by newschoolsyr | Feb 24, 2014 | 2013-2014, grade 1, grade 2, grades 3 - 6, Kindergarten and 1st grade, language arts phonemic awareness
To assist children learning how to read, we offer small group instruction that focuses on the six syllable types. Using Road to Reading, and Wilson Language, each week children receive instruction that meets them at their instructional level. Typically children meet...
by newschoolsyr | Jan 16, 2014 | 2013-2014, Kindergarten and 1st grade, Social Studies
Throughout September and the beginning of October, our youngest students (kindergarten and 1st grade) have been working on the concept of Settled vs. Nomadic. We began the topic with talking about all different kinds of homes. The students generated a list of...
by newschoolsyr | Jan 16, 2014 | 2013-2014, Community events, grade 2, Kindergarten and 1st grade, Social Studies
The kindergarten, first, and second graders took a trip to Cazenovia Library to see Hen, the Mummy. Before we went, we read about mummies–how they are made and why. We also read the book I Am the Mummy Heb-Nefert, by Eve Bunting, the...
by newschoolsyr | Nov 3, 2013 | 2013-2014, Kindergarten and 1st grade, language arts, Lemoyne Student teacher
Our youngest children (kindergarten and 1st) loved listening to Johnna, our student teacher, reading The B.F.G. by Roald Dahl. This is a fantasy story that explores the B.F.G.’s kidnapping of Sophie. He carries Sophie away to giant country and leads her on...
