by newschoolsyr | Nov 21, 2015 | 2015-2016, Kindergarten and 1st grade, youngest students
The youngest group of students are participating in a printing class. They are working their way through the alphabet learning how to form all the capital letters correctly. They have worked on the letters A-M so far and will continue to practice the rest of the...
by newschoolsyr | Nov 20, 2015 | Uncategorized
Students in the younger and middle groups have been listening to and analyzing the books Goldilocks and the Three Bears and Jack and the Beanstalk. We started out reading a certain version of each book and stopping every few pages to discuss what was happening. We...
by newschoolsyr | Nov 20, 2015 | 2015-2016, math
Math class for our 6th graders this fall has been about statistics. We started with gathering, graphing and interpreting data from our classmates about name length. We graphed our data on line plots and bar graphs. We even used a stem leaf plot. We’ve explored...
by newschoolsyr | Nov 10, 2015 | 2015-2016, language arts, math, middle school
This Fall, students in our oldest grades have been listening to a series of math books that discuss and explain all different types of math processes. Books we’ve read this fall include: Multiplying Menace, Sold!, Rabbits Rabbits Everywhere, and Zachary Zormer:...
by newschoolsyr | Nov 10, 2015 | 2015-2016, math
This year, Math Class for two of our oldest students started out with combining like terms, solving for variables and setting up and solving proportions. Students have practiced some of these skills using a computer program on MathBits.com called Geo Cashing where...
