by newschoolsyr | Jun 16, 2025 | grade 1, grade 2, language arts, writing workshop
Small Moments is a personal narrative writing unit from Lucy Calkins. Students were asked to think of a small moment in their life they could stretch into a detailed and structured story. These young writers began with brainstorming before writing a draft, revising,...
by newschoolsyr | May 19, 2025 | language arts
In spring of 2025, students in the younger grades met once a week and focused on making predictions and articulating the theme of each story. A book by Stephen Kellogg was read and connections and predictions were made, while discussions were had about the topic of...
by newschoolsyr | Mar 22, 2025 | grade 2, grade 3, Kindergarten, Kindergarten and 1st grade, language arts, youngest students
Maryrose, a student teacher from SUNY Cortland, had the opportunity to take over an author study during snack time. She chose to have the students listen to books by the author Jane Yolen and her books titled “How does a Dinosaur….” Maryrose’s objective for the author...
by newschoolsyr | Nov 5, 2024 | Cortland Student Teacher, language arts
In fall of 2024, students in the younger grades met once a week and focused on the theme and author’s purpose of a story. A book by Leo Lionni was read and connections and predictions were made, while discussions were had about the topic of the story. After each...
by newschoolsyr | May 24, 2024 | language arts, Social Studies
Students read the book Where the Mountain Meets the Moon. Each week they were responsible for reading a set of pages and writing 5 sticky notes. Each sticky note had a fact they learned about Chinese culture from the book. Students were also required to participate in...
by newschoolsyr | May 24, 2024 | affective education, Community, language arts, language arts grades 4 - 8
As banning books became much more common throughout the country we began a discussion with older students based on reading aloud a book called The Day the Book Was Arrested by Nat Hentoff. In the book, a parent objected to the reading of Huckleberry Finn...
