{"id":97644,"date":"2025-10-07T08:44:15","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T12:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/?p=97644"},"modified":"2025-10-07T08:44:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T12:44:15","slug":"words-for-thirds-recognition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/?p=97644","title":{"rendered":"Words for Thirds Recognition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Dictionary Project recently recognized <a href=\"http:\/\/valleygrange.wordpress.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Valley Grange<\/a>&#8216;s Words for Thirds Project in their &#8220;Word of the Day&#8221; newsletter. The Word of the Day was &#8220;excel.&#8221; We strive to do so, and we encourage our students to do the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mainestategrange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/10-25-Valley.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"840\" height=\"733\" data-attachment-id=\"97645\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/?attachment_id=97645\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mainestategrange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/10-25-Valley.jpg?fit=1374%2C1200&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1374,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"10-25 Valley\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mainestategrange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/10-25-Valley.jpg?fit=840%2C733&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mainestategrange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/10-25-Valley-1024x894.jpg?resize=840%2C733&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-97645\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mainestategrange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/10-25-Valley.jpg?resize=1024%2C894&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mainestategrange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/10-25-Valley.jpg?resize=300%2C262&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mainestategrange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/10-25-Valley.jpg?resize=768%2C671&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mainestategrange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/10-25-Valley.jpg?resize=1200%2C1048&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mainestategrange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/10-25-Valley.jpg?w=1374&amp;ssl=1 1374w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By the way, the dictionaries for this year are arriving today! Dictionary Days are coming soon to Brownville, Harmony, Piscataquis Community, Ridgeview, and SeDoMoCha Elementary Schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Photo and quotes from a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wabi.tv\/2024\/11\/14\/dictionary-project-dexter-third-graders-gifted-books-valley-granger-members\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WABI-TV 5 News Report<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-yellow-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">Visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/?page_id=95585\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MSG Words for Thirds Resource Page<\/a> to learn how your Grange can do this!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dictionary Project recently recognized Valley Grange&#8216;s Words for Thirds Project in their &#8220;Word of the Day&#8221; newsletter. The Word of the Day was &#8220;excel.&#8221; We strive to do so, and we encourage our students to do the same. By the way, the dictionaries for this year are arriving today! Dictionary Days are coming soon &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/?p=97644\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Words for Thirds Recognition&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2122,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4,159,35],"tags":[34,206,258,483,263,412,62],"post_folder":[500],"class_list":["post-97644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community-service","category-exciting-granges","category-grange-news","tag-grange-activities","tag-grange-advocacy","tag-grange-news","tag-guilford-maine","tag-the-dictionary-project","tag-valley-grange","tag-words-for-thirds"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"post-thumbnail":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Walter Boomsma","author_link":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/?author=2122"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"The Dictionary Project recently recognized Valley Grange&#8216;s Words for Thirds Project in their &#8220;Word of the Day&#8221; newsletter. 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