by newschoolsyr | Feb 24, 2016 | Uncategorized
This winter, children in Grades 2nd – 5th read about Laura Bridgeman in the book titled Child of the Silent Night by Edith Fisher Hunter. In this book we meet a seven year old who has lost her sight, hearing, taste and most of her sense of smell due...
by newschoolsyr | Feb 24, 2016 | 2015-2016, grade 1, Kindergarten and 1st grade, language arts, Social Studies, youngest students
Students in Kindergarten and First Grade have been learning about the culture of India through the use of the book Count Your Way Through India by Jim Haskins. We started at one and learned about how to say this number in Hindi and about the amazing banyan tree....
by newschoolsyr | Feb 24, 2016 | 2015-2016, grade 2, language arts, language arts grade 2
The second graders are THRILLED to be learning cursive this year. They started off with the clock climbers group – a, c, d, g, and q and have now moved on to the kite strings – i, t, u, p, s, j, o, r, and w. They have been working hard on forming their...
by newschoolsyr | Feb 24, 2016 | 2015-2016, grade 2, math
This December and January, students in a second grade measurement class learned all about standard and non-standard measurements. We started with length and comparing the lengths of links, cubes and rods. We then measured objects with these items. As we explored...
by newschoolsyr | Dec 29, 2015 | 2015-2016, grade 2, Kindergarten and 1st grade, Social Studies grades K-2, visual arts
Our youngest students continue their study of biomes. In December we moved our focus from the rain forest to grasslands. We listened to books and learned how grasslands are very different to rain forest. There are very few trees in the grassland and there are two...
