by newschoolsyr | Dec 1, 2022 | 2022-2023, grade 4, language arts
Starting in late September, this grammar class learned about nouns and verbs. This class took place either during morning meetings or during snack time. During the first two lessons, students learned about possessive nouns, specifically where apostrophes and “s” are...
by newschoolsyr | Dec 1, 2022 | grade 4, language arts
Starting in September, we read a book called Mississippi Bridge by Mildred D. Taylor. Due to the dark content and usage of derogatory words, the group of students had to have a mature mindset to read this book. This book gave students insight into the unjust...
by newschoolsyr | Nov 8, 2022 | Kindergarten and 1st grade, language arts
Students in kindergarten and first grade have been listening to stories by Bernard Wabber about Lyle the Crocodile. As we read these stories, we discuss vocabulary such as: useful, desperately, toothsome, frightened, performing, permit and signal. Students are then...
by newschoolsyr | Jun 11, 2022 | 2021-2022, language arts
This year 8 of the students at the New School worked with the student teacher, Amelia, during the book club for “The Secret Soldier”. This book was about a woman, Deborah, who lived in the colonies during the revolutionary war time period. Deborah wanted to have...
by newschoolsyr | Mar 28, 2022 | 2021-2022, grade 1, Kindergarten, Kindergarten and 1st grade, language arts, Uncategorized, youngest students
Some of the youngest students listened to the book Ten Black Dots by Donald Crews. After listening to the book, counting dots and discussing each page, students worked hard on making their own Ten Blue Dots Book. During each class, students get to work on a page or...
by newschoolsyr | Dec 29, 2021 | 2021-2022, language arts
Students in our middle group of students this fall, have been reading a biography by Margaret Davidson titled Louis Braille: The Boy Who Invented Books for the Blind. At the same time we’ve slowly been reading the picture book Six Dots: The Story of Young Louis...
