The Kindergarten students have added a new component to their calendar time. They fill out daily calendar binders that include writing the month, days of the week, weather, days in school, etc. When students answer questions, they get to shoot the basketball for 1 point, 2 points, or 3 points! They help keep score by using tally marks and are practicing counting by 5's. As a class, we scored 12 points on our first day!
Some questions to ask your student:
How would you make 12 using tally marks?
Ask them to count by 5's to 100.
Turtle Lake-Mercer's Snowball Dance is coming up this weekend! The dance will be held on Saturday, January 11th from 9pm to 11pm in the Ed Rath Auditorium. The cost of admission is $5, and doors close at 10pm. This dance is only open for students in grades 7-12 from Turtle Lake-Mercer, Underwood, and MGPS.
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Today in First Grade we talked about the work of Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel.
While we didn't look closely at his work, we discussed how hard it would be to paint on a ceiling.
To get an idea of the difficult task, the students were challenged to draw and color a picture on a piece of paper taped to the bottom of their desk!
Ask your student:
How long did it take Michelangelo to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?
Was it easier or harder to "draw on the ceiling" than you thought it would be?
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McClusky-Goodrich School will be 2 hours late on Thursday, December 19. Busses will run where possible. The elementary movie will be rescheduled.
What better way to get into the Christmas spirit than with fun Christmassy glasses!!
First Grade is having a full day of Christmas themed learning and crafts to celebrate the "Christmas Explosion" dress up day!
Merry Christmas everyone!
This morning, Kindergarten-1st grade and 4th-6th grades enjoyed some time drinking hot chocolate and learning about the ballet. They also watched a live performance of "The Nutcracker" by the Northern Plains Dance group out of Bismarck.
Ask your students:
How were the dancers able to tell a story without using any words?
It's the annual Pie-a-Freshman fundraiser! Thank you to the students and staff who donated for a chance to pie these brave students!
A couple of second graders built their version of the Great Wall of China on Tuesday morning before school started. Ask a second grader why the people of China built their Great Wall thousands of years ago.
Let's dress up to celebrate the last week before Christmas break! Next week (December 16-20), let's show our Christmas spirit with Candy Cane Day, Grinch vs. Santa Claus, Christmas Explosion/Ugly Sweater Day, PJ Day, and Favorite Christmas Movie Character Day. Ho ho ho, one week to go!
Don't forget about tonight's Christmas concert at 6:30pm in the high school gym! The PTO will also be selling Christmas goodies. If you can't make it, catch the Livestream on the school's Facebook page.
The high school and elementary school Houses joined forces this afternoon. The bigs paired up with the littles for fun Christmas projects. The littles got to show the bigs how Four Corners works in the gym, too! Thank you to the elementary staff for hosting this fun-filled event for all the kids!
Come out to the high school for a Christmas movie night on Saturday, December 14th. Doors open at 5:15pm with movies starting at 5:30pm. Bring a blanket and wear your favorite PJs. Admission is $8.00 and snacks will be available for purchase in the FACS room. All proceeds will go to the Class of 2025.
Join us for the upcoming Christmas concert on Thursday, December 12th in the high school gym!
Turtle Lake will be hosting a family dance on January 11th in their gym. It's a great opportunity for the younger students in the co-op to start getting to know one another. The dance is a free will donation with proceeds going towards the TL-M Family Night.
Kindergarten students have been learning to encode, blend, and segment words! Any time we can spell without a paper and pencil they are all about it! The students were given trays of flour and needed to spell the given words. After the skill work lesson, we quickly switched to a science lesson! The students help make homemade playdough!
Some questions to ask your child:
1. Segment (break apart) the following words; hog, cat, not, him, van
2. What ingredients did we use to make playdough?
Check out Underwood's Snowball Dance coming up on December 7th in the Underwood gym from 7pm to 10pm. Admission is $5.00. A pizza dinner is also available from 5pm to 7pm for an extra $10.00. Snacks and drinks will be available for purchase during the dance.
With the snow flying, it's time to mark your calendars for the upcoming Christmas concerts! Join us in the high school gym on December 12th, starting at 6:30pm. The PTO will also be holding a bake sale to help with your holiday baking.
