by newschoolsyr | Oct 13, 2014 | 2014-2015, grade 2, Kindergarten and 1st grade, science
The youngest group of students has been learning about the layers of the earth. We started off our unit by reading parts of Gail Gibbon’s bookPlanet Earth/Inside Out and How to Dig a Hole to the Otherside of the World by Faith McNulty. ...
by newschoolsyr | Oct 12, 2014 | 2014-2015, Kindergarten and 1st grade, language arts
Working once a week with our youngest children, we have studied and learned how to form the capital letters A through E. While this sounds like a simple task, there are many things to consider. First of all where to start the letter? This is hard for some youngsters...
by newschoolsyr | May 11, 2014 | 2013-2014, Kindergarten and 1st grade, language arts
Inspired by Lucy Calkins’ Poetry: Powerful Thoughts in Tiny Packages, the youngest children explored writing poetry. The unit starts with a poetry museum, which asks children to write about objects that have been collected. As each object is observed children are...
by newschoolsyr | Apr 10, 2014 | 2013-2014, Kindergarten and 1st grade, math
Five of our youngest children took part in a TERC Investigations math unit on Building Number Sense and Mathematical Thinking. An integral part of this unit is having students explain their...
by newschoolsyr | Apr 10, 2014 | 2013-2014, grade 1, Kindergarten and 1st grade, science
Children in grades Kindergarten through Second Grade have been exploring ramps in science one afternoon a week. We started by discussing what a ramp was and what it might be used for. Our first experiments looked at the different surfaces on our ramps and...
by newschoolsyr | Apr 10, 2014 | 2013-2014, Community events, grade 1, Kindergarten and 1st grade, language arts, science, Social Studies
Our youngest eight students have been having a wonderful time exploring the time period of pioneers by using Laura Ingalls Wilder’s book Little House in the Big Woods. We started by reading a biography about Laura and then started reading her first...
