by newschoolsyr | Oct 17, 2016 | Uncategorized
It has been wonderful being able to teach part of the All About Books unit. The students have put in a great deal of effort to complete and perfect their All About Books. There has been a lot of extra time spent on these during journaling, writing workshops, and...
by newschoolsyr | Oct 17, 2016 | Uncategorized
It has been so wonderful being able to teach equalizing with the kindergarten and first graders during my student teaching experience. We began by learning how to equalize through more conceptual ways such as making the length of two pieces of string the same and...
by newschoolsyr | Oct 16, 2016 | Uncategorized
Our youngest students are part of a weekly class called Picture Stretch. Children first work on their cutting skills by cutting out a picture of an animal. After we discuss the pictures we practice writing the first letter for that animal. Last week we had cute...
by newschoolsyr | Oct 11, 2016 | Uncategorized
This past week we were able to visit Le Moyne College to look at all of the samples that we collected while we were at Highland Forest. Hilary also collected some samples from a local pond near her house as well. The students were all ready and excited to make their...
by newschoolsyr | Oct 5, 2016 | Uncategorized
The trip to Highland Forest last week was a success! Although it was a little bit cold, the students did an amazing job exploring the pond! On our walk there we stopped to see the workers moving TONS of rocks into the trucks! It was fascinating to see! On the way we...
by newschoolsyr | Sep 28, 2016 | Uncategorized
Freshwater biomes has had a great start! We have had such wonderful and enriching discussions on streams and other freshwater biomes. The students are really dedicated to the subject and love to share their thoughts and ideas. Outside of great class discussion and...
