by Ms Debbie | Aug 27, 2019 | Word of the Week
Natsukashii–a Japanese word with a complex meaning–that wistful sense of longing; an appreciation of beauty laced with a sadness at its transience For example, at the end of the summer, I felt sort of nostalgic and a tiny bit sad remembering the summers of...
by Ms Debbie | Sep 6, 2018 | Word of the Week
This is our word of the week and our character-building word of the month. co·op·er·ate kōˈäpəˌrāt verb verb: cooperate; – act jointly; work toward the same end. “the leaders promised to cooperate in ending the civil war” – assist someone or...
by Ms Debbie | Aug 2, 2017 | Word of the Week
Hydrology is the study of the properties of water; especially of its movement in relation to land. My neighbor is learning about hydrology as he mops up all the water that flowed into his basement after a 3 inch rainfall in mid-July. We studied hydrology while damming...
by Ms Debbie | Jan 17, 2017 | Word of the Week
Determiner–this is the new word used for articles (the, a, an, some) when reviewing the parts of speech
by Ms Debbie | Dec 12, 2016 | Word of the Week
Roilverb (used with object) 1. to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment. 2. to disturb or disquiet; irritate; vex: as in: “to be roiled by a delay”. or “roiling masses of voters” verb (used without object) 3. to move or...
by Ms Debbie | Nov 28, 2016 | Word of the Week
id-ee-uhm] Noun–an expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements, as kick the bucket or hang one’s head, or from the general grammatical rules of a language, as the table round for the round table, and that...
