Merriam-Webster Elementary Dictionary, Grades 3-5

Help students grow both their vocabulary and their love of language with a Merriam-Webster Elementary Dictionary. The updated edition boasts contemporary words and senses like STEM and alternative energy, so students receive the most accurate information. Designed to help grow students’ vocabulary and reading skills. Updated edition includes words and senses from technology and life sciences, like alternative energy and STEM. Word definitions are accompanied with nearly 1,300 quotes from children’s literature. Includes over 900 colorful illustrations, diagrams and photographs. Features 250 word history paragraphs, 120 synonym paragraphs, Greek and Latin word root paragraphs and pronunciation paragraphs for every letter. Ideal for students in grades 3 through 5.