WORDS OF THE WEEK
Hi 4 Leah,
Each week I will put a selection of interesting words on this page to help you expand your vocabulary. I encourage ALL of you to find out what these words mean, and to use them in your writing throughout the year. There will also be many opportunities for you to contribute to this page, as I always love it when students find interesting words in their reading and want to share them with others.
The ‘Words of the Week’ for the week starting on Monday 6th November are:
ebullient AND metaphor
If you can tell me what either of these words mean (you could also send a comment on the blog with the meaning of the word), you will be entitled to 5 minutes of free time per word. Good luck! 😉
Term 4
inspire
queasy
colossus
pugnacious
Term 3
ubiquitous (Sam)
optimistic
writhing
wither
labyrinth
adroitly
poignant
cloister
zephyr
aplomb
bedlam
vague
uncanny
tenacious
Term 2
luminous
dismal
conspicuous
plethora
adversary
aptitude
belligerence (Ben)
apologetically (Ethan)
occasionally (Sophie)
diaphanous
inclination (Kiara)
sapling (Zara)
indecipherable (Ben)
perspiration (Oscar)
bleak (Gabby)
vindictive (Ethan)
Term 1
cacophony
mournfully (Ashton)
photosynthesis (Oscar)
summit (Ashton)
subcutaneous (Ollie)
irks (Sophie)
inexplicable (Kiara)
disposition
4 Leah’s extra Words of the Week
Vivid: A strong clear Image
Regale: To entertain or amuse with talking
Hi Lucinda,
I am so impressed with your definitions for our ‘Words of the Week’! Well done! 😉 For your fabulous effort, your Table Team will receive 5 bonus points tomorrow. Keep up the great work!
From Leah 😉
I have chosen a word of the week and that is,
Diminutive: Someone or something that’s small.
I think malarkey means silliness and nonsense: There is some malarkey going on over there. 🙂
You are spot on with your definition, Charlotte! Well done! 😉
I’ve also chosen your suggested word as one of this week’s words, so you’ll get an extra 5 Table Team points for this (so that’s a total of 10 TTP for this week!). Your team will love you for it! 😉
Leah 🙂
Malarkey means endless talking /nonsense
Fabulous work again this week, Lucinda! I love your enthusiasm for finding out what these interesting words mean. Keep it up!
Leah 😉
Diminutive means very small and inconceivable means unthinkable
Great work, Lucinda! 😉 I love your enthusiasm!
I’ve also been so impressed with you using our ‘Words of the Week’ in Writer’s Workshop sessions these past couple of weeks. You are amazing! 🙂
See you tomorrow,
Leah 😉
INCONCEVIABLE means so amazing just sooo good
hi Leah i know what the words of the week are: inconceivable: a word that you can use to show that a thing is unbelievable. Diminutive: means something is miniscule
Great work, Owen! I love your enthusiasm for expanding your vocabulary! 😉
We will definitely use your suggested words for our ‘Words of the Week’ throughout this term (and maybe into next term, too). Thanks for the wonderful suggestions! 🙂
Hope to see you in one piece tomorrow (and not blown up!)! Ha ha!
Leah 😉
Hi leah I would like to suggest some words of the week: politician, brouhaha, parasite, indigenous, minuscule, nonrepresentational. I hope one of my words gets chosen
sincerely, Owen
P.S. sencerely is a word too 😉
Inconceivable means:
Not capable of being imagined.So it means unbelievable,incredible and unthinkable.
Fabulous, Radley! 😉 It’s so great to see you writing on our blog!
I hope you’re feeling better and are ready for camp.
See you tomorrow,
Leah 😉
Inconceivable means unbelievable
Fantastic, Charlotte! I love how keen you are to expand your vocabulary! 😉
See you tomorrow,
Leah 😉
Hi Leah,
inconceivable means not capable of being imagined or grasped mentally; unbeleivable
diminutive means extremly or unusually small
from Noah T.
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Hi Noah,
It’s so great having you back on the class blog!! Just because you’re in Karly’s class this year, doesn’t mean that you can’t get onto the blog and send me a comment or two. I love hearing from you!! 😉
Are you all packed for camp? I hope you’re excited…….it’s going to be lots of fun!!
Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow,
Leah 😉
Minuscule means tiny or extremely small.
Plethora means a huge amount of something.
I wish I had a plethora of apple crumble, but instead I got a minuscule amount at camp.
Amazing, Charlotte! I love that you’ve shown your understanding by putting the words into a sentence. 😉 Hopefully you received more than a minuscule amount of the crumble at camp! 😉
Leah 🙂
Minuscule means extremely small it has a similar meaning to diminutive also plethora means more than you need like getting an extreme amount of options
Lucinda 😀
A fantastic effort, Lucinda! 😉 You are spot on with your definitions.
I hope you’ve had a wonderful weekend. How did your gymnastics showcase go at the Fete on Saturday? I’m sure you were fabulous! 😉
Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow,
Leah 🙂
Hi Leah
As I Suggested onomatopoeia I know what it means
It is a word describing words that are also sounds
E.G. : boom ,quack and broom
Truncate has two meanings
1.to shorten cut or take away a piece of something not as big as the whole
2.to change angles to make a shape equal
From Lucinda
Onomatopoeia: A description word for how it’s sound. Like animal noises like squeak,honk, moo, baa.
Truncate: Shortened, by cutting the top or end off.
I truncated the green beans to put in my salad.
plethora: means a lot
Hi Leah
Onomatopoeia means a word that makes a sound. Like oink, miaow or roar.
Truncate means to shorten or reduce
This is fun!
From Audrey
Hi Audrey,
Great work for finding out what last week’s words mean! 😉 I love that you’re enjoying it too! Keep up the fabulous work!
See you tomorrow,
Leah 😉
Hi Leah,
cacophony means a harsh and discordant mixture of sounds
aplomb means self-confidence or assurance, especially when in a demanding situation
suggestion for word of the week surpass
Hi Leah,
surpass means exceed; be greater than
bye leah
from noah
Hi Noah,
I’ve published your comment now, as we used your word this week.
I hope you have a wonderful holiday! I’ve loved having you “next door” this term, and look forward to more encounters next term.
Look forward to seeing you in a couple of weeks,
Leah 😉
truncate: to shorten and reduce
onomatopoeia: a sound effect the same as the word your saying
The mums are learning too!
Hi Finn,
I love that you’re getting into the ‘Words of the Week’, and are checking out what’s happening during the week. I was impressed today that you knew what the topic for Big Write is going to be on Friday. Keep up your inquisitive nature (‘inquisitive’ – now there’s another word for you to find out what it means!). 😉 It’s great that the mums are learning too! Love it! 😉
Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow,
Leah 😉
Aplomb means self confidence or assurance especially when in a demanding situation
Cacophony means a harsh discordant mixture of sounds like in Horton hears a who
Hi Audrey,
I’m so impressed that you’re continuing to find out what the ‘Words of the Week’ mean! Keep up the great work! 😉 I love your example for cacophony, bringing in your knowledge of Horton Hears a Who. Fabulous work! 😉
Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow,
Leah 😉
Dear Leah,
I finally figured out how to write messages on the blog XD.
Anyways I know what the word Cacophony means… Using a harsh
sound. Oh there’s another thing, I was wondering if we can write
two words of the week because I want to get more points.Wait
one more thing can i have my maths homework book back I need
more homework. I actually like homework. 🙂
From Johnny
Dear Leah,
I have also figured out what Aplomb means. It means… Aplomb
means a poise or self possession.
And one more thing how did you make that face 🙂 🙁 :'(
Hi Johnny,
It’s so great to have you writing on the blog! 😉 In answer to your question about that face, you’ve already made it – just check out the comment that I’ve just posted. 😉
I won’t post your comments of the ‘Words of the Week’ definitions until Friday, but be assured that I’ve got them and they’re spot on! Well done! 🙂
We’re going to be doing Daily 5 tomorrow and will be focusing on using punctuation phrasing and prosody. Sounds interesting, right? It just means that punctuation helps us include expression and add interest when we’re reading out loud. I’ll explain more tomorrow. We’ll also do some Word Work (practising your spelling words), Read to Self (focusing on your reading goal) and Read to Someone (focusing on phrasing and prosody). So much to do! 😉
In Maths, we won’t be doing square roots yet, but I will make sure that we do them at some stage this year. If you already know what they are, you’ll be able to teach others, which will be fantastic. We’re going to continuing with vertical multiplication tomorrow.
Looking forward to seeing you at school tomorrow,
Leah 😉
Hi Leah
I have word of the week suggestion assumption it mean act of assuming,the thing assumed😀🤓
From Mia.K
Hi Mia,
I won’t publish your comment yet, as it has the definition of your suggested ‘Word of the Week’. However, this will be one of our words for the first week back next term, and I’ll publish the comment at the end of that week. A fabulous suggestion! 😉
Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow,
Leah 😉
there is a lot of comments now since libby was the first one to comment
Hi Maya,
Yes, there are lots of comments on the blog now. It’s great seeing you write something on the blog, too. 😉
Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow,
Leah 😉
wyvern is a two-legged winged dragon having the hinder part of a serpent with a barbed tail.
An amazing effort, Nick! Well done! 😉
I hope you have a wonderful Easter and enjoy your holidays!
Look forward to seeing you next term,
Leah 😉
destination, the place to which a person or thing travels or is sent:
wyvern:a two-legged winged dragon having the hinder part of a serpent with a barbed tail
destination: aplce wich his or her is traviling to
surpass: to go beyond in amount
picturesque:visually charming or quaint
Fabulous work, Finn! Well done on a great effort! 😉
I hope you have an amazing Easter and a fantastic holiday!
Look forward to seeing you next term,
Leah 😉
surpass to go beyond in amount, extent, or degree; be greater than; exceed.
picturesque visually charming or quaint, as if resembling or suitable for a painting:
Hello Leah,
Here are the definitions I have found of this week’s interesting
words:
Destination : destination means a place that you are aiming to get to
E.G. : If you are flying from Sydney to Perth your destination is Perth
Picturesque: this means a pretty view
E.G. : “this mountain top view is picturesque”
Surpass: this means exceeding above all levels
E.G. : the girl studied hard at home so she surpassed all expectations
Wyvern: this is a winged two legged dragon
E.G. : A Wyvern flew into the clearing
Thanks LUCINDA !☺️😀
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hi lolers BOOM BOOM JEFF BOB
finn
hello nick here like my name
The words of the week mean:
Destination: the place you are going to
Surpass: to go beyond
Pictoresque: very beautiful, like a painting
Wyvern: is a two tailed dragon with a barbed tail
Fabulous work, Carlo! I love your enthusiasm! 😉
Have a great holiday and I look forward to seeing you next term,
Leah 😉
na-sure-heru-gweve-vu-feb-wi-vie-t-gul-gwulp-vie?
What? This is interesting, Charlotte! 😉
Hi Leah
Diaphanous mean sheer and transparent
Thanks Mia
Hi Leah
I have done 2 words of the week-cant wait for table team points. Mia and I purple piggies YAY!!
Hi Tea (or should I say ‘Dolphin’! ;-)),
I’m assuming that you’ve done the two ‘Words of the Week’ in your diary, as I can’t see any other comments from you on the blog. Great work if you have done them, and yes, you and Mia will get Table Team points for doing them! 😉
Leah 🙂
assumption= A prediction
Assumption
The act of taking something for granted. The assumption is that all kids will be back at school this week.
Diaphanous
Refers to a fabric that is fine and translucent (see-through). The girl wore a dress made from a diaphanous fabric
Butyraceous: Having the qualities of butter
Abode: Residence or home
Exploit: Taking advantage of by ways of being unfair.
Fabulous work, Charlotte!! 😉 I love your enthusiasm in finding out what the words mean each week!
Enjoy your long weekend, and I look forward to seeing you at school on Tuesday,
Leah 🙂
hi have a good long weekend
Hi Nashir,
Thank you! 😉 I hope that you have a great long weekend, too!
Look forward to seeing you on Tuesday,
Leah 🙂
Butyraceous means containing or resembling butter.
Abode. I found 2 meanings for this
1. A place in which one lives or one’s home. For example “When I go camping my abode is a tent.”
2. Past tense of abide which means to put up with or comply with. For example
She abode by the court’s ruling
Exploit. I also found 2 meanings for this word
1. A notable deed especially one that is heroic
Captain Cook’s exploits in the pacific are well known.
2. To take advantage of a person or situation as in
The students might exploit the teacher’s absence by misbehaving.
Here are some words I think might be good for words of the week:
Dyslexia
Moult
Oscillate
Ambulatory
Great work, Audrey! 😉 I would really like to see you put the ‘Words of the Week’ into your own words, as this way, you will understand them much more. Have a go at this next week.
Leah 😉
Brobdingnagian: It simply means giant or really tall.
Pandiculation: It just means yawning.
Advantageous: Helpful
Optimize: perfect
Expeditious: Fast
Is this waht I am supposed to do?
From Zac
Hi Zac,
Thanks for writing on our class blog! We’ll use some of these words for future ‘Words of the Week’.
Look forward to seeing you at school tomorrow,
Leah 😉
Come on get on
eloquent – being good with your words
oscillate- to swing in a rythum
Fantastic, Finn! 😉 Make sure you remind me to give you 10 table team points tomorrow! The challenge for you now is to see if you can use these words in your writing. Have a go! 😉
I hope you enjoyed Basilico tonight! What did you have for dinner? It was lovely seeing you just as I was about to leave school.
Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow,
Leah 😉
gloomy,sad,glum,heavy hearted
Done with speed and efficiently (: 🙂
word of the week is supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
Hmmm……….this is not a real word, Nashir. It was made up for the movie, ‘Mary Poppins’. I know that you really want this as a ‘Word of the Week’, but maybe you could find another word that is challenging for both you and the rest of the class.
Leah 😉
expeditious
done with speed
Fantastic, Sheeds (or should I say, Hurricane Hugo!)!! 😉 You are spot on with your definition. It’d be fabulous to see you use this word in your writing. Now there’s a challenge for you!
Look forward to seeing you tomorrow,
Leah 😉
expeditious is done wirh speed
Fabulous work, Johnny! I’d love to see you use expeditious in your writing. Now there’s a challenge for you!
See you tomorrow,
Leah 😉
my word is protest, dilation, and camourflage
I love your suggestions, Louie! We’ll have one of your words for this week. The other two words will be used later on in the term. Great work! 😉
Look forward to seeing you tomorrow,
Leah 😉
word of the week
fluoreescent
Camoflauge means disguising a space
Great work, Johnny! 😉 I’m impressed that you’ve had a go at finding out what the word for last week means. However, I think you might be a bit confused about the actual definition. To camouflage something certainly means that it’s disguised, but it’s more to do with an object, person or animal, rather than a space. Don’t worry, you’ve still got points for your Table Team, as I’m very impressed that you had a really good go at telling me what it means.
Leah 😉
Hi
fluorescent means brightly colored like💡
Fabulous work. Mia! 😉 Well done for finding out the meaning of fluorescent.
I hope you’ve had a wonderful weekend and I look forward to seeing you tomorrow,
Leah 😉
hi leah
just to say this is libby and i like pigs and the meaning of abundantly is like a lot of them and superfluous means more than enough of some thing and also i think we need more computer time any way
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hi
superfluous mean
not needed
hi
abundantly means large quantities; plentifully.
oh and leah i think there is and other meaning of abundantly
1. in large quantities and plentifully
i think it is spellt like that
:O 😀 😛
bye lubby
opps libby
hey look what i found out
more words of the week i found
AFFORESTATION
it means
Afforestation is the thing of a forest or stand of trees in an area where there was no forest.
sorry for the thing there i cant put it in words
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I’ve got a word it is supercallerfragilistespialadocios
Finneas A
Hi Finneas,
I love your suggestion! It’s an interesting word that was made up for Mary Poppins, the movie. But let’s have it for a word for this week. 😉
I hope you’ve had a wonderful weekend!
Look forward to seeing you tomorrow,
Leah
I’ve got a word it is supercallerfragilistespialadocios
Finneas
I have a word of the week suggestion scrumdiddlyumptious
Word of weeeeeek: Kyrgyzstan, Luminous, Plasmid & Rapacious
Hi Leah
I have a few words of the week suggestions. lugubrious means sad,unhappy…
Timorous: lack of confidence
Depredations: act of attacking
From Mia
Hi Mia,
I won’t publish your comment yet, as we’ll use your amazing suggestions for our ‘Words of the Week’ over the next few weeks. I am so impressed with your enthusiasm to expand your vocabulary!
See you tomorrow,
Leah 😉
Labyrinth: A complicated network of paths
Lugubrious: looking or sounding sad
Hi Leah,
I am just suggesting a word of the week the word is “abhorrent” it mean hateful
From Mia🤓
Hi Leah
Here is a suggestion for a word of the week
Acrimonious it mean full of bitterness
Hi leah,could you please give me permision to add some words on words of the week.
p.s.what is the next maths topic we are doing
p.p.s.the reason why I haven’t handed inmy reading journal is because it is at my dads house and my dad is in Japan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hi Ethan,
Thanks for writing a comment on the blog! 😉 It’s so great to hear from you! Yes, I can absolutely give you permission to add words to the extra ‘Words of the Week’ page. Stay tuned, as I’ll try and have it ready for you to do it by tomorrow.
About your reading journal – if your dad is in Japan, I think that’s a valid reason for you not handing it in. I look forward to seeing it once your dad has arrived back in Australia.
Look forward to seeing you tomorrow,
Leah 🙂
MY WORD OF THE WEEK IS
SUBCATANIUS
kind regards Oliver
Hi Oliver,
I love your suggestion for our ‘Word of the Week’. I’m going to put it on the blog tonight, and we’ll have it as our word for next week, too. Have a great night!
Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow,
Leah 🙂
Hi
This is awesome!!!!
Oscar.
Hello Ossy (aka ‘Oscar’),
I’m glad that you like our class blog!! Thanks for writing a few comments on it, too! 😉
That’s great that you’ve finished your reading and are now allowed on the computer……….and I love that you got onto the blog as part of that time!!
Have a fantastic night, and I look forward to seeing you tomorrow,
Leah 🙂
my dad is coming back on monday I think
kind regards,
Ethan
Hi Ethan,
I bet you’re looking forward to seeing your dad soon! Will you be seeing him on Monday or some time later? Don’t worry too much about your journal……..just hand it in when you can.
Have a wonderful and I look forward to seeing you tomorrow,
Leah 😉
I just did my reading.
Now i am aloud on the computer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oscar
I just did my reading.
Now i am aloud on the computer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oscar
HI Leah,
MYWORD OF THE WEEK IS drumb roll please
Scaremongar also i have another one is
holacaust
From Oliver 4L
Hi Oliver,
What a great word! I’m wondering where you heard ‘holocaust’ from……let’s chat about this some more at school tomorrow, and I’ll have a think about it.
Hope you’ve had a fantastic weekend!
See you tomorrow,
Leah 🙂
SUP EVERYBODY!
I have no idea what the word of the weak means, sorry my table no table team points for us:(
can you print a comproheshen card for me for next time??????
yours truly,
mr pig dude(Ethan)
Yes, Ethan, I can absolutely print out a comprehension card for you, next time we do comprehension tasks. I’m so impressed that you’ve finished the entire blue box! You are a star!! 😉
Look forward to seeing you tomorrow,
Leah 🙂
SUP MINI LEBRON JAMES
My word of the week is………………..
Photosynthesis!!!!!!!!!!!!
P.S. It’s a really long word.
Oscar.
Hi Oscar,
Thanks so much for your suggested ‘Words of the Week’! Photosynthesis is a very long word…..do you know what it means? Did you read about it in a book, or did you hear it from someone (such as your sister, mum or dad)? It’s a great word!
Look forward to seeing you tomorrow,
Leah 🙂
Another word is…..
Tortoiseshell.
Oscar.
Hi Leah,
Photosynthesis means the process by which green plants make carbohydrates from water and carbon dioxide using the energy that is absorbed from the sunlight.
Oscar:):):):):(:(:(:(
Hi Oscar,
You are spot on with your definition of photosynthesis!! Great work!! 😉 If you didn’t give your table team, 10 points already, make sure that you do it tomorrow, as we’ll be tallying up the total points to work out our end of term winner. 😉
Thanks for suggesting ‘perspiration’, too. I won’t publish the comment yet, as some people may copy your definition. However, this will be one of our words for the first week back next term.
I look forward to seeing you tomorrow,
Leah 😉
Hi Leah,
My word of the week is……. perspiration. It’s another word for sweating.
Oscar.
ello peps!!!!!!!!!!!$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
hi leah
Hi Ethan! 😉
when are we going to finish fractions 🙁
Hi Ethan,
What’s with the sad face? 😉 Fractions is a fabulous unit in Maths…..you will love it by the end of our four weeks! 😉 We’ve probably got another two weeks learning about fractions, and then we’re moving onto a different unit.
I hope you’ve had a wonderful weekend!
See you tomorrow,
Leah 🙂
okay 🙂 🙂
🙁
I am finished my debate 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
spencer and evan have finished to 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
Hi Leah,
The definition of adroitly is to do something in a skilful way.For example: The thief adroitly opened the safe
RUBY!!!!!!!!!!!!! ☺☺☺☺☺☺☺These are smiley faces 🙂 😀 😛 XD
Hi Ruby,
You are AMAZING!! Well done!! 😉 I’d love to see you use the sentence example in one of your scary horror stories that I’ve heard so much about (as I’m sure Jeremy would, too!). 🙂
I hope you’re feeling a lot better. We missed you today.
Hope to see back at school soon,
Leah 😉