A dictionary teaches a child how to approach a problem and use critical thinking skills by sounding out the word and finding it in the dictionary. This simple task gives them a feeling of self-confidence and satisfaction that they cannot get online.

Georgia Avenue Elementary students welcome Rotarians

The Rotary Club of Memphis East provided a dictionary to each third grader at Georgia Avenue Elementary School. We would call out a word from their current word list. The first one to find it in their new dictionary wins a prize. This year the prizes were a wrist watch and a ruler.