by newschoolsyr | Nov 4, 2017 | 2017 - 2018, grade 1, grade 2, grade 3, language arts
A small group of students read Twister on Tuesday, a Magic Tree House book about twisters. The book club focused reading skills such as comprehension, compare and contrast, summarizing, predictions, moods of pictures and text, and relating character traits to...
by newschoolsyr | May 3, 2017 | 2016-2017, grade 2, grade 3, grade 4, language arts
This unit was started by our student teacher this past fall. After she left, we slowly have been finishing up what she started. Each student picked a topic that they knew “all about” and started writing about that topic. Topics include, cheetahs, NASA,...
by newschoolsyr | Apr 20, 2017 | 2016-2017, grade 1, grade 2, grade 3, science, visual arts
Students in grades 1, 2 and 3 were part of a unit that recently studied the ocean. Students working with a partner explored the characteristics of a specific layer of the ocean. They researched and wrote a short paragraph describing their assigned layer and the...
by newschoolsyr | Mar 15, 2017 | 2016-2017, grade 1, grade 2, grade 3, math
Students in grades 1, 2, and 3 explored the concept of fractions using manipulative. First they had to identify and label all the fraction pieces, by using them to make a whole. As they made these observations we discussed the meaning of numerator and denominator. The...
by newschoolsyr | Mar 14, 2017 | 2016-2017, grade 1, grade 2, Kindergarten, science, science grades K-2
Students in Kindergarten through Second Grade participated in a class where they explored items that would sink or float. As scientists, they first made predictions on six different items and then tested them out one by one, recording their results as they went. As...
by newschoolsyr | Feb 11, 2017 | 2016-2017, grade 1, grade 2, grade 3, gross/fine motor, math, Uncategorized
A group of children in grades 1 though 3 explored how humans measure their world! We started with length and using yard sticks, meter sticks, tape measures and rulers we measured objects around the school. We discussed the various units that can be used, both metric...
