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Middle School Program News

  • The Underground Railrod The Underground Abductor is a book about Harriet Tubman. This famous woman from American history is most famous for her work as a "conductor" on the Underground Railroad, a network ...
    Posted Oct 8, 2017, 8:53 PM by Jason Brunken
  • Introduction to American Slavery To begin our first unit of the year, we are reading The Underground Abductor by Nathan Hale. This book is a graphic novel that tells the true story of Harriet ...
    Posted Sep 15, 2017, 2:50 AM by Jason Brunken
  • Welcome (back) to the Middle School Program It's been a long four months, but the Middle School Program is back in session. I know I am excited to get things started. For anyone just joining the ...
    Posted Sep 3, 2017, 7:28 AM by Jason Brunken
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Grade 2 News

  • This Week: Teacher's Pets This week the Grade 2 class will be working out of Journeys reading Teacher's Pets, a funny little story about school and pets by Ann Dodds. While it is ...
    Posted Oct 8, 2017, 8:33 PM by Jason Brunken
  • Our finished coat of arms! We finished our family coats of arms last week. After some messy making in the classroom and some great writing practice, I have them posted up on the 2F landing ...
    Posted Oct 5, 2017, 10:15 PM by Jason Brunken
  • This Week: Diary of a Spider This week Grade 2 is moving on in Journeys to Diary of a Spider. This is a wonderful little book by Doreen Cronin that takes a comical look at life ...
    Posted Oct 1, 2017, 3:52 AM by Jason Brunken
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Grade 6 News

  • This Week: The Meyers Family This week the Grade 6 class will be reading "The Meyers Family", a biography of Walter Dean Meyers and his son, Chris Meyers. Walter Dean Meyers is a prolific black ...
    Posted Oct 8, 2017, 8:38 PM by Jason Brunken
  • This Week: The ACES Phone Hello Grade 6! This week we are moving on in Journeys to The ACES Phone. This is a wonderful science fiction story by Jeanne Duprau. Duprau is a popular science ...
    Posted Oct 1, 2017, 3:49 AM by Jason Brunken
  • Extension Project: Our "Fruit Bowl" Project It's finally here! This week, the 6th grade class will begin its first extension activity: Our "fruit bowl" project. This activity comes straight from our reading last week. The ...
    Posted Sep 24, 2017, 3:28 AM by Jason Brunken
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