by newschoolsyr | Nov 10, 2015 | 2015-2016, language arts, math, middle school
This Fall, students in our oldest grades have been listening to a series of math books that discuss and explain all different types of math processes. Books we’ve read this fall include: Multiplying Menace, Sold!, Rabbits Rabbits Everywhere, and Zachary Zormer:...
by newschoolsyr | Nov 8, 2015 | 2015-2016, Kindergarten and 1st grade, language arts, language arts phonemic awareness
Four of our youngest students started a class in late October where they are using pictures to help them identify sounds in the words. For the activity each child draws a picture out a bag, identifies the letter the word begins with, writes the capital and lower case...
by newschoolsyr | Nov 6, 2015 | 2015-2016, Community events, field trips, Grades 5 - 8, language arts, middle school, Social Studies
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” In class we discussed the meaning of these words from...
by newschoolsyr | Nov 6, 2015 | 2015-2016, Community events, field trips, grade 1, grade 2, Kindergarten and 1st grade, language arts, science, science grades K-2, visual arts
The eleven youngest students started the year learning about the Rain Forest. New concepts and vocabulary were introduced as they listened to and discussed the content of many books on the subject. If I Ran the Rain Forest by Bonnie Worth and Rain, Rain, Rain Forest...
by newschoolsyr | Nov 5, 2015 | 2015-2016, Grades 5 - 8, language arts, science, Social Studies
Last year the teachers began a long term project that integrated science, technology, social studies and language arts. As teachers we began by jointly reading an inspiring book called The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind. We were able to ascertain that a young people’s...
by newschoolsyr | Apr 12, 2015 | 2014-2015, Grades 3 - 5, language arts
A small group of fourth and fifth graders decided, after reading four short novels by Mildred Taylor that they wanted to continue with the book club and read another book together. They all voted to read the book at home. And so I selected a favorite book, War Horse...
