by newschoolsyr | May 4, 2014 | 2013-2014, grade 2, grade 3, Social Studies
Our Lewis and Clark unit began with a Visual Thinking Strategy (VTS) exercise using a map showing the Louisiana Purchase. Then we discussed President Thomas Jefferson’s instructions to Lewis & Clark before they set off on their mission. Students had to take on the...
by newschoolsyr | May 1, 2014 | 2013-2014, grade 2, grade 3, Social Studies
This fall, the middle group of students studied Mesopotamia. They began their study by looking at the differences between settled and nomadic people. Outdoors, they participated in a role play scenario in which they were nomadic Sumerians hunting and gathering food,...
by newschoolsyr | Mar 12, 2014 | grade 2, grade 3, language arts
This year we have a group of children in the 2nd and 3rd grades that were ready to develop a better awareness of the conventions of writing, including capitals and punctuation.We decided that we would use the familiar format of New and Goods but with a different...
by newschoolsyr | Feb 24, 2014 | 2013-2014, grade 1, grade 2, grades 3 - 6, Kindergarten and 1st grade, language arts phonemic awareness
To assist children learning how to read, we offer small group instruction that focuses on the six syllable types. Using Road to Reading, and Wilson Language, each week children receive instruction that meets them at their instructional level. Typically children meet...
by newschoolsyr | Feb 17, 2014 | 2013-2014, grade 1, grade 2, math
Students in grade 1 and 2, explored the number system using Terc’s Investigations: Coins, Coupons and Combinations. First they worked with combinations of 10, making their own Book of 10, which listed all the possible combinations of 10. To further practice this skill...
by newschoolsyr | Feb 17, 2014 | 2013-2014, grade 2, grade 3, language arts
Inspired by Kenneth Koch’s book, Wishes, Lies and Dreams children in second and third grade spent six weeks writing poems about sounds, dreams, colors, comparisons, and lies. They were most intrigued and excited about writing about lies!White Mitten by SyrisI...
