by newschoolsyr | May 24, 2020 | 2019 - 2020, grade 1, Kindergarten, science, Uncategorized
Hot and Cold is science unit for our youngest students which was started when the distance learning period began. We started by exploring the melting of an ice cube. How long did we think it would take for an ice cube to melt? Then we considered ways we could make the...
by newschoolsyr | Nov 8, 2019 | 2019 - 2020, grade 1, Kindergarten, language arts
Small Moments was a lesson that met once a week for four weeks. Each week we would read a small moment from a children’s book to notice the details used by the author. The students would then have time to journal their own small moments and focused on enhancing their...
by newschoolsyr | Apr 7, 2019 | 2018 - 2019, grade 1, grade 2, grade 3, grade 4, Kindergarten, language arts, Social Studies, visual arts, writing workshop
Since January, we began a class with the younger half of the school reading a wide variety of myths from Native American, South American, and African cultures that give voice to stories of how our world and elements of it have been created. We read many versions of...
by newschoolsyr | Feb 13, 2019 | 2018 - 2019, grade 1, grade 2, grade 3, Kindergarten, science, Social Studies, visual arts
To finish up our Animal Habitat unit each child created a collage of an animal in its habitat. First they had to decide where the horizon line was going to be. Then what time of day they wanted to depict. Some picked night, some sunset, or mid-day. After finishing the...
by newschoolsyr | Nov 9, 2018 | 2018 - 2019, grade 1, grade 2, grade 3, grade 4, Kindergarten, language arts, Social Studies, youngest students
The younger and middle group of students have listened to the book Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder. While listening to the book, we made a chart of interesting words and the main characters that we heard about. We also got a chance to make...
by newschoolsyr | Nov 8, 2018 | 2018 - 2019, grade 1, grade 2, grade 3, Kindergarten, science, Social Studies, visual arts
Our world is a magical place. Students in Kindergarten through 3rd grade have been exploring the unique qualities of each of the seven continents. First we looked at maps of the world, showing the seven continents, and then we made our own map. After each child was...
