School Basics
The largest room at TMS.
What is the gymnasium?
The place to find paper, pencils, staplers, etc.
What is the Batcave?
Each one is face-up and in the same direction in the correct turn-in tray.
What are assignments?
The length of time sixth-graders have been told to keep hands off each other.
What is seven or eight years?
The type of mammal Belt is.
What is a sloth?
The dominant character quality demonstrated by both Billie Jo and Bud.
What is resilience?
The person at the top of the TMS staff hierarchy.
Who is Mrs. Watson?
The length of time music plays after a brain break.
What is one minute?
When this finishes, students should be in seats, silent, and ready for the next activity.
What is brain break music?
These should be turned off and stored in locker or backpack.
What is a cell phone?
d-a-c-h-s-h-u-n-d
What is the correct spelling of dachshund?
This is Africa.
What is the continent of human origin?
This classroom has a portrait of Elvis Presley.
What is the music room?
This is what laptops should be at the end of the day.
What is plugged in?
This tool is in the Batcave and should be used only at the beginning of class and during independent work.
What is the pencil sharpener?
The correct action when you want to say something, but someone else is speaking.
What is wait your turn?
The name of the icon pictured as a diamond with dark and light halves.
What is ethics?
The current ELA module is an exploration of this classic narrative structure.
What is the monomyth or hero's journey?
Tammy Garrett is this.
What is the superintendent of schools?
It is this group's job to straighten tables and chairs, throw away trash, and leave the room clean and ready for the next class.
Who is everyone?
Water bottles live here.
What is the cabinet by the door?
This is what students are expected to do when Mr. Naylor asks another student a question.
What is pay attention and think about a response?
The number of justices on the US Supreme Court.
What is nine?
Mrs. Burleyson : Mrs. Watson : : ____________ : pharaoh
What is a vizier?
The person for whom TMS is named, Ervin Thomas, held what position in the community?
What is the superintendent of schools?
The direction our classroom windows face.
What is east?
Between classes and during brain breaks.
When can students eat snacks?
This is the maximum level (percentage) of complaining allowed in this classroom.
What is zero?
Tina Turner sings this song, which accompanies your written answers that strive for excellence.
What is (Simply) The Best?
This contains the Ten Commandments and the Torah.
What is the Tanakh?
This is Mr. Shaver's first name.
What is Raymond?
The hybrid creature on the front bookshelf has this name.
What is Ammit?
These are two things you should make yourself keep organized and neat.
What are your locker and your binder?
This is the reason we don't sing or hum in class, or barge through the door talking loudly, or insult others, or talk with our mouths full.
What is "so people will like us and enjoy being around us and not avoid us because we're rude and maybe even want to date or marry us"?
This is the celebration of America's 250th birthday in 2026.
What is the Semiquincentennial?
The middle letter of the term for the collective way of living of a particular society or civilization.
What is T?