by newschoolsyr | May 26, 2018 | 2017 - 2018, grade 1, math
For most of the second part of this school year, the youngest children have been working on two digit place value. We started off counting up from the bottom of our board and looked at the numbers from 0-9. Of course they were all familiar with those numbers. Then, we...
by newschoolsyr | May 18, 2018 | 2017 - 2018, Grades 5 - 8, Social Studies, Uncategorized
This spring the oldest students started a unit on the Silk Road. The four objectives of this unit included being able to identify the major physical features that hindered travel between China and Europe. To discover how ideas, cultures and goods were exchanged...
by newschoolsyr | Apr 27, 2018 | 2017 - 2018, grade 1, grade 2, grade 3, math
A small group of students in first, second and third grade explored fractions using multiple representations of ONE. With parquetry pieces they considered the fractional parts of a hexagon. In the process they learned that the denominator means how many equal parts...
by newschoolsyr | Apr 15, 2018 | 2017 - 2018, grade 1, grade 2, Kindergarten, science
In January, we continued our butterfly class. As always it allowed for wonderful conversations on big ideas. One day we began to talk about butterflies, discussing that they don’t stay around to nurture their young. We talked a little about the difference...
by newschoolsyr | Apr 7, 2018 | 2017 - 2018, grade 1, grade 2, Kindergarten, science
The youngest students have recently begun a unit on electricity. We follow the same format we used for our Butterfly class. We meet once a week for 50 minutes. For the first half hour we read and talk. For the next 20 minutes we have a studio time where we break...
by newschoolsyr | Mar 29, 2018 | 2017 - 2018, math, whole school
Inspiration for our Valentine Bags this year came from the picture book titled, Snowflake Bentley. The book tells the story of a man called Wilson Bentley who spent his lifetime studying snowflakes. He saw snowflakes as small miracles. Just as each snowflake is...
