by newschoolsyr | Apr 11, 2017 | 2016-2017, Kindergarten, math
This class began the year with “equalizing”. That means we started with making “unequal” amounts of objects. They couldn’t be the same or “equal”. Over time the children came to know we were going to change unequal amount equal amounts by adding or subtracting to one...
by newschoolsyr | Mar 18, 2017 | 2016-2017, gross/fine motor, Kindergarten, language arts, language arts phonemic awareness
At the start of the school year, children in kindergarten worked on writing upper case letters of the alphabet. We have now moved on to lower case letters! During each class, we use sign language, the sound of the letter and printing pages to practice on two...
by newschoolsyr | Mar 15, 2017 | 2016-2017, Kindergarten, language arts
Our youngest students graduated from Picture Stretch to Word Stretch in the early part of the year. In Word Stretch the children number sections on their page from 1 – 6, and then one student is called upon for a topic or theme for all the words they are going to...
by newschoolsyr | Mar 15, 2017 | 2016-2017, Kindergarten, math
Over the last two months the Kindergarten students, twice a week, explored counting, coins (pennies, nickels and dimes), measurement using non standard units, coins and classification. Students compared lengths. For example which is longer 7 links or 4 unifix cubes?...
by newschoolsyr | Mar 14, 2017 | 2016-2017, grade 1, grade 2, Kindergarten, science, science grades K-2
Students in Kindergarten through Second Grade participated in a class where they explored items that would sink or float. As scientists, they first made predictions on six different items and then tested them out one by one, recording their results as they went. As...
by newschoolsyr | Feb 11, 2017 | 2016-2017, gross/fine motor, investigations, Kindergarten, science
During Investigations the youngest children at our school explored inclined planes using ramps. They rolled marbles down ramps and measured the distances each marble rolled. They varied the slope of the inclined plane, predicting which height would cause the marble...
