A group of TL-M High School Teachers attended Day 2 of the Supporting Secondary Struggling Readers Professional Development this week. The training aligns with the Science of Reading training that our Elementary Teachers completed in 2022. The attached infographic has some great strategies for helping children improve reading fluency at home.
Mrs. Freeman's 2nd grade has been adding and subtracting 3-digit numbers with some regrouping. Today they used food to represent base 10 pieces to do some math problems. They also got to come up with some questions for their classmates. At the end, they of course got to play with their food! Questions to ask: What did each piece of food represent? Writing it out what is 429-39? Mentally what is 600+300?
Fourth grade is growing plants! Two groups are testing varied amounts of water on the sprouting and growth of seeds. The other group is testing what happens with varied amounts of salt in the water. Stay tuned for our results! 🌱Questions: What do you think will happen? What kinds of seeds did you plant?
The 6th graders finished the chapter on data collection and analysis. They created a survey on Google Forms for the 7th and 8th graders to take. Afterward the students made a table with the results and created a graph to show the results.
Big thank you to Mrs. B for assisting in this project!
Questions to ask:
What was your survey question?
Did the results to your survey surprise you?
4th grade has been learning about the Underground Railroad in music class. They read a book titled “Follow the Drinking Gourd” which is also an African American Spiritual. They sang the song and learned part of it on recorder. Some questions to ask them:
What is the drinking gourd? What was important about this song? What is the Underground Railroad?
Kindergarten has been working on addition! We built the addition and equals symbols with pretzels sticks. We used fruit snacks to represent the numbers! We made number sentences and found the answers! Some questions to ask:
1. What does addition mean?
2. What does 6+4=?
The Cougar Girls' Basketball team is selling Cougar Tourney Shirts for both Boys' and Girls' Districts and Regionals. Orders are due by Saturday, January 27th and payment must accompany the order. If you are turning your order in to the TL-M school office, they must be turned in by Friday at 3:15. Forms are also available in the school office. https://5il.co/2d4zx
Yesterday, Kensley Ruffo and Rhett Laib presented their city, Volcan City, at the Future City Regional Competition in Bismarck. The theme this year was 'Electrify Your City'. Teams needed to create a model, write an essay, and present their idea of a fully electric city. They worked really hard on this project and had some help from a few of their classmates during the completion of their model. This is an annual competition for any 6-8th graders who are interested, and we look forward to next year's competition!!
Congratulations to Elliott Britton! He made it into the Million Word Club today!
"Books are a uniquely portable magic." - Stephen King
Congratulations to Lily Christensen! She recently made it into the Million Word Club!
"Reading should not be presented to children as a chore, a duty. It should be offered as a gift." - Kate DiCamillo
Science experiment Friday in Kindergarten today! We made a snowman using baking soda and water! We sprayed it with vinegar and watched it melt! Questions to ask:
1: what materials did we use?
2: what made it melt?
This week Mrs. Schumann's 6th Graders made replicas of DNA using licorice, gummy bears, and toothpicks. Of course, they got to eat them afterward! Questions to ask these students:
What does DNA stand for?
What is unique about the bases in DNA?
Mrs. Cullum's Sophomore Geometry Class used inductive reasoning by doing experiments to prove that a Triangle could have side lengths of 5 in, 3in, 3in. We then used Trigonometry to find the measure of the angles and the Pythagorean Theorem to find the height of the triangle. We then used a protractor and ruler to draw the triangle with exact measurements.
Questions to ask the students :
Define the Pythagorean Theorem.
Define Isosceles Triangle
Define the Trigonometric Sine Function
Please contact the school at 448-2365 to schedule a screening for your child who is currently 3, 4 or 5 years old.
The annual Turtle Lake-Mercer Dollars for Scholars Phone-a-thon is coming up: Monday, February 5. Juniors and Seniors will be making calls from 6:30-8:30pm. All donations are used to fund college scholarships for Turtle Lake-Mercer graduates.
Please visit the website for a pledge card if you would like to donate without being called. https://turtlelake-mercer.dollarsforscholars.org
Your support is greatly appreciated!
Prarie Winds Orff of North Dakota is hosting a Music Camp for 1st-5th grade students. Mrs. Wyman is a current member of this association that is based on the Orff Schulwerk philosophy of music education. The camp focuses on music as a whole body experience involving movement, playing instruments, singing, and creating. The camp will take place on Saturday, February 24th at Lewis and Clark Elementary School in Mandan. There is a morning or afternoon session. It is a great event filled with meeting new people, making music, and having fun! Sign up with a friend or sibling! If any Turtle Lake-Mercer parents have any questions about how to register their student, email Mrs. Wyman at kailee.wyman@k12.nd.us
Mrs. Laib's 8th grade Language Arts students are studying about the Holocaust before reading The Diary of Anne Frank. Yesterday, students were each given an ID card of a Jewish person from the Holocaust. At the end of the unit, they will find out if their person survived or perished during the war. Today, students read some Holocaust Survivor Stories. Questions to ask students:
How did many of the people survive? Where did many of the Jewish people end up after the war? Which survival story did you enjoy the most and why?
Turtle Lake - Mercer School is hosting a FAFSA Night for parents of juniors, seniors, and recently graduated students. Please join us on Wednesday, January 31st from 4:00 - 5:30 in the TL-M library. See you there!
It's time to nominate our outstanding teachers for the 2024 ND County Teachers of the Year! Anyone can nominate a teacher by filling out this form: https://forms.nd.gov/240025135632848?fbclid=IwAR1R-zWfU2Jx7IBHgvXmK5CSq2noxDxHnZ9eF5T9GoLFrzn3fvKgMMoDcGo. The nomination period closes February 9th.
