Target: ELEM: Dictionary Software

[Belinda Holbrook <holbrook@REVEALED.NET>]

Third grade teachers are saying that their kids are really lacking in
dictionary and glossary skills now that they are no longer using basal
readers to teach reading. Those books used to have glossaries where students
would practice looking up words. Trade books they use now don't have
glossaries so students lack the practice. They don't have classroom sets of
dictionaries but even when they look up the words in elementary level
dictionaries, often the words they want aren't even in there. The teachers
are wondering if there's some sort of dictionary software where they could
print up their own customized dictionary. It would allow teachers to select
the words they wanted and then print them up in a booklet form. Does such a
thing exist?

Anything online you could recommend?


Belinda Holbrook
Media Specialist
Harrison Elementary
Davenport, IA
holbrook@revealed.net

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