by newschoolsyr | Apr 10, 2014 | 2013-2014, grade 1, Kindergarten and 1st grade, science
Children in grades Kindergarten through Second Grade have been exploring ramps in science one afternoon a week. We started by discussing what a ramp was and what it might be used for. Our first experiments looked at the different surfaces on our ramps and...
by newschoolsyr | Apr 10, 2014 | 2013-2014, Community events, grade 1, Kindergarten and 1st grade, language arts, science, Social Studies
Our youngest eight students have been having a wonderful time exploring the time period of pioneers by using Laura Ingalls Wilder’s book Little House in the Big Woods. We started by reading a biography about Laura and then started reading her first...
by newschoolsyr | Mar 12, 2014 | 2013-2014, math
It all started with the ubiquitous “is this right?” from many different students. With that we began a series of mini-classes to teach children how to check their subtraction answers by using addition. We also decided to use this opportunity to try and...
by newschoolsyr | Mar 12, 2014 | grade 2, grade 3, language arts
This year we have a group of children in the 2nd and 3rd grades that were ready to develop a better awareness of the conventions of writing, including capitals and punctuation.We decided that we would use the familiar format of New and Goods but with a different...
by newschoolsyr | Mar 11, 2014 | 2013-2014, investigations, math, science, whole school
A favorite Investigations activity for our students is to cook. Besides honing their cooking skills and working together, students connect their math and science knowledge to real life experiences. But everyone agrees that eating the results is the best part.After...
