Words of the Day Part 6

The first term was a schoolwide WOD early in the school year. The second came from a current event.

Haste: Hurry; fast. "In her haste, she dropped her lunch tray.

Impromptu: (adjective) Done at the last minute without preparing. "Sarah Palin had an impromptu press conference at the airport."

Truculent: (adjective) Ready to fight or fuss. Terrance's sentence: "Christopher was my friend but now he is truculent."

Speaking of Andrea Bocelli...

Ahhhh. This is one of my favorite videos...

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Words of the Day Part 5

One day Terrance said, "I would like for opera to be the Word of the Day. I heard that word and I always wanted to know what it means." So we looked up the word and for music and movement I played Andrea Bocelli's CD for them. Terrance thought it was funny that the song was all in Italian. Of course that also meant that I had to hear children speaking and singing to each other half the morning in dramatic opera style.

The other two WODs were schoolwide from the morning announcements.

Opera: (Noun) A drama with music and all singing instead of spoken dialogue. Christy's sentence: "She went to the opera and listened to the songs."

Retain: (Verb) To keep in mind or remember. This was probably Christy's sentence before I was writing the sentence authors' names. "If you retain your math facts then you will do well in math."

Helmet: (Noun) A covering that protects the head. Terrance's sentence: "If you ride a bike you should wear a helmet."

Zoo-Fari

My daughter and I went on a Zoo-fari Saturday. That means we took our camera's to the zoo. Hunnee and Mr. Bob Buttons stayed home. One slept in the computer room while the other slept in front of the TV in the family room. Here are some of my photos. I'm particularly fond of the last one.

Vision for Trinity

"Vision for Trinity" is a web site for one of the pre-K students in our school. Her name is Trinity, but I call her "Ms. Trinity." Her folks are trying to get her to China for special treatment. Visit the web site her mom has published called "Vision for Trinity."

Words of the Day Part 4

The WODs in the first photo are "hideous", "circa", and "nascent."

Hideous: (adjective) Extremely ugly. Terrance's sentence: "Someone I saw was hideous."

Circa: (preposition) Around or about a certain time. Approximate date. This word came from an online newspaper article about the restoration of an antique clock on the courthouse tower in St. Francisville, LA. Terrance's sentence: "President Bush was born circa 1998." Christy's sentence: "She was born circa 2000."

Nascent: (adjective) Coming to or having recently come into existence. "Her nascent school career started in the pre-K class last August."




Counterproductive: (adjective) Tending to "stymie" (a previous WOD at this point) reaching a desired goal. Terrance's sentence: "A class was doing their work but someone started being counterproductive."

Exploit: (verb) To use someone or something to your advantage. [We'd listened to the Storyline Online children's story GujiGuji. See the links in the sidebar.] Christy's sentence: "The crocodiles tried to exploit GujiGuji so they could eat his family."

It's Time for America to "Idolize" Scott MacIntyre

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It's time for America to "Idolize" Scott MacIntyre
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