<p> Word of the Day: Week of 12/3</p><p>Grades 1-4 Grades 5-8 Monday Word: decay Word: enthusiasm Definition: When something decays, it becomes Definition: a strong feeling of excitement or interest rotten. Sentence: If you don’t want your teeth to decay, you Sentence: Stella’s enthusiasm for the ballet soon had need to brush them regularly. the whole class eager to attend the performance. Tuesday Word: modern Word: establish Definition: Something that is from recent times is Definition: to set up modern. Sentence: Modern refrigerators use much less energy Sentence: The telephone company decided to than older ones. establish Internet services in large cities before small towns. Wednesday Word: object Word: flounder Definition: You object when you express your Definition: a flatfish that lives in salt water or to disagreement with something. struggle awkwardly Sentence: My parents would object if a restaurant Sentence: As the fisherman removed the hook from wouldn’t allow children to eat there. its mouth, the flounder began to flounder and thrash in the bottom of the rowboat. Thursday Word: grip Word: frigid Definition: When you hold something very tightly you Definition: very cold grip it. Sentence: The climber gripped the rope as she made Sentence: Though the water in the lake was frigid in her way up the steep mountain. December, it remained unfrozen. Friday Word: abbreviated Word: narrative Definition: A word that is written in a shortened form Definition: a story or narration is abbreviated. Sentence: The abbreviated form of Pennsylvania is PA. Sentence: Ms. Sanchez read the class a first-person narrative written by a soldier in the Civil War.</p>