by newschoolsyr | Oct 12, 2012 | 2012-2013, language arts grades K-2, science, Social Studies grades K-2
Students in Kindergarten through second grade have been learning about habitats and the different species that live in them. So far we’ve read “A House for Hermit Crab,” written by Eric Carle as an...
by newschoolsyr | Oct 11, 2012 | 2012-2013, language arts
Four children have been reading “Hope in my Heart,” a diary written by Kathryn Lasky from the My America series. They have been developing new vocabulary using context clues to help understand words we...
by newschoolsyr | Oct 11, 2012 | 2012-2013, language arts
Third grade students have been discussing the stages of writing and practicing prewriting and drafting. For the first prewriting class we created a story map as a class using a picture book without...
by newschoolsyr | Oct 11, 2012 | 2012-2013, science, whole school
Students in all grades have started exploring the human body. We begun by studying our skeletory system. All of the classes started with a jump rope activity where they explored what moved when they jumped. This led to a discussion on the “hard” things...
by newschoolsyr | Oct 11, 2012 | 2012-2013, language arts, youngest students
Students in Kindergarten and First Grade are exploring the fun of Bernard Waber’s loveable crocodile, Lyle. Each week we read a Lyle book and then draw and write about one part of the book. Students love predicting what will happen in the story from the...
