by newschoolsyr | Nov 26, 2012 | 2012-2013, affective education, language arts, Social Studies, visual arts, whole school
On Halloween the whole school gets into the spirit by creating skits based on their costumes. The skits had to include music, props, and be non-violent. In addition they were challenged to have at least one of the characters immigrate! You might ask what do a panda, a...
by newschoolsyr | Nov 3, 2012 | 2012-2013, affective education, Community events, language arts, Social Studies, visual arts
After defining the word ‘imagine’ the older students listened to John Lennon’s song, Imagine. They then shared what they thought John Lennon was saying in the song. They described what he believed. Then students watched a part of the closing ceremonies of the Olympics...
by newschoolsyr | Oct 21, 2012 | 2012-2013, Grades 5 - 8, language arts, visual arts
Students in this book club read a biography of their choosing over the summer. When they returned to school this fall, they had to answer questions about their biography and create a poster advertising a speaking engagement by the subject of their...
by newschoolsyr | Oct 11, 2012 | 2012-2013, language arts
Four children have been reading “Hope in my Heart,” a diary written by Kathryn Lasky from the My America series. They have been developing new vocabulary using context clues to help understand words we...
by newschoolsyr | Oct 11, 2012 | 2012-2013, language arts
Third grade students have been discussing the stages of writing and practicing prewriting and drafting. For the first prewriting class we created a story map as a class using a picture book without...
by newschoolsyr | Oct 11, 2012 | 2012-2013, language arts, youngest students
Students in Kindergarten and First Grade are exploring the fun of Bernard Waber’s loveable crocodile, Lyle. Each week we read a Lyle book and then draw and write about one part of the book. Students love predicting what will happen in the story from the...
