by newschoolsyr | Dec 24, 2019 | 2019 - 2020, grades 7-8, language arts, visual arts
The oldest students were part of a poetry unit this fall where they had to study the work of three different poets. Many chose lyricists. They were asked to select three poems for each poet or lyricist to study. Next they had to write an analysis on this body of work....
by newschoolsyr | Nov 27, 2019 | 2019 - 2020, grades 4 - 8, language arts
This fall, students in grades 4-8 participated in a cursive class that reviewed (and sometimes retaught) all upper and lower case letters of the alphabet. There was much discussion and practice with our lowercase letters: clock climbers, kite strings, the loop group,...
by newschoolsyr | Nov 25, 2019 | 2019 - 2020, Kindergarten and 1st grade, language arts
Once a week our youngest students gather together for their own read-aloud during the school-wide reading time. Some of them are just beginning to learn to read. Others have developed some reading skills and are just beginning to read independently. They all enjoy...
by newschoolsyr | Nov 24, 2019 | 2019 - 2020, grades 3 - 6, language arts, science, Uncategorized, visual arts
Last year our Student Teacher began a study of bees with some of our students. They used a multi-disciplinary approach using some reading, making a 3D model of the external parts of the bee, and writing a Haiku about bees. This year we did a short unit to...
by newschoolsyr | Nov 8, 2019 | 2019 - 2020, grade 4, language arts
Students participated in a weekly book club to discuss the book Secret Soldier. This book took place during the revolutionary war and was about Deborah Sampson, a woman who pretended to be man so she could fight in the war and find adventure. Students completed...
by newschoolsyr | Nov 8, 2019 | 2019 - 2020, grade 3, language arts, Social Studies, Social Studies grades K-2
The explorer’s unit required students to first examine the difference between nomadic and settled homes. Students also examined nomadic lifestyles and how they are similar/different to an explorer. Students discussed why explorers choose to explore (to find new...
