by newschoolsyr | Oct 28, 2014 | 2014-2015, grade 3, grade 4, math
Seven 3rd and 4th graders have been working hard in a place value class that has also integrated multiplication. We started with talking about skip counting on the 100s chart and what numbers would land us exactly on 100. We learned that 100 has the...
by newschoolsyr | Oct 27, 2014 | 2014-2015, language arts phonemic awareness
To assist children learning how to read, we offer small group instruction that focuses on the six syllable types. Using Road to Reading, and Wilson Language,each week children receive instruction that meets them at their instructional level. Typically children meet in...
by newschoolsyr | Oct 23, 2014 | 2014-2015, Grades 5 - 8, language arts
We are working on short story structure: beginnings, middles, and ends. We have been discussing character motivation, dramatic conflict, and how to resolve things in an interesting and satisfying way. It’s a challenge to structure imaginative worlds,...
by newschoolsyr | Oct 18, 2014 | 2014-2015, language arts
Students in 3rd and 4th grades have been working on reviewing all of the lower case cursive letters from the clock climbers to the hills and valleys. As we finish up our lower case letters, students have been challenged to write two words in cursive, switch with...
by newschoolsyr | Oct 17, 2014 | 2014-2015, Community events, field trips, Social Studies
The oldest group of students are taking part in a social studies unit looking at the causes and events leading up to the Civil War. This is a continuation of the Westward Expansion unit they completed last year. They have had remarkable...
