Friday, August 31, 2012

Flyer Time = Community

Mrs. Hake's Flyer Time class was working on becoming a community. They were practicing juggling to incorporate teamwork, patience and tolerance. Each student was given a number and then they had to remember whose number was before theirs and whose came after so they knew where the object would be coming from and where they needed to toss it. They started by juggling 1 thing.
They then tried to juggle multible things. At one point Mrs. Hake told the students to position themselves anyway they wanted to help the process but they had to keep their original numbers.

As an observer I noticed that yarn with a loose end is probably not a good thing to juggle.

Thursday, August 30, 2012

Rah Rah Raffle Winner

Michelle Frank was the lucky winner of the Rah Rah Day Raffle from American Eagle Credit Union.  She was awarded $150.00 worth of math related games for her 6th grade classroom.  Representatives from American Eagle Credit Union awarded the wrapped gifts to Ms. Frank on Tuesday, August 28th.   She received giant chess, 4 in a row, and checkers games to use for her classes.
 

Thursday, August 23, 2012

Summer Reading

During Thursday's Flyer Time classes shared their summer reading reports. Class varied on how they participated and most classes will be completing their book sharing in future class times.


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Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Girls on Track

Girls on Track is a NEW program this year for 6th, 7th, and 8th grade GIRLS only! This program combines training to run a 5K race with lessons on hot topics middle school girls want to talk about. There can only be 17 girls on the team this fall, so if you are interested, see Ms. Dalton in room 231 or Ms. Siebert in room 23 to learn how to register. Registration is only open until AUGUST 31st! 

Thursday, August 16, 2012

First Day of School 2012

Truman had a great first day of school. 
 
 Students started their morning with their Flyer Time class which is held each Tuesday and Thursday morning.  In each Flyer Time class students meet with other classmates from 6th, 7th, and 8th grade. 

The cafeteria has implemented some new menu choices this year. The pizza line was very popular on the firist day.
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Wednesday, August 15, 2012

6th Grade Transition

The incoming 6th graders had a transition day prior to our first day of school.  Students learned where their class were and where the lockers were located as well as how to get them open.  They had a chance to tour the school, experience the cafeteria and participate in some activities to help them make new friends. 
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