Our Favorite Day by Joowon Oh

3rd/4th Word of the Week: Frigid

From:  Google Dictionary

Frigid:

adjective

1. 1.

   very cold in temperature.

   "the air was frigid, and spectators shivered against the cold"

Latin Root:  frigidus "cold, chill, cool

related words:  refrigerate, refrigerator

The Other Side by Jacqueline Woodson, Illustrated by E.B. Lewis

3rd/4th Word of the Week: Commemorate

From Google Dictionary

Commemorate

verb

1. recall and show respect for (someone or something).

   "a wreath-laying ceremony to commemorate the war dead"

   • celebrate (an event, a person, or a situation) by doing or building something.

     "it was a night commemorated in a song"

   
   

Latin root:  memorare: to remind, Related words:  commemoration, memory, memorial

Congrats Winter Break Reading Log Winners: Prizes Available for Pick Up Fri. 1/22 in the Outside Pick Up Cabinet

Congrats to Remi!

and the following students who have turned in reading logs:

Evalyse	1
Ava W	1
Sky	1
Kaito	3
Joji	K
Nora	1
Albert	4
Henry	1
Kohven	K
Kiley	4
Rylan D.P.	2
Samantha	1
Remi	2
Miles	1
Badger	1
Gabriel P.S.	1
Kaj	1
Scarlett	K
Ryland A	2
Emma K	4
MJ	2
Beckett	2
Izzy	2
Clara	K
Tekoa	1

Prizes Available for Pick Up on the front tables at TLE.

We're All Wonders by R.J. Palacio

3rd/4th Word of the Week

 From:  http://www.english-for-students.com/fin.html

Finite:  ADJ:

definitely limited

from the latin root:  fin or finis=end

Related words:  finale, final, finish, finial, finitesimal

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 From: KeepInspiring.me

CONGRATS TO OUR DEC. AR CONTEST WINNERS!

 

CONGRATS TO OUR DEC. AR CONTEST WINNERS:

1ST:  NORA 

2ND: AYDEN 

3RD: MELODY 

4TH:  MICAH

COHORT C:

KILEY

YOUR PRIZES WILL BE AVAILABLE IN THE OUTSIDE PICK UP CABINET BY 2:30 PM THURS. 1/7.

Turn in Winter Break Reading Logs Before 1/19 and Earn a Library Prize!

 

Congrats to Emma! 

 

Turn in Your Winter Break Reading Logs!  Send me a picture:  agramanz@ttusd.org or submit to your teacher or drop off in the return cabinet in the front of Tahoe Lake.

Sharko and Hippo Written By Elliott Kalan and Illustrated by Andrea Tsurumi

3rd/4th Word of the Week: Glacial

From Google Dictionary:

Glacial:

adjective: glacial

1. 
   
2. 1.

   relating to, resulting from, or denoting the presence or agency of ice, especially in the form of glaciers.

   "thick glacial deposits"

   • very cold; icy.

     "his glacial blue eyes"

     
     

     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     extremely slow (like the movement of a glacier).
   • 
     
   •   "an official described progress in the talks as glacial"

   
   

   
   

        Latin root:  glacies (ice), related words:  glaciation, glacier