May 23, 2012
SPARKLE WORD OF THE WEEK
Each week, students learn a new "sparkle word of the week." Students are encouraged to use these sparkle words to make their writing more interesting and to promote vocabulary. Students are asked to write a sentence or two using the sparkle word and to place the sentence in the "Sparkle Word" box. To recognize students' work, Mrs. DeChiaro reads all sentences over the PA during morning announcements.
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Week of: |
Word |
Definition |
| 04-16-12 | drought (noun) |
A drought is an unusually long period of dry weather. After months of drought, all the crops died. |
| 03-26-12 | detour (noun) |
A detour is a route you can follow when the main route is
closed for some reason. When the street was being paved, we had to take a detour to get to our house. |
| 03-12-12 | beverage (noun) |
A beverage is something to drink. The Hawaiian restaurant was famous for its fruit beverages. |
| 02-27-12 | sturdy (adjective) |
Something sturdy is strong and solid. The sturdy bookshelf was able to hold the weight of many books. |
| 02-06-12 | swarm (noun) | A swarm is a large number of insects, animals, or people that move together as a group. We had to stay inside because a swarm of angry bees had just left their hive. |
| 01-17-12 | cozy (adjective) | Something that feels warm, comfortable, and snug is cozy. My cozy slippers keep my feet warm on cold winter nights. |
| 01-09-12 | clumsy (adjective) |
Someone or something that moves in an awkward way is clumsy.
I felt so clumsy when I tripped over my shoelace and dropped my lunch tray. |
| 11-28-11 | lagoon (noun) |
A lagoon is a pond or small area of water near a larger body
of water. Water from the ocean reached the lagoon at high tide. |
| 10-31-11 | essential (adjective) |
If something is essential, it's absolutely necessary. Chocolate is one of the essential ingredients for making brownies. |
| 10-24-11 | antics (noun) |
Antics are funny or silly actions. We loved the clowns' antics when they squirted water at each other. |
| 10-10-11 | recite (verb) |
If you recite something, you say it aloud from memory. Our class learned a poem by heart to recite at the school assembly. |
| 10-03-11 | pastry (noun) |
Baked goods made from dough are called pastry. The bakery smelled delicious early in the morning after the pastry was baked. |
| 09-26-11 | enormous (adjective) |
If something is enormous, it's extremely large. I thought a bear was big, but the dinosaur at the museum was enormous! |
| 09-19-11 | shriek (verb) |
When you shriek, you let out a loud piercing scream. When my mom saw that mouse, she let out a shriek that even scared me! |
| 09-12-11 | doodle (verb) |
When you doodle, you draw or scribble while thinking about
something else. I like to doodle squiggly lines on bright paper when I'm listening to music. |
