Dear Students,
Just a few little things you can do with knowing.
Love and Best wishes,
Ms B
Your Faithful Director and Mentor
What's an elf owl's favorite food?
The smallest of American owls, the elf owl, often nests in the Gila woodpecker’s cactus hole after the woodpecker leaves. The owl measures barely 6 inches tall. It specializes in catching scorpions, seizing each by the tail and nipping off its stinger. It then swallows the scorpion’s body, pincers and all.
Why do Japanese keep bugs?
Bugs hold special places in the hearts of many Japanese, who often keep crickets, beetles and fireflies as pets. Their calls are considered soothing and remind the nature-loving Japanese of a simpler, less hectic age.
Why were gummed envelopes initially upopular?
The first envelopes with gummed flaps were produced in 1844. In Britain, they were not immediately popular because it was thought to be a serious insult to send a person's saliva to someone else.
Monday, October 13, 2008
Sunday, October 12, 2008
VOCABULARY WORD OF THE DAY
How about a sentence with this word too, Second Years?
The code word for the week is CLASSIC!
The first person to tell me it by 6:00pm and gets a treat.
EASY EASY!!!
Love you,
Ms B
Today's Word "alpenglow"
alpenglow \AL-puhn-gloh\ (noun) - A reddish glow seen near sunset or sunrise on the summits of mountains. "I had seen light similar to this in Switzerland, where it was known as alpenglow. But this was no ordinary alpenglow." -- Paul Watkins, 'The Ice Soldier' Alpenglow is a partial translation of German Alpenglühen, from Alpen, "Alps" + glühen, "to glow."
The code word for the week is CLASSIC!
The first person to tell me it by 6:00pm and gets a treat.
EASY EASY!!!
Love you,
Ms B
Today's Word "alpenglow"
alpenglow \AL-puhn-gloh\ (noun) - A reddish glow seen near sunset or sunrise on the summits of mountains. "I had seen light similar to this in Switzerland, where it was known as alpenglow. But this was no ordinary alpenglow." -- Paul Watkins, 'The Ice Soldier' Alpenglow is a partial translation of German Alpenglühen, from Alpen, "Alps" + glühen, "to glow."
Saturday, October 11, 2008
VOCABULARY WORD OF THE DAY
Dear Students,
Lets learn some new words.
If you give me a sentence with this word early Tuesday evening, you can get a special treat for Halloween!
Learning can be fun, right?
Love always,
Ms B
Today's Word "redact"
redact \rih-DAKT\ (transitive verb) - 1 : To draw up or frame (a statement, proclamation, etc.); to put in writing. 2 : To make ready and put in shape for publication; to edit. "Back when we were in college, we used to lie in bed and regularly redact a mutual fantasy about how someday we could run a cafe or a hotel in some distant country..." -- Peter Gadol, 'Light at Dusk' Redact derives from Latin redactus, past participle of redigere, to drive back, from re-, red-, "again, back" + agere, "to put in motion, to drive."
Lets learn some new words.
If you give me a sentence with this word early Tuesday evening, you can get a special treat for Halloween!
Learning can be fun, right?
Love always,
Ms B
Today's Word "redact"
redact \rih-DAKT\ (transitive verb) - 1 : To draw up or frame (a statement, proclamation, etc.); to put in writing. 2 : To make ready and put in shape for publication; to edit. "Back when we were in college, we used to lie in bed and regularly redact a mutual fantasy about how someday we could run a cafe or a hotel in some distant country..." -- Peter Gadol, 'Light at Dusk' Redact derives from Latin redactus, past participle of redigere, to drive back, from re-, red-, "again, back" + agere, "to put in motion, to drive."
Sunday, September 21, 2008
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BELIZE
Today we join all Belizeans all over the world in wishing them a Happy Independence Day.
Long Live Belize. Long Live the Belize People. Long Live freedom and Long Live Democrary.
The code for today is INDEPENDENCE MEANS FREEDOM AND FREEDOM EQUALS BELIZE.
Love Always,
Ms B
Saturday, September 20, 2008
VOCABULARY OF THE DAY AND THE CODE!!!
Dear Students,
This week's code is "Belizean Independence".
Today's Word "tmesis"
tmesis \TMEE-sis\ (noun) - In grammar and rhetoric, the separation of the parts of a compound word, now generally done for humorous effect; for example, "what place soever" instead of "whatsoever place," or "abso-bloody-lutely." "As an example of a tmesis, Franklin was wont to quote Shakespeare from Richard II, :If on the first, how heinous e'er it be, To win thy after-love I pardon thee." Tmesis is from Greek tmesis, "a cutting," from temnein, "to cut."
tmesis \TMEE-sis\ (noun) - In grammar and rhetoric, the separation of the parts of a compound word, now generally done for humorous effect; for example, "what place soever" instead of "whatsoever place," or "abso-bloody-lutely." "As an example of a tmesis, Franklin was wont to quote Shakespeare from Richard II, :If on the first, how heinous e'er it be, To win thy after-love I pardon thee." Tmesis is from Greek tmesis, "a cutting," from temnein, "to cut."
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
SEPTEMBER IS HERE!!!!!
Like a light shining in the dark, CCC ACE offers direction and vision.
(Brenda A. Ysaguirre)
Here we are on the second day of September, 2008. Wow, how time flies bywhen you are having fun, or working hard, or learning new things.
A special welcome to all students of CCC ACE and CJC ACE. This school year we will be focusing on YOU, THE STUDENT, more than we ever did. The rason for this is that we want you all to stay in school nad we want you to beable to stand up and say proudly that you are a product of the finest evening division programme in Belize.
We will have to work together but that is not hard. We will carry the usual open house policy where all your concerns, queries and suggestions will be listened to.
Remember that these are the best years of your life - your school years! Enjoy it and work hard at doing the best you can and maybe even more.
Monday, September 1, 2008
COMO FUE INVENTADO EL PRIMER LAPIZ
How did the earliest pencils come about?
Some time prior to 1665, an enormous deposit of graphite was discovered at the site of Seathwaite Fell near Borrowdale, Cumbria, England. The locals found that it was very useful for marking sheep. This particular deposit of graphite was extremely pure and solid, and it could easily be sawn into sticks. This was and remains the only large scale deposit of graphite ever found in this solid form.
Some time prior to 1665, an enormous deposit of graphite was discovered at the site of Seathwaite Fell near Borrowdale, Cumbria, England. The locals found that it was very useful for marking sheep. This particular deposit of graphite was extremely pure and solid, and it could easily be sawn into sticks. This was and remains the only large scale deposit of graphite ever found in this solid form.
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