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‘Dictionary Project’ Will Soon Give Away Its 10 Millionth Dictionary
More than 9.9 million children have received dictionaries thanks to the generosity of sponsors who have participated in The Dictionary Project. Last year, about 2.5 million dictionaries were handed out. Have they handed out dictionaries in your school? (05/15/2009)

Cool School Tool:
Stop the “Summer Slide” With the
Scholastic Summer Challenge
The “summer slide” and research about summer reading losses are two of the reasons that Scholastic has create the Scholastic Summer Challenge. As always, Scholastic has created tons of fun for kids as well as great resources for parents and teachers. (05/08/2009)

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