by newschoolsyr | Jun 14, 2022 | 2021-2022, grade 5, grade 7, Grades 5 - 8, science
This semester the 6th, 7th, and 8th graders spent 5 weeks learning basic chemistry! We started with the structure of the atom and decoding the information in the periodic table of elements, atomic numbers, atomic masses, etc. We then discussed the importance of...
by newschoolsyr | Jun 11, 2022 | 2021-2022, Grades 5 - 8, Social Studies
This year the fifth and seventh grade group worked together in their social studies class to investigate the amendments. The students worked with their student teacher, Amelia, and looked deeper into the constitution and the amendments that were added. Students were...
by newschoolsyr | Mar 11, 2022 | 2021-2022, Grades 5 - 8, Social Studies
Over the winter five of our oldest students looked at American History and specifically the Declaration of Independence and the forming of the Constitution. After Visual Thinking Strategies to interpret the Join or Die cartoon, students read sections of the...
by newschoolsyr | Dec 17, 2020 | 2011-2012, 2012-2013, 2013-2014, 2014-2015, 2015-2016, 2016-2017, 2017 - 2018, 2018 - 2019, 2019 - 2020, 2020-2021, affective education, After School, alumni, Community, Community events, field trips, Fundraising Opportunities, grade 1, grade 2, grade 3, grade 4, grade 5, grade 7, Grades 3 - 5, grades 3 - 6, grades 4 - 6, grades 4 - 8, Grades 5 - 8, grades 6-8, grades 7-8, gross/fine motor, Individualized Curriculum, investigations, Kindergarten, Kindergarten and 1st grade, l, language arts, language arts grade 2, language arts grades 4 - 8, language arts grades K-2, language arts phonemic awareness, Lemoyne Student teacher, math, middle school, mystery guest, Outdoor Play, Physical Education, Press Clippings, School Events, science, science grade 2, science grades K-2, science K-1, Social Studies, Social Studies 3rd grade students, Social Studies grades K-2, Uncategorized, Unique paragraphs, visual arts, whole school, whole school music, writing workshop, youngest students
Our children, our students, live in a world that has developed all kinds of media and ways to transmit information, disinformation, ideas, and images. They hear the media, adults, other peers talking about events and opinions as they move through their days. Some of...
by newschoolsyr | May 10, 2019 | 2018 - 2019, Community, Grades 5 - 8, visual arts, whole school, writing workshop
Kate Woodle conducted a four-week, illustration workshop for the seven oldest students. Kate kicked off her workshop as a Mystery Guest for the whole school, where she described the process of illustrating a children’s picture book. To the smaller class, students had...
by newschoolsyr | Jun 3, 2018 | 2017 - 2018, Grades 5 - 8, middle school, science
Students in grades 5-8 participated in a simple machines unit. Our class started this unit by defining terms that had to do with simple machines and looking at cartoons drawn by Rube Goldberg to finding simple machines in his silly and complex drawings. During...
