JAN. 23 — IRREFUTABLE
Cannot be proved wrong.
It's an irrefutable fact that Chicago winters are frigid.
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The purpose of H-F's
Word of the Week program is to emphasize to our students the power
of words while encouraging them to develop more sophisticated
vocabularies.
As Kelly Gallagher (2004) points out in Deeper Reading, expanding
one's vocabulary actually expands one's intellect. Contrary to the
traditional belief that intelligence is innately fixed, educational
psychologists now understand that intelligence is quite fluid. In
fact, we can continually expand our intellects and aptitudes as we
learn more and more words because our brains have the ability to
rewire and adapt to new information. Robert Marzano (2004) explains
in Building Background Knowledge for Academic Achievement that "teaching vocabulary is synonymous with teaching background
knowledge. The packets of information that constitute our
background knowledge all have labels [words] associated with them"
(p. 35). Thus, making connections between familiar and unfamiliar
terms actually makes us smarter!
We encourage teachers to display the Word of the Week in classrooms, to refer to it when appropriate, to use it and, most
importantly, to encourage students to use the Word of the Week in
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Words for 2011/12
Aug. 22 - Predicting
Aug. 29 - Deft
Sept. 5 - Summarizing
Sept. 12 - Deleterious
Sept. 19 - Viable
Sept. 26 - Acumen
Oct. 3 - Derivative
Oct. 10 - Apathetic
Oct. 17 - Pastoral
Oct. 24 - Enigma
Oct. 31 - Motley
Nov. 7 - Connecting
Nov. 14 - Blatantly
Nov. 21 - Eclectic
Nov. 28 - Palpable
Dec. 5 - Ornate
Dec. 12 - Irascible
Dec. 19 - Restive
Dec. 26 - Proclivity
Jan. 2 - Ascertain
Jan. 9 - Foraging
Jan. 16 - Questioning
Jan. 23 - Irrefutable
Jan. 30 - Obtrusive
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Words for 2010/11
2010 -
Quarter 1 Summary
2010 -
Quarter 2 Summary
See Word of the Week History
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