December has been full of themed fun for Miss Gould's third graders, and today was Polar Express Day!
Third graders kicked off their day with a Polar Express escape room, solving puzzles and completing challenges to earn their very own tickets to hop aboard the Polar Express.
Afterward, we dove into the magical world of The Polar Express, reading the book and watching the movie. The students then did a compare and contrast activity to explore the similarities and differences between the book and the movie.
Here are a few questions you can ask a third grader about today:
What was your favorite part of the Polar Express day, and why?
How was the book different from the movie? Which did you like better?
Physical activity has many benefits for learning, including improving early math skills, social emotional skills, and communication and language skills. PreK has a new movement activity we can do indoors when it's too cold to go out. Bowling! Thanks Howard and Joan Anderson for donating this set to the PreK!
As the holidays are approaching and families are returning to the Turtle Lake-Mercer area, we would like to take a moment to remind everyone that school yearbooks from 1950-present are on our school website for viewing at the following link: https://www.tlm.k12.nd.us/page/yearbooks
On our school website, they can also be found under the section "School Groups" if navigating from a web browser or mobile phone.
Today, Mrs. Laib's Writing Workshop class went to the 1st grade room to do an activity with our Writing Buddies. Today's writing was "If I had a pet reindeer..." We made sure that the 1st graders used a topic sentence, transition words, and a closing sentence in their paragraphs. We love writing activities with our buddies!
Hello again, that didn't take long. Shortly after the delay post we were put into a No Travel Advisory. There will be NO school on Tuesday, December 9th. Stay home and stay safe everyone.
Good morning, TL-M. Weather calls are always a tough one. There are lots of factors at play today. We will be starting with a 2 hour delay to buy some time on making a final decision. Schools will start at 10:00, no breakfast or PreK. I will provide an update by 9:00. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
On Friday, ND DPI released the 2024-25 School Performance Data on the Insights Dashboard. Please review Turtle Lake - Mercer's letter to families here: https://aptg.co/J7tGLH. A direct link to the Insights Dashboard can be found on our website or by visiting https://insights.nd.gov/. As always, reach out to Mrs. Schlafmann or Mr. Ziebarth if you have any questions regarding TL-M's dashboard and data. Thank you.
4th Grade Making Electric Circuits:
How are a series and parallel circuit different?
What items were conductors? Insulators?
Just a reminder that tomorrow, Saturday, December 6th, is the 5th/6th grade dance from 7:00-8:30 followed by the 7th-12th grade Snow Ball from 9:00-11:00. Admission is $5.00. Both dances are open to Underwood and McClusky-Goodrich students.
The past two days three of our educators had the opportunity to take the Level 1 PECS (picture exchange communication system) course offered through Pyramid. PECS is just one of many AAC (augmentative/alternative communication) options schools can offer students with different communication needs. We are excited at the opportunity to offer this AAC option for our students now and into the future as a way to communicate with their teachers, peers, family, and community.
We would also like to recognize our special education staff: Miss Weiand, Mrs. Clyde, Miss Bridget, Miss Shammy, Miss Sarah, and Miss Brittany for all they do for our students each and every day - they show patience, love, creativity, and strength in everything they do. December 2nd was National Special Education Day and today was International Day of Persons with Disabilities.
TL-M had 12 Mission Accomplished students in the month of November. Thanks for Making It Count and helping make TL-M a great place for all learners!
Check out the latest episode of The Wave. Mr. Ziebarth sits down with two kindergarten students, Tycen and Neveah to talk about happenings in school and the upcoming Christmas events. You can view the podcast at https://youtu.be/dF3BVxOz-so
You can also search "The Wave - Turtle Lake-Mercer School" on YouTube or find the videos on the school website.
You can also search "The Wave - Turtle Lake-Mercer School" on YouTube or find the videos on the school website.
Please join the TL-M Music Department for not one, but TWO wonderful music opportunities! Hope to see you there!
Our next Enrichment and Intervention Day is December 5. We are planning a special activity on this day called "Cards and Community". We would like to work with community members to provide instruction on various card games. We're looking for members of the community that would like to be involved in passing on the beneficial past time of playing cards. This event will take place on December 5th from 1 PM - 3PM at the Turtle Lake-Mercer School. Please reach out to Mr. Ziebarth by November 26th if you like to be involved. If we get more than one person that is interested in teaching the same game, we will work to team-teach the students. Our hope is to get a list of games that will be taught out so families can make plans. We are still planning to host this event. If you know of someone in the community that would like to be part of this event, please reach out to Mr. Ziebarth at 448-2365 or kurt.ziebarth@k12.nd.us
Happy Thanksgiving from K-3! Today they celebrated with their annual Friendsgiving Feast!
Happy Thanksgiving from Turtle Lake - Mercer! Today the staff welcomed the students in style with BIG high-fives and turkey costumes! We hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving break, we will see you back on Monday, December 1st!
Turtle Lake - Mercer School is looking forward to hosting a 5th and 6th grade Snowball on Saturday, December 6th from 7:00 - 8:30 PM and the 7th - 12th grade Snowball from 9:00 - 11:00 PM (doors close at 10:00) at the Ed Rath Auditorium. Students from Underwood and McClusky-Goodrich are welcome to attend as well. Admission is $5/person.
This week the 6th graders went to Main Street Market. The last 2 weeks we have been budgeting and bargain shopping using area grocery fliers planning their own Thanksgiving Dinner. They pick the menu and guests. The trip to the grocery store was for some last-minute supplies for extra guests. Thank you, Main Street Market!
Questions to ask these students: How many guests did you plan for? Did you stay under budget? What food/drink is your have-to-have item?
Congratulations to Brooklyn Tomlinson on making into the UND Treble Honor Choir!
Mrs. A’s 5th grade finished up their American Revolution unit by creating life-size figures of important and influential people from the time. Each group had to first research important facts about their assigned figure, and then plan how they would design and create them. We ended up with Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, Betsy Ross, and Paul Revere. This was a fun way to learn about some very important people from that time period!
Questions to ask your student:
What was the most interesting fact you learned about your figure?
How did your group decide how to design and create your figure?
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