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...
by newschoolsyr | Dec 29, 2015 | 2015-2016, grade 2, Kindergarten and 1st grade, Social Studies grades K-2, visual arts
Our youngest students continue their study of biomes. In December we moved our focus from the rain forest to grasslands. We listened to books and learned how grasslands are very different to rain forest. There are very few trees in the grassland and there are two...
by newschoolsyr | Dec 29, 2012 | 2012-2013, Social Studies, Social Studies grades K-2
Our youngest students (Kindergarten through 2nd grade) were part of the whole school discussion focused on immigration stories. Reading picture books helped us compare the experiences of immigrants from different countries, such as Irish immigrants escaping the...
by newschoolsyr | Dec 29, 2012 | 2012-2013, science, Social Studies grades K-2
After spending six weeks studying the skeletal system the youngest students turned their attention to the digestive system. First we listened to the book What Happens to a Hamburger? As we read this informative and funny book children followed the journey of what...
by newschoolsyr | Oct 12, 2012 | 2012-2013, language arts grades K-2, science, Social Studies grades K-2
Students in Kindergarten through second grade have been learning about habitats and the different species that live in them. So far we’ve read “A House for Hermit Crab,” written by Eric Carle as an...
by newschoolsyr | Oct 25, 2011 | math, science, Social Studies grades K-2
K +1st grade students explored how many seeds are inside a pumpkin. We started out by reading part of the book How Many Seeds are in a Pumpkin by Margaret McNamara. After we read about how the class in the book got messy and goopy emptying out...
