Lucy's Library Blast
December 12, 2016
Reading over the break
As the end of the week approaches, I know some of you are thinking about what you will do with your down time (besides the usual holiday festivities and food). I am enclosing the NY Times 100 Notable Books of 2016 list http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/23/books/review/100-notable-books-of-2016.html as well as a fun article about the NY Times Book Review. That's right. That's my idea of a fun read. http://lithub.com/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-how-the-ny-times-book-review-works/
One last mention about Hour of Code...
Latin and Greek: It's what's for reading, writing, and arithmetic.
Even though Latin is considered a dead language (no country officially speaks it), its influence upon other languages makes it still important. Latin words and expressions are present in virtually all the languages around the world, as well as on different scientific and academic fields. Below you will find a list with the most used and important Latin words and expressions.
Common Latin Words
alibi: elsewhere
alter: another
bellum: war
bonus: good
borealis: northern
corpus: body
derma: skin
dies: day
domus: home/house
ego: I/me
erectus: upright
gens: family
homo: human
malus: bad
magnus: great
nemo: nobody
omnis: everything
pax: peace
primus: first
qui: who
rex: king
sapiens: wise
terra: earth
tempus: time
virtus: virtue
vivo: live
vox: voice
Latin/Greek Numeral Prefixes
semi: half
uni: one
duo, bi: two
tri, tris: three
quadri, tetra: four
penta: five
hexa: six
hepta: seven
octo: eight
ennea: nine
deca: ten
Other Latin/Greek Prefixes
ad: towards
ambi: both
endo: within
extra: in addition to
exo: outside
hyper: over
hypo: under
infra: below
inter: between
intro: within
iso: equal
liber: free
macro: large
micro: small
mono: single
multi: many
omni: all
proto: first
poli: many
tele: distant
trans: across
West End Book Club
Learning Express Library 3.0
I am attaching a link to Learning Express, which is part of TEL targeting students age 4th grade to adult. It includes research links, testing (think SAT) links, career planning links, college prep links, and even a Spanish resource option. Joyce Claassen, the librarian at HHS, created this Smore and has given me permission to share with you.
How a dead mammoth led to computers...
I have list of bookmarked TED talks to watch/read and I hope to make a dent in it over the holidays. I generally find them inspiring, humorous, thought-provoking. Here is a recent one that reflects two important elements of our school. Music and technology, Enjoy.
http://www.ted.com/talks/steven_johnson_how_play_leads_to_great_inventions/transcript?language=en