News : Vinton Kiwanis bring Dictionary Day to Tilford Elementary

Dictionary Day for the 3rd Grade Classrooms at Tilford Elementary courtesy of our Vinton Kiwanis

The Vinton Kiwanis Club continued its annual tradition of handing out "A Student's Dictionary" to the Vinton-Shellsburg School District's 3rd grade classes. The dictionaries contain definitions of course as well as other important tidbits of information.

The Vinton's Kiwanis members delivered the books to the 3rd graders after introducing the children to the Kiwanis organization. The group familiarizes the children with several activities that are associated with the Kiwanis. like Kiwanis Park, and if that doesn't ring a bell, adding on, "where the splash pad is" makes the class light up immediately.

The members also talk about the pancake breakfast, the Easter egg hunt, bike rodeo and other projects that happen around the community just for the children all thanks to the Kiwanis.

Lexa Spiedel pointed out some information in the dictionaries. The directions for signing the alphabet in sign language, a section about braille, facts about the states, and of course, the longest word in the English language...which takes nearly a full page at the back of the book. It looks like this.

Methionylglutaminylarginyltyrosylglutamylserylleucylphenylalanylalanyl

glutaminylleucyllysylglutanylarginyllysylglutamylglysylalanylphenylalanylva

lylprolylphenylalanylyalylthreonylleucylglcycylaspartylprolylglicylisoleucygl

utamylglutamimlserylleucyllysylisoleucylaspartylthreonylleucylisoleucylglut

amylalanylglyclyalanylaspartylalanylleucyglutamylleucylgluycylisoleucylpro

luylphenylalanyserylaspartyprolylleucelalanylaspartylglycylprolylthreonylis

olleucyglutaminylasparagimylalanythreonylleucylarginylalanylphenylalanyl

alanylalanylglycylvalylthreonylprolylalanylglutaminylcysteinylphenylalanylg

lglutamylmthionylleucalanylleucylisoleucylarginylglutaninyllysylhistidylpoo

yuthreonyoisoleucylprolylisoleuclglycylleucylleucylmethiolnyltyrosylalanyla

sbaraginylleucylvalylphenylalanylsparaginyyllysylglycylisoleucylaspartylglu

tamylphenylalanylyltyrosylalanylglutaminylcysteinylglutamyllysylvalylglycyl

valylspartylserylvalylleucylvallalanylaspartylvalylprolylvalvlglutaminylgluta

mylserylalanylprolyiphenylalalrginylglutaminylalanylalanylleucylarginylhisti

dylasparaginylvalylalalprlylisoleucylphenylalanylisoleucylcysteinylprolyprol

ylaspartylalanylaspartyspartyleucylleucylarginylglutaminylisoleucylalanylse

ryltyroslglycylarginylglycyltyrosylthreonyltyrosylleucylleucylserylarginlalan

ylglycylvalylthreonylglycylalanylglutamylasparaginylarginylanylalanylleucyl

prolylleucylaspaaginylhitidylleucylvalylalanyllysylleucyllysylglutamyltyrosyl

asparagimylalanylalanyprolylprolylleucylglutaminylglycyphenlalanylglycylis

oleyucylserylalanylprolylaspartymgmutaminylvalyllysylalanylalanylisoleucyl

alspartylalanylglycylalanylalanylglycylalanylasoleucylserylglycylserylalanyli

soleucylbalyllysylisoleucylisoleucylglutamylglutaminylhistidylasparaginlisol

eucylglutamylpronylgluotamyllysylmethionylluecylalanylalanyoeucyllysylva

lylphenylalanylvalylglutamilylprolylmethionyllysylalanylalanylthreonylargin

ylserine

The longest word contains 1,909 letters. It is the term for the formula C1289H2051N343O375S8, a protein that consists of 267 amino acids.

The students spent several minutes reading through the dictionaries, trying to pronounce the longest word, practicing the sign language signals and sharing other information with classmates. Dictionary Day is one of the unique days that third-grade students look forward to every year.

There were five classrooms that received dictionaries last week for a total of 101 students. This week the seventeen 3rd Graders at Shellburg will receive their dictionaries as well.

The local Kiwanis Club members pay for the dictionaries, with their dues. Kiwanis meet every Tuesday at Pizza Ranch. If you are interested in joining them, go to their Facebook page to find out more about them HERE!