During the previous three years the pupils have been prepared to use the
dictionary. They have been made thoroughly familiar with the alphabet,
and are familiar with the arrangement of words in alphabetical lists.
They have learned to arrange words in alphabetical lists, as well as to
find words easily in a short list which is alphabetically arranged. The
work of the fourth year is the teaching of the formal use of the
dictionary. The following story is presented as an interesting way of
approach. Let us attempt to vitalize our work in the dictionary. The
place to begin this vitalizing is in the fourth grade. A “story with a
hint in it” for fourth grade teachers is a suggestion along this line.