by newschoolsyr | Jan 12, 2011 | language arts, youngest students
The youngest students have been working on a cutting book during journalling time once or twice a week. This activity has focused on cutting out pictures from magazines and pasting them with the correct initial sound in the alphabet. Students then have to...
by newschoolsyr | Jan 2, 2011 | affective education, whole school
This fall we wanted to generate a discussion based on Howard Gardner’s theory of Multiple Intelligences. We started off the discussion asking the question, “What do we mean by intelligence?” which led to an animated discussion about how everyone has...
by newschoolsyr | Dec 29, 2010 | language arts, whole school
Everyday children have half an hour of writing time. Sometimes this is used for printing practice, phonemic instruction, spelling, and writing workshop. Every week children have time for free writing. Children can choose to write by hand, use an alphasmart...
by newschoolsyr | Dec 22, 2010 | affective education, language arts, Social Studies, youngest students
In early December the youngest children performed a play based on the Ancient Chinese story of how the rooster lost his horns. Ladies and Gentleman. We are glad you are here to watch our play. The play was a collaborative effort, with each child adding details until...
by newschoolsyr | Dec 8, 2010 | grades 4 - 8, science
In science class, students have been learning about physical and chemical changes as well as acids and bases. We have learned about the characteristics that provide us with evidence that either a physical or chemical change has occured. We have had labs that dealt...
