by newschoolsyr | Nov 5, 2024 | Cortland Student Teacher, language arts
In fall of 2024, students in the younger grades met once a week and focused on the theme and author’s purpose of a story. A book by Leo Lionni was read and connections and predictions were made, while discussions were had about the topic of the story. After each...
by newschoolsyr | Nov 5, 2024 | affective education, Community, Cortland Student Teacher, grades 4 - 8, visual arts
Each week, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth graders learned about how various art forms can be used as a form of activism. In the beginning, students learned about the term, artavists, meaning individuals that use art to be an activist. After learning about...
by newschoolsyr | Dec 29, 2021 | 2021-2022, Cortland Student Teacher, Kindergarten, language arts
In mid November Kindergarteners moved on from constructing words with objects, for example a Comb, Apple and a Turtle means CAT to making them with their sound boards. A sound board allows the students to have a group of consonants and one vowel (a) to make words....
by newschoolsyr | Dec 29, 2021 | 2021-2022, Cortland Student Teacher, language arts
In late October, early November we began reading a book called Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt. This is a book that essentially asks the question if you had the choice to live forever would you do it? This is how the book is introduced to the students, as they had...
by newschoolsyr | Dec 29, 2021 | 2021-2022, Cortland Student Teacher, Social Studies
In December the 2nd-4th graders were able to begin a Unit Plan on the 13 Colonies. The students were very excited to be learning about the United States history, but first it had to be explained to the students that the United States started off as the 13 Colonies....
by newschoolsyr | Dec 28, 2021 | 2021-2022, Cortland Student Teacher, math, Uncategorized
In the middle of November a few students began a Geometry Unit. The goal of this unit was for students to be able to identify a variety of shapes and be able to count their sides and vertices. We primarily worked with shapes with 3-6 sides. All students excelled in...
