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 18, 2017 | 2016-2017, language arts, whole school
Listening to books read out loud is a favorite part of our day. At the end of each day children free draw in their sketch books as they listen to great stories by great authors. This year the youngest children have listened to: Dan the Pawn, Trumpet of the Swan by...
by newschoolsyr | Mar 18, 2017 | 2016-2017, Kindergarten and 1st grade, language arts
Students in kindergarten and first grade have been enjoying the silly antics of Amelia Bedelia all year. During class, we read a book, discuss the “mistakes” that Amelia makes about the English language and then draw about some of them. Each child is...
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, Grades 5 - 8, language arts, visual arts
Students in fifth, sixth, and seventh grade working with a partner are writing plays based of the Mrs. Piggle Wiggle Books. These books are filled with short stories where Mrs. Piggle Wiggle cures children from tattletaleitis, being a cry baby, and even...
by newschoolsyr | Mar 15, 2017 | 2016-2017, Grades 5 - 8, language arts, Social Studies
Students in fifth, sixth, and seventh grade were each assigned a specific historical character that had an impact during reconstruction after the Civil War. They are researching different topics and finding out their characters point of view on topics such as State...
