by newschoolsyr | Mar 21, 2016 | 2015-2016, grade 2, grade 3, grade 4, grade 5, Social Studies
Students in Second Grade through Fifth Grade have been learning about the different aspects of Ancient Indian culture. With our student teacher, Erica, they learned about the different foods that were eaten in Ancient India, as well as the social Caste System that was...
by newschoolsyr | Mar 21, 2016 | 2015-2016, grade 2, math
With our student teacher, Erica, students in Second Grade have been learning about 2D and 3D shapes through hands-on activities. We started at 2D shapes and learned about the properties of these shapes, including the number of faces, edges, and corners each shape...
by newschoolsyr | Mar 18, 2016 | 2015-2016, grade 1, grade 2, Kindergarten and 1st grade, science, science grade 2, science grades K-2, science K-1, youngest students
The New School started housing fertilized chicken eggs on March 7th, and are watching them grown in an incubator day by day. We looked at this as a great opportunity to teach our students all about chickens. Students in Kindergarten through Second Grade have been...
by newschoolsyr | Mar 18, 2016 | 2015-2016, grade 2, Kindergarten and 1st grade, science, youngest students
The youngest group of students have been investigating DINOSAURS! We took a long time to read Dinosaur Valley and Maia: A Dinosaur Grows Up. Dinosaur Valley follows a family of Orodromeus dinosaurs. Maia is a story of a Maiasaura, a duck-billed dinosaur, as she grows...
by newschoolsyr | Mar 18, 2016 | 2015-2016, Community events, grade 1, grade 2, science grades K-2, Uncategorized, visual arts
This spring the youngest students continued their study of Biomes which was started in the fall. Most recently we turned our attention to deserts. We read and discussed books such as Why Oh Why Are Deserts Dry? and A Walk in the Desert. We watched the Magic School Bus...
by newschoolsyr | Feb 24, 2016 | 2015-2016, grade 2, language arts, language arts grade 2
The second graders are THRILLED to be learning cursive this year. They started off with the clock climbers group – a, c, d, g, and q and have now moved on to the kite strings – i, t, u, p, s, j, o, r, and w. They have been working hard on forming their...
