By The Chronicle staff
Third graders from Rainier Elementary and Eagle View Christian schools received new dictionaries donated by community group We Love Rainier last Tuesday morning as part of the return of its “Words for Thirds” program.
We Love Rainier is composed of citizens and business owners from Rainier who share a goal to contribute to the city’s development by promoting community growth.
The group focuses on free activities and events for families and children, and brought back “Words for Thirds” after the Lions Club stopped doing it five years ago, according to We Love Rainier representative George Johnson.
“The club dissolved and the dictionary program stopped. Enter the We Love Rainier group,” Johnson said in a news release, later adding, “the organization knows firsthand the popularity of receiving a dictionary from former students. Several said they have used them throughout their schooling and beyond.”
Donated dictionaries were all brand new, and contained more than just words and definitions. Civic, geographical and scientific information was included too, including the periodic table and the U.S. Constitution.
In addition, the current longest recorded word in the English language is in the book, a 1,909 letter-long word for a protein.
“The We Love Rainier group hopes this tool aids students in literacy by looking up words for spelling, meaning and pronunciation,” Johnson said in the release.
For more information on We Love Rainier and upcoming events, visit its Facebook page at https://ift.tt/5gkPHiC.
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