by newschoolsyr | May 29, 2021 | 2020-2021, Cortland Student Teacher, grade 4, grade 5, grades 4 - 6, language arts, writing workshop
From about mid-March to mid-April Misha, Sam, RJ, Stuart, and Jiyong participated in a short story unit where they further developed their writing skills and critically examined the parts of a short story and learned how to write one themselves. The unit started off...
by newschoolsyr | May 29, 2021 | 2020-2021, grades 7-8, language arts
Over the past two months, the 8th graders participated in a book club where they read Bill Peet: An Autobiography. Some people may be familiar with the name Bill Peet because of his children’s books that he created including, The Wump World, Hubert’s Hair...
by newschoolsyr | Feb 1, 2021 | 2020-2021, grades 7-8, language arts, Lemoyne Student teacher
During the fall semester, our student teacher, Julie, hosted a book club with the 8th grade students. The book she chose was “All American Boys” by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely. She chose this book as an extension of the student’s learning about systemic racism....
by newschoolsyr | Jan 18, 2021 | 2020-2021, affective education, grades 7-8, language arts, writing workshop
A group of older students studied speech writing in a 5-session, online class. We listened to speeches written by Abraham Lincoln, Sojourner Truth and Frederick Douglass, and watched Martin Luther King deliver his “I have a dream” speech. We also discussed techniques...
by newschoolsyr | Jan 18, 2021 | 2020-2021, affective education, grades 7-8, language arts, writing workshop
A group of older students studied speech writing in a 5-session, online class. We listened to speeches written by Abraham Lincoln, Sojourner Truth and Frederick Douglass, and watched Martin Luther King deliver his “I have a dream” speech. We also discussed techniques...
by newschoolsyr | Jan 14, 2021 | 2020-2021, grade 1, grade 2, grade 3, Kindergarten, language arts
Vooks is an online digital library with animated books aimed towards young readers. Throughout the fall, going into winter, I would show the students a Vook and during the reading, I would pause the video and ask students questions about the book we were watching....
