by newschoolsyr | Jun 10, 2020 | 2019 - 2020, grade 3, grade 4, writing workshop
Students over the past sever weeks have been studying how perspective is used within writing. Examining how a writer uses perspective to inform and persuade the reader, students then used these techniques within their own work. Our 3rd and 4th grade students have done...
by newschoolsyr | Jun 8, 2020 | 2019 - 2020, grade 3, writing workshop
Jiyong, Stuart, Pearson, Theo and Paul were part of a class called Writing Skills. In this class they were introduced to and/or reviewed various aspects of writing and grammar. We have discussed the sentence, subjects, nouns, pronouns articles, singular and plural,...
by newschoolsyr | Jun 8, 2020 | 2019 - 2020, grade 1, grade 2, grade 3, Kindergarten, Social Studies
This December we wrapped up a unit on Explorers from all different time periods and people going to all different places (space, underwater, to the arctic), and we moved to just learning about the “New World” that was “discovered” by Europeans. To kick off this unit,...
by newschoolsyr | Apr 20, 2020 | 2019 - 2020, grade 3, grade 4, science
Students have been studying the fascinating systems within the human body that help us perform our daily functions. Our 3rdand 4thgrade students started with studying the human brain and how it is composed of several different parts that each control a specific task...
by newschoolsyr | Nov 8, 2019 | 2019 - 2020, grade 3, language arts, Social Studies, Social Studies grades K-2
The explorer’s unit required students to first examine the difference between nomadic and settled homes. Students also examined nomadic lifestyles and how they are similar/different to an explorer. Students discussed why explorers choose to explore (to find new...
by newschoolsyr | May 21, 2019 | 2018 - 2019, grade 3, grades 4 - 6, science, visual arts
This spring, the students in grades 3-6 engaged in an exploratory study of honeybees that touched on their physiology, role in the natural environment, and current threats affecting their population today. We read from Gail Gibbon’s The Honey Makersto acquire some...
