by newschoolsyr | Nov 8, 2018 | 2018 - 2019, grade 3, grade 4, language arts, Uncategorized
This fall, a group of 3rd and 4th graders were assigned to two writing classes during journal time. Writing Prompts was designed to help these reluctant writers develop creative ideas and to get their ideas on paper. At our school children have a half hour of...
by newschoolsyr | May 28, 2018 | 2017 - 2018, grade 3, grade 4, science, Uncategorized
In our science class with students in grades 3 and 4, we studied the water cycle. This unit focuses on how water exists in our world and how it transforms from phase to phase.We explored how water exists in nature as a solid, a liquid and a gas. In this unit we have...
by newschoolsyr | Mar 29, 2018 | 2017 - 2018, grade 2, grade 3, grade 4, science
Our second through fourth graders have recently wrapped up a science unit on bats. In this unit we studied unique qualities and characteristics of specific bat species, compared bats to birds, learned about echolocation, and contributed to bat conservation. Some of...
by newschoolsyr | Jan 27, 2018 | 2017 - 2018, grade 3, grade 4, science
Students in grades 3 and 4 enjoyed a unit on variables. To help them learn that in order to test a single characteristic in a design, you can only change one variable. Bugsocopters, fun paper twirling designs, came to the rescue. First the students were given a...
by newschoolsyr | Jan 27, 2018 | 2017 - 2018, grade 2, grade 3, grade 4, math
Students in grades 2, 3 and 4 were part of a three week measurement unit where we explored length, weight, temperature and volume. In each lesson students used tools to explore the huge world of measurement. After studying a thermometer and the two scales of...
by newschoolsyr | Oct 27, 2017 | 2017 - 2018, grade 3, grade 4, math
This math class focused of recognizing specific polygons. We started out learning that the number of sides and vertices a polygon has is what determines the polygon’s name. We also went over what congruent and symmetrical were and examples were shown as visual...
