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Paradise Valley Rotarians Provide Learning Tool to Third Graders

Oct 23 2015
Mary
This is the 12th year the Paradise Valley Rotary Club has participated in The Dictionary Project by delivering dictionaries to students in the Paradise Valley Unified School District. It is one of...
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Presentation Activities: Compare and Contrast

Oct 23 2015
Mary
For practice using the dictionaries, I have the students look up the word “collaborate.” Then we look at the next word “collaboration” to see the difference between the verb and the related...
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Lordsburg Elks Lodge #1813 Make Lasting Impression

Oct 23 2015
Mary
The Lordsburg Elks Lodge #1813 distributed 45 dictionaries to two schools in Hidalgo County on September 14, 2015. Members of the Elks Lodge also spent one-on-one time with the students, challenging them...
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Indiana Lions Clubs Set 2015 Project Goal

Oct 23 2015
Mary
The Lakeville and Lapaz Lions Clubs continue an annual tradition this year by visiting LaVille Elementary School and presenting dictionaries to appreciative third grade students. In District 25-G, more than 50 Lions...
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Civic Partnership Brings Dictionaries to Students

Oct 23 2015
Mary
The Kiwanis Club of Arlington Washington partnered with the Friends of the Library this fall to deliver 650 dictionaries to 3rd grade students in local communities. Deliveries were made in 5 different...
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Word of the Month: Diligence

Oct 23 2015
Mary
dil·i·gence /ˈdiləjəns/ noun: careful and persistent work or effort What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence. Samuel Johnson, 1709 – 1784 The expectations...
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