by newschoolsyr | May 4, 2014 | 2013-2014, grade 2, grade 3, Social Studies
Our Lewis and Clark unit began with a Visual Thinking Strategy (VTS) exercise using a map showing the Louisiana Purchase. Then we discussed President Thomas Jefferson’s instructions to Lewis & Clark before they set off on their mission. Students had to take on the...
by newschoolsyr | May 1, 2014 | 2013-2014, grade 2, grade 3, Social Studies
This fall, the middle group of students studied Mesopotamia. They began their study by looking at the differences between settled and nomadic people. Outdoors, they participated in a role play scenario in which they were nomadic Sumerians hunting and gathering food,...
by newschoolsyr | Apr 10, 2014 | 2013-2014, Kindergarten and 1st grade, math
Five of our youngest children took part in a TERC Investigations math unit on Building Number Sense and Mathematical Thinking. An integral part of this unit is having students explain their...
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...
