by newschoolsyr | Dec 24, 2019 | 2019 - 2020, grades 6-8, grades 7-8, middle school, Social Studies
Students in the upper grades this fall started a unit on the Civil War. Before we delved into this history topic they were asked three questions to respond to individually and then discuss as a group. They were asked: What is history? Who Cares? Why study it?...
by newschoolsyr | Nov 27, 2019 | 2019 - 2020, grades 4 - 8, language arts
This fall, students in grades 4-8 participated in a cursive class that reviewed (and sometimes retaught) all upper and lower case letters of the alphabet. There was much discussion and practice with our lowercase letters: clock climbers, kite strings, the loop group,...
by newschoolsyr | Nov 25, 2019 | 2019 - 2020, Kindergarten and 1st grade, language arts
Once a week our youngest students gather together for their own read-aloud during the school-wide reading time. Some of them are just beginning to learn to read. Others have developed some reading skills and are just beginning to read independently. They all enjoy...
by newschoolsyr | Nov 24, 2019 | 2019 - 2020, grades 4 - 6, Social Studies
In the fall of 2019, students in grades 4 and 5 were part of a social studies unit studying the Declaration of Independence. First they reviewed the 13 colonies and read books about the Boston Tea Party, Lexington and Concord and the ride of Paul Revere. They...
by newschoolsyr | Nov 24, 2019 | 2019 - 2020, grades 4 - 6, science
Starting in September 2019, all the fourth and fifth grade students were part of a “Mystery Powder” unit. The unit started with the shocking news of a “robbery” at the Temple up the road! Left at the scene of the “crime” was a white powder as the only evidence. All...
by newschoolsyr | Nov 24, 2019 | 2019 - 2020, grades 3 - 6, language arts, science, Uncategorized, visual arts
Last year our Student Teacher began a study of bees with some of our students. They used a multi-disciplinary approach using some reading, making a 3D model of the external parts of the bee, and writing a Haiku about bees. This year we did a short unit to...
