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Middle School Program News

  • Unit 1: South Africa and Apartheid Welcome to a new year in the Program for Upper Level Students at Happy Kids. Each year I try to plan unique, interesting, and challenging students of this class. This ...
    Posted Sep 17, 2018, 6:20 AM by Jason Brunken
  • Activities and Discussion Questions for M. T. Anderson's Feed We are nearing the end of our unit on Feed. I know some of out there are curious about the different assignments we are working on on in class. I ...
    Posted May 18, 2018, 1:09 AM by Jason Brunken
  • Feed This week we started our fourth and final unit of the year. Our guide material is the novel Feed by M. T. Anderson. Feed is an interesting book. It is ...
    Posted Mar 27, 2018, 6:49 AM by Jason Brunken
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Grade 2 News

  • Our Pen Pal Project Perhaps your child has told you already. Maybe you remember the letter I sent home the first week of class. We have pen pals! Pen pals are special friends we ...
    Posted Sep 17, 2018, 6:11 AM by Jason Brunken
  • This Week: Henry and Mudge Under the Yellow Moon This week we pay homage to the arrival of fall by reading another great Henry and Mudge book called Under the Yellow Moon. This story is about how Henry and ...
    Posted Sep 17, 2018, 5:42 AM by Jason Brunken
  • This Week: My Family Hello! This week the Grade 2 classes will be reading My Family by George Ancona. George Ancona is an acclaimed photographer who has made and contributed to many children's ...
    Posted Sep 9, 2018, 3:22 AM by Jason Brunken
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Grade 6 News

  • This Week: Knots in my Yo-yo String This week the Grade 6 class is reading Knots in My Yo-Yo String by Jerry Spinelli. This book is an autobiography. Mr. Spinelli writes this book telling us about ...
    Posted Sep 17, 2018, 5:36 AM by Jason Brunken
  • This Week: The Fruit Bowl Project Hello, Grade 6! This week we are reading The Fruit Bowl Project. It is an interesting story of a class of students who, using the same seven elements, create a ...
    Posted Sep 9, 2018, 3:21 AM by Jason Brunken
  • This Week: School Story This week, we begin using the Journeys curriculum. Most weeks we will be working out of it to practice spelling, writing skills, vocabulary, grammar, and, of course, reading.  This we ...
    Posted Sep 2, 2018, 7:36 AM by Jason Brunken
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