by newschoolsyr | May 28, 2018 | 2017 - 2018, grade 3, grade 4, science, Uncategorized
In our science class with students in grades 3 and 4, we studied the water cycle. This unit focuses on how water exists in our world and how it transforms from phase to phase.We explored how water exists in nature as a solid, a liquid and a gas. In this unit we have...
by newschoolsyr | May 18, 2018 | Uncategorized
The oldest group of students were part of a book club where they read Lorraine Hansberry’s play, “Raisin in the Sun.” Over a period of a month, the students met once a week to discuss. Students were instructed to prepare a Discussion question. The...
by newschoolsyr | May 18, 2018 | 2017 - 2018, Grades 5 - 8, Social Studies, Uncategorized
This spring the oldest students started a unit on the Silk Road. The four objectives of this unit included being able to identify the major physical features that hindered travel between China and Europe. To discover how ideas, cultures and goods were exchanged...
by newschoolsyr | Feb 3, 2018 | 2017 - 2018, Community events, field trips, grades 6-8, investigations, Uncategorized, visual arts
Six of the oldest students just completed an exciting sewing project! First the children had to get certified by the Fayetteville Free Library’s staff. An hour long course taught them the parts of the sewing machine and how to thread it, fill a bobbin and more!...
by newschoolsyr | Jan 27, 2018 | 2017 - 2018, grade 1, Kindergarten, math, Uncategorized
In math class over the last six weeks we worked on breaking numbers up to twelve into two parts, which helps the students start to develop basic addition skills. I used many different things in class to help the students see that numbers can be broken into two parts....
by newschoolsyr | Jan 27, 2018 | 2017 - 2018, grade 1, grade 2, Kindergarten, science, Uncategorized
In our seeds class the students were able to examine multiple different types of seeds. They looked at both dry and wet lima and kidney bean seeds. We first examined what the outside looked and felt like then the students were able to cut the seeds open and examine...
