by newschoolsyr | Feb 1, 2021 | 2020-2021, grades 7-8, language arts, Lemoyne Student teacher
During the fall semester, our student teacher, Julie, hosted a book club with the 8th grade students. The book she chose was “All American Boys” by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely. She chose this book as an extension of the student’s learning about systemic racism....
by newschoolsyr | Jan 18, 2021 | 2020-2021, affective education, grades 7-8, language arts, writing workshop
A group of older students studied speech writing in a 5-session, online class. We listened to speeches written by Abraham Lincoln, Sojourner Truth and Frederick Douglass, and watched Martin Luther King deliver his “I have a dream” speech. We also discussed techniques...
by newschoolsyr | Jan 18, 2021 | 2020-2021, affective education, grades 7-8, language arts, writing workshop
A group of older students studied speech writing in a 5-session, online class. We listened to speeches written by Abraham Lincoln, Sojourner Truth and Frederick Douglass, and watched Martin Luther King deliver his “I have a dream” speech. We also discussed techniques...
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 | Jun 15, 2020 | 2019 - 2020, grades 7-8, science
Students in 7th and 8th grade participated in a long distance learning science class where they were challenged to create a heat shield for the MELDI sensor. The launch window for the Mars 2020 mission opens July 17 and closes Aug. 5, when Earth and Mars are in the...
by newschoolsyr | Apr 20, 2020 | 2019 - 2020, grades 7-8, language arts
Our 7thand 8thgrade students have spent the last several weeks reading a fantastic book, “An Elephant in the Garden by the acclaimed author Michael Morpurgo. Students have read through the eyes of Lizzie, a teenage girl living in Dresden, Germany during the second...
