by newschoolsyr | Jan 29, 2017 | 2016-2017, grade 1, grade 2, grade 3, math, Uncategorized
Let me introduce you to the powerful pentomino! Each unique shape shares one common attribute. It has 5 squares. With these manipulatives, each child cut and created their own set, we were able to explore so many geometry concepts. We considered flips, turns and...
by newschoolsyr | Jan 22, 2017 | 2016-2017, Community events, field trips, whole school
Is music important you? It’s important to us too. Because we are a small school, we can’t offer some of the extracurricular activities that large school districts are able to. That means we have to be creative to include music in our curriculum. Our students enjoy...
by newschoolsyr | Jan 22, 2017 | 2016-2017, field trips, visual arts, whole school, whole school music
The whole school went to see Syracuse Stage’s production of Mary Poppins yesterday. What an extraordinary production is was – full of magic and marvels. The acting, singing and dancing was terrific. We were spellbound. Below is a picture of the set that...
by newschoolsyr | Nov 27, 2016 | 2016-2017, Grades 5 - 8, science
At the end of last year, we started a unit on Experimental Design. Students had to “save fred” a gummy worm from drowning by only using paperclips. Students had to write down their procedure and then have another group try and follow it word for word....
by newschoolsyr | Nov 27, 2016 | 2016-2017, math, middle school
Two students in 7th grade are working at an advanced pace on 7th grade materials. Since the start of the year, they have reviewed topics of fractions, decimals, and a variety of other topics to bring them up to speed on going through our new text book. Our topics...
by newschoolsyr | Nov 27, 2016 | 2016-2017, grade 2, grade 3, grade 4, language arts, Lemoyne Student teacher
In a series of three lessons the 2nd, 3rd and 4th grade students learned about four different parts of speech. First they learned the function of verbs in the English language and that every English sentence must contain at least one verb. Then we practiced enhancing...
