourcefulness inspired by the maxim “look it up”.
Teachers benefit by knowing that their students have consistent
access to a tool for homework and in class explorations. The project
is as opportunity for children to expand their vocabulary and for many
to actually own a dictionary.

We feel a child cannot do his or her best work without a dictionary.
Children deserve the best teachers and resources. If we set our sights
on anything less, we will be disappointed with the results.

Sincerely

<Your Club or Organization>
President