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.

 

Reading Nook: New Library