New Vocabulary

• adjective - a word to describe something
• phonics - sounds of letters and sounds of patterns in words
• subitising - Instantly recognizing the number of objects in a small group, without counting.
• portrait - photo or picture of a person showing mainly the face.
• present - now
• individuality - a person who is unique or different to other people.
• outgoing - friendly or confident
• Treaty/contract - a signed agreement between 2 people or groups of people.
• italics - a style of writing where the letters slope to the right.
• initial - first or beginning
• illustration - picture or drawing to show something.
• eiderdown - a quilt or duvet for the bed.
• Vaccination - a mixture that is given to prevent diseases
• blog - a personal website where experiences, opinions or observations are recorded on a regular basis.
• strategy - a planned method to solve a problem
• porpoising - to rise and fall or leap like a porpoise
• citric acid - a white acid powder derived from lemons, limes or oranges and can be made from sugar; used to flavour drinks (sour) or sweets.
• antonym - a word that means the opposite to another word.
• hosting - present, arrange, provide (our class hosted the Junior Syndicate assembly)
• co-operative - working together to achieve a common goal
• silent - making NO sound; quiet
• conflict - a disagreement or argument
• moral - a lesson gained from a story or experience; standards of behaviour (right or wrong)
• paradise - a very beautiful, pleasant, or peaceful place that seems to be perfect; a place that is perfect for a particular activity or for a person who enjoys that activity.
• verb - a word used to describe an action
• metaphor - a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object where it is not literally applicable e.g. 'The waterfall was a curtain...'(Liam)
• constructive - having or intending to have a positive purpose  e.g. constructive feedback (intended to help)
• haiku - a traditional Japanese form of poetry based on nature and using 17 syllables.
• thesaurus - a book that lists words in groups that have similar meanings
• Slavonic Abacus - a piece of maths equipment that helps with counting in groups of 5 or 10 using coloured beads in rows of 10.
• colossal - very big
• digit - a written symbol for any of the numbers 0 -9;  fingers, toes
• species - a word for grouping animals - e.g. a type of dog
• frugal - careful with money; not wasteful
• Tidy Numbers - numbers that are multiples of ten and have a zero in the ones place.  e.g.  30, 70, 20
• Metacognition - thinking about your thinking; e.g. ask yourself "what strategies will I use to solve this problem>"
• Sequence - in order
• peer mediation - where students work together to solve problems
• haiku - traditional Japanese poem that is written by counting syllables
• phrase - a group of words; not a full sentence