by newschoolsyr | May 11, 2014 | 2013-2014, Kindergarten and 1st grade, language arts
Inspired by Lucy Calkins’ Poetry: Powerful Thoughts in Tiny Packages, the youngest children explored writing poetry. The unit starts with a poetry museum, which asks children to write about objects that have been collected. As each object is observed children are...
by newschoolsyr | Apr 10, 2014 | 2013-2014, Community events, grade 1, Kindergarten and 1st grade, language arts, science, Social Studies
Our youngest eight students have been having a wonderful time exploring the time period of pioneers by using Laura Ingalls Wilder’s book Little House in the Big Woods. We started by reading a biography about Laura and then started reading her first...
by newschoolsyr | Mar 12, 2014 | grade 2, grade 3, language arts
This year we have a group of children in the 2nd and 3rd grades that were ready to develop a better awareness of the conventions of writing, including capitals and punctuation.We decided that we would use the familiar format of New and Goods but with a different...
by newschoolsyr | Feb 17, 2014 | 2013-2014, grade 2, grade 3, language arts
Inspired by Kenneth Koch’s book, Wishes, Lies and Dreams children in second and third grade spent six weeks writing poems about sounds, dreams, colors, comparisons, and lies. They were most intrigued and excited about writing about lies!White Mitten by SyrisI...
by newschoolsyr | Feb 5, 2014 | 2013-2014, language arts, science, visual arts, youngest students
The youngest children started learning about the Solar System in January. Children developed questions they wanted answered about each plant. As we listened to The Magic School Bus, Lost in the Solar System, and books by Seymour Simon children drew and wrote...
by newschoolsyr | Feb 5, 2014 | 2013-2014, grades 4 - 8, language arts, visual arts
During Read Aloud, at the end of the day, the older students listened to William Pene du Bois’ fascinating book 21 Balloons. This book chronicles the adventures of Professor William Waterman Sherman in his specially designed hot air balloon. Professor Sherman lands on...
