by newschoolsyr | Dec 9, 2017 | Uncategorized
In our Historical Fiction Book Club we read Guns for General Washington – A Story of the American Revolution. This book was told from the point of view of a 19 year old soldier in General Washington’s army. The men are now at a standstill and have no artillery...
by newschoolsyr | Dec 9, 2017 | Uncategorized
Our paragraph writing class was Halloween themed. The students had to pretend that they were real estate agents and create an ad for a haunted house that they would be trying to sell to a monster or another creepy creature. The students really enjoyed being able to...
by newschoolsyr | Dec 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
We all have amazing stories to tell, so this fall a small group of children were part of a class, inspired by Lucy Calkins, which encourage each of them to explore the genre of personal narratives. First they were asked to think of a person that matters to them and to...
by newschoolsyr | Nov 19, 2017 | science
In past years, our students who are now 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders learned about simple and powered machines using Legos. They investigated structures and forces, levers, and wheels and axles while building models of machines out of Legos. We had two new students in...
by newschoolsyr | Nov 13, 2017 | 2017 - 2018, grades 3 - 6, Social Studies
Explorers class was a class that focused on a key question throughout the entire unit which was; did the explorers explore, encounter or invade the land they found? This question was asked many times throughout the unit. We read a book on Christopher Columbus called...
