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Wednesday, May 23, 2012


Word of the Day

Here are our School Wide "Word  Of The Day" for the month of March. Please encourage your children to use these words in their writing and speech as it will help increase vocabulary and comprehension skills.

March

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
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Synthesize (v):  to form (a material or abstract entity) by combining parts or elements

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Range (v):  to place in a particular class; classify


 

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Generalization (n):  a proposition asserting something to be true
 

March 1

Median (adj):  situated in or pertaining to the middle; medial

 2.

Verbs (n):  an action word
 

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Mode (n):  The value or item occurring most frequently in a series of observations or statistical data

6

Title (n):  the distinguishing name of a book, poem, picture, piece of music, or the like

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 Remainder (n):  the portion of the dividend that is not evenly divisible by the divisor

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Author (n):  a person who writes a novel, poem, essay, etc.; the composer of a literary work

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NO SCHOOL

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NO SCHOOL

 

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Variable (n):  a quantity or function that may assume any given value or set of values

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Opinion (n):  a personal view, attitude, or appraisal

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Equation (n):  an expression or a proposition, often algebraic, asserting the equality of two quantities

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inform (v):  to give information; supply knowledge or enlightenment

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scalene (adj):  (of a triangle) having three unequal sides

 

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Adjective (n):  a word imputing a characteristic to a noun or pronoun

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Isosceles (adj):  (of a straight-sided plane figure) having two sides equal

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Publish (v):    to issue publicly the work of

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Equilateral (n):  a figure having all its sides equal

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Poetry (n):  literary work in metrical form; verse

 

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Vertical (adj):  being in a position or direction perpendicular to the plane of the horizon; upright

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Explain (v):  to make known in detail

 

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Horizontal (adj): at right angles to the vertical; parallel to level ground

 

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Interview (n):  a formal meeting in which one or more persons question, consult, or evaluate another person

 

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