by newschoolsyr | May 2, 2015 | Uncategorized
Students in the oldest group have been learning about electricity and magnetism this winter and spring. We started off reviewing what static electricity is and enjoyed doing some experiments with our charged balloons that would make each others hair stand on...
by newschoolsyr | Apr 28, 2015 | Uncategorized
Five kids from our middle group of students have taken part in a social studies class on the Thirteen Colonies and American Revolution. They began the unit individually by researching explorers who traveled to the new world. As a class, they began researching the...
by newschoolsyr | Apr 14, 2015 | Uncategorized
In late March children in grades 2 and 3 started a Multiplication unit and how it is just another word for repeated addition. Children worked on highlighting the multiples of 2’s, 3’s, 4’s on a hundred’s chart. Quickly children were able to see the patterns. For...
by newschoolsyr | Apr 12, 2015 | 2014-2015, Grades 3 - 5, language arts
A small group of fourth and fifth graders decided, after reading four short novels by Mildred Taylor that they wanted to continue with the book club and read another book together. They all voted to read the book at home. And so I selected a favorite book, War Horse...
by newschoolsyr | Apr 9, 2015 | Uncategorized
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