Turtle Lake-Mercer

Next week at TL-M: PT Conferences are Monday from 3:30-9:00. The Region 7 Honor Band Concert is Friday at 3:00 in the gym.

Upcoming Events at TL-M!

A huge "Thank You" to our TL-M students for your generous donation of change for the "Delay of Game" fundraiser for Pink Night! We also want to give our teachers a huge shout out for counting all that change and participating! $890 was raised and will be donated to Betty Flemmer and the Family of Bob Holtan. Way to go, TL-M, way to Make IT Count!!

Interested in ordering Letter Jackets? The following link goes to our store provided through Jostens. Class rings can also be purchased from Jostens.

https://www.jostens.com/apps/store/customer/1050654/Turtle-Lake-Mercer-High-School/

Mrs. Anderson's 5th grade colored a collaborative Halloween picture for the lobby! Great work, 5th grade!

Our third graders used Play-Doh to build arrays and represent multiplication equations! Creating arrays helped students visualize multiplication and see the connection between rows, columns, and multiplication equations. A few questions to ask a third grader: If you have 4 rows with 5 in each row, how many pieces do you have altogether? Can you make an array that shows 3 × 6?

Picture Day is approaching! Individual photos can be ordered online at: mylifetouch.com
Picture ID: EVTQB3KCD

Class photos are through Platinum Photography. Please make checks payable to them.

Parent-Teacher Conference is coming up on Monday, October 12th. Remember to register at https://www.ptcfast.com/schools/Turtle_Lake_Mercer

Hello TL-M families! We are looking to make a contribution to Central McLean's Pink Night on Thursday, October 8th in Underwood. All change collected will go to this year's recipients, Betty Flemmer and the family of Bob Holtan. Show your support and send your loose change to school on Thursday!

Today we celebrate our teachers on World Teachers' Day!! Thank you to our teachers for all your hard work and dedication to our school! We appreciate you!

Also, special shout out to our custodian staff. On October 2nd was national custodian day. We can't leave out our team who help make this school great and functioning! Thank you for all that you do!

Our Turtle Lake-Mercer School staff had the opportunity to spend Friday learning, reflecting, and growing together with Marli Sayler, a life and mental performance coach, motivational speaker, and former teacher. Marli presented “You on Purpose: Living Your Identity with Bold Intention,” challenging our staff to step off autopilot, reflect on their mindset and habits, and be intentional about the impact they have each day. We are grateful for the opportunity to invest in our staff and to be reminded that how we show up matters—for ourselves, for one another, and most importantly, for our students.

Here's the weekly schedule for October 5th - 12th. Don't forget that Friday is an Enrichment and Intervention Day at TL-M, check your grades and make an appointment with your teacher if you need extra help in a class.

Safe Kids October Newsletter.

The First Grade class was invited to FACS today for National Sugar Day! They were able to help them make cookies. Students practiced following directions, measuring, sort tools vs. ingredients and got a yummy treat!

Check out our latest episode of The Wave @ https://youtu.be/K_iVOMFElR4
Lakyn and Logan sit down to talk about Weighty Words and other great things happening in 5th Grade.

Mrs. Laib's Spanish students played the Memory Game today to practice their telling time skills. They had to read the card and match the Spanish words to the English. Playing games in another language is a great way to learn!

Mrs. Voth received a $3,500 grant from the Dollar General Literacy Foundation. Exciting things coming to the TL-M Library!!

HaPpY Fall from Mrs. A’s 5th graders🍁🍂.  Last week, we worked on a writing/art project where we had to read a non-fiction passage about leaves in the fall and answer several questions using the R.A.CE. writing strategy. We then colored and put together our Fall Leaves penants.   Questions for your student: How is winter hard on plants? Why do leaves change color? What is the R.A.C.E. Writing Strategy and what does each letter stand for?

Make sure to stop by the TL-M school on Tuesday, September 29th for The Annual Hospital Supper.

4th Grade participated in an executive functioning escape room today during their classroom counseling lesson. As a group, this was the farthest Mrs. Slavik has seen all groups make it in this challenge - they all did great! One team even finished and "escaped" the aliens!

Questions to ask about this activity:

What skills did you need to use to complete the challenges?

Why is executive functioning important?