This week Mrs. Anderson’s PreK has been learning about space! Questions to ask:
1. How many planets are there? Can you name some of them?
2. What does the word orbit mean?
3. Does the moon shine with its own light?
Mrs. Laib’s 8th grade English class has been studying figurative language. Today, they drew out idioms and then did a gallery walk to try to guess what idiom their classmates drew. Questions to ask these students: What is an idiom? What are some examples of idioms? Then, have a contest to see who can list the most idioms!
Physical Science students have started constructing their Rube Goldberg Machines (more pictures and videos to come after they are completed). Some questions to ask these students about this project are:
1. What is a Rube Goldberg Machine?
2. What are the 6 different types of simple machines?
3. Which simple machines are you incorporating in your Rube Goldberg Machine?
4. What is the science definition of 'work'?
The Senior Career Math class had Guest Speakers, Mr. Bob Larson and Mrs. Kelly Wahl, from Tru Community Bank at the Turtle Lake Branch speak on credit scores, consumer loans, and the banking profession.
Questions to ask:
How do you get and maintain a good credit score?
Where do I check my credit report?
How do I fix errors if there are any on my credit report?
Thank you, Bob and Kelly, for coming in and sharing with our students!
Just a reminder that elementary boy’s basketball and elementary girl’s volleyball begin tomorrow after school for 5th and 6th graders! Volleyball will be in Turtle Lake and basketball will be in McClusky. Coaches Joi Anderson and Paul Buchholz will be taking the boys on a bus to McClusky for practice right after school and will be dropping boys off in Mercer at 5:30and Turtle Lake at 5:45. Volleyball will end at 5:00 in TL. Coaches will be sending home schedules for practices and games, these are subject to change. Please keep an eye on the rScheduler app for any game changes, a link can be found on our website under the Activities/Athletics tab.
Happy First Day of Spring!!! We hope everyone had a wonderful spring break, we are excited to see you back at school tomorrow! Please remember that doors open at 8:00 A.M. There are still puddles on the playground and precipitation is expected for Monday and Tuesday so please make sure to send snow/rain boots, snow pants, hats, gloves, and warm coats for recess! This was all sent home with students last week so we could get the hallway/cubby area cleaned really well. See you in the morning!☀️
Mr. Quintane’s US History students created a posterboard that demonstrated the major events of the 1920's in the United States. Students were tasked with researching the 5 major events and summarizing them into 5-6 sentences. Afterword, they were to print of pictures that help explain each of these major events in the United States during the 1920's. Questions to ask these students: What were 5 major events that occurred in the United States during the 1920's?
How do your photo's show the major events in the United States during the 1920's?
Math Department Pi Day (3.24) Activity Alert!
Seniors read Circumference and the Dragon of Pi to 3rd grade students.
Math students measured the distance around a circular object (circumference) and the distance across the circular object (diameter). Students calculated the value of Pi by dividing circumference by the diameter. Students also wrote about their Pi activity!
Students divided a real pie (thank you TL Main Street Market!) into three equal parts with .14 (1/7th) left over.
Questions to ask students: Explain what 3.14 means in terms of the diameter and circumference of a circle. Why is Pi Day celebrated on March 14th?
Happy Pi Day!!! Thank you, Turtle Lake Main Street Market for the fresh baked pies!!!
There will be no Tutoring after school this week. Enjoy the Spring Break!
The 6th graders are learning about density, volume, and mass! Yesterday, they completed different tasks to learn more about them. For one task, they modeled the density of different liquids and objects by layering them in a graduated cylinder. For another task, they used water displacement to measure the volume of irregular shaped objects.
Some questions to ask them:
1. What is the equation for finding density?
2. How do we use water displacement to find the volume of an object?
3. What will happen when you place liquids with different densities on top of each other?
Mr. Vasbinder’s 7th graders chose their own essay topics, wrote a persuasive essay, and created 4 minute presentations. Topics ranged from gene splicing to 4-day school weeks and everything in between.
Questions to ask these students: What was your topic? What were the 3 main points you made in your argument?
Mrs. Cullum’s 7th grade math class has been working on applying their knowledge of finding percent increase. This week they used their computers to find the average prices for certain items in 2022 and found the percent increase from 1956. Questions to ask: Which item had the greatest percent increase? What item had the greatest dollar amount increase? How do you calculate Percent of Increase?
Congratulations to Kenzee Hanson! Kenzee won the Book Worm Guessing jar contest with a guess of 57! There were 58 worms in the jar.
Hello TL-M Families,
We need your help in providing feedback through the Culture and Climate Survey:
https://eprovesurveys.advanc-ed.org/surveys/#/action/188088/p35665
Please take a 5 - 10 minutes to complete this brief survey to let us know how we are doing here at TL-M. Thank you for you time!
TL-M FFA Banquet TONIGHT! Join us at 6:30 P.M. for steak, potatoes, dessert, and more!
Mrs. Lelm’s 4th graders are learning about the transfer of energy. Questions you can ask these students are:
What evidence of energy transfer did you observe?
Which system was the most fun to experiment with?
Thank you to Sandy Tomlinson on your years of dedicated service to the TL-M School!
Mrs. Cullum’s Geometry class is working on Right Triangle Trigonometry Posters for the classroom to help them understand and remember the formulas. Questions to ask these students: What are the 3 main trig ratios and can you define them? Describe the hypotenuse of a Right Triangle. State the Pythagorean Theorem.
Washburn Lions Club Carnival - Saturday, March 12 from 3-6PM
Turtle Lake Mercer students and their families are invited to the Washburn Lions Club Carnival in Washburn this Saturday. There will be kid games, bingo, ham raffle and food from 3-6 PM at the Washburn Memorial Building.
