by newschoolsyr | May 18, 2011 | language arts, whole school
Recently at snack time, the students have been exploring the different styles of author/illustrator Leo Lionni and Eric Carle. The students with desks upstairs have been reading and discussing the similarities in styles of Lionni books such as Tico’s Golden...
by newschoolsyr | May 5, 2011 | affective education, Community events, science, visual arts, whole school
Earth Day fell during April Break this year, so a week later we brainstormed ideas on what we could do to help care for the Earth. We came up with lots of ideas and ended up with students collecting trash, sweeping the parking lot, raking leaves, cleaning up flower...
by newschoolsyr | May 1, 2011 | Uncategorized
The book club for A Grain of Rice has been unique in that students did not read the book individually during silent reading. The book was read aloud as a group twice with the goal of creating a script for a puppet show which the students will be performing. The first...
by newschoolsyr | Apr 5, 2011 | Grades 5 - 8, Social Studies
In February nine of the oldest students started a Reconstruction unit. First we went back to the Declaration of Independence and the students were asked to rewrite one section in their own words:We hold these Truthsto be self-evident,that all Men are created...
by newschoolsyr | Apr 2, 2011 | science, youngest students
The Kindergarten and First Grade science class has recently been learning about chickens. Students have explored the life cycle of the chicken, looked at and ordered the 21 days it takes to hatch a chicken egg, and named the parts of a chicken egg. ...
