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3rd/4th Word of the Week: Solstice

From Google Dictionary

Solstice:

noun

1. the time or date (twice each year) at which the sun reaches its maximum or minimum declination, marked by the longest and shortest days (about June 21 and December 22).  

12/21/20 is the winter solstice date this year.

Latin Roots:

Sol= sun

sistere ("to stand still") or point at which the sun seems to stand still

related words: solarium, solar, solastar (starfish with more than 5 rays)

One Is A Feast For Mouse, A Thanksgiving Tale, By Judy Cox

3rd/4th Word of the Week: Festive

 From Google Dictionary

adjective: festive

1. relating to a festival.

   "parties are held and festive food is served"

   • cheerful and jovially celebratory.

     "the somber atmosphere has given way to a festive mood"

     Latin root:  fest=feast

     jolly

     merry

     joyous

     joyful

     happy

     jovial

     lighthearted

     cheerful

     cheery

     jubilant

     convivial

     good-time

     high-spirited

     gleeful

     mirthful

     uproarious

     rollicking

     backslapping

     hilarious

     celebratory

     holiday

     carnival

     Christmassy

     chirpy

     gay

     festal

     frolicsome

     sportive

     Opposite:

     miserable
   
   

Bear Says Thanks by Karma Wilson, Illustrations by Jane Chapman

3rd/4th Word of the Week: Supersonic

From Google Dictionary:

Supersonic

 adjective

1. involving or denoting a speed greater than that of sound.

   "the tip speed of the upwind blade becomes supersonic"

Roots:  Super= above, beyond   Sonic= Son=sound

Related words: 

Words using the same root:  supermarket, supernatural, sonnet, sound

Tahoe Lake Elementary Read Aloud: Maple by Lori Nichols

3rd/4th Grade Word of the Week: Pyrotechnics

From Google Dictionary:

PYROTECHNICS:

 noun

1. a fireworks display.

   • a brilliant performance or display, especially of a specified skill.

     "he thrilled his audience with vocal pyrotechnics"
   • the art of making or displaying fireworks.

     noun: pyrotechnics

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Roots:  pyro= fire,  Technics= art, science, skill

Related words:  pyromania, technology, technique

Halloween Pie by Michael O'Tunnell and Kevin O'Malley

3rd/4th Word of the Week: Nippy

From: nextstepenglish.com

Fall Word 2: NIPPY

 

If someone tells you it’s nippy outside, they mean that it is chilly or rather cold. This is an informal word. 

This fall word comes from the verb nip, which means “to give someone/something a quick, painful bite or pinch”. So, when the weather is nippy, the idea is that the cold is biting or pinching you a little bit.

It is nippy in the morning in Tahoe City.

 

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