by newschoolsyr | Jun 1, 2022 | 2021-2022, grade 2, grade 3, grade 4, Social Studies, Uncategorized
Students in 2nd – 4th grade participated in a class this spring about the American Revolution. Students listened to and discussed the books such as: Sam the Minuteman, George the Drummer Boy, Can’t You Make them Behave King George and Phoebe the Spy. They have...
by newschoolsyr | Mar 28, 2022 | 2021-2022, grade 1, Kindergarten, Kindergarten and 1st grade, language arts, Uncategorized, youngest students
Some of the youngest students listened to the book Ten Black Dots by Donald Crews. After listening to the book, counting dots and discussing each page, students worked hard on making their own Ten Blue Dots Book. During each class, students get to work on a page or...
by newschoolsyr | Mar 28, 2022 | 2021-2022, grade 1, Kindergarten, Kindergarten and 1st grade, science, science K-1, Uncategorized, youngest students
Learning about Iron Filings Over the last few months, all of the kindergarten and first graders have been in a magnet class during Investigations that was a total of five classes. The groups were split up into two groups and they met about once a week. This class was...
by newschoolsyr | Dec 28, 2021 | 2021-2022, Cortland Student Teacher, math, Uncategorized
In the middle of November a few students began a Geometry Unit. The goal of this unit was for students to be able to identify a variety of shapes and be able to count their sides and vertices. We primarily worked with shapes with 3-6 sides. All students excelled in...
by newschoolsyr | Dec 28, 2021 | 2021-2022, Cortland Student Teacher, grade 5, science, Uncategorized
Over the past few months the students have been learning about electricity. This is a very exciting topic for the students because electricity means a lot of activities and experiments! We learned how to light up a lightbulb only using a battery, lightbulb and two...
by newschoolsyr | Nov 7, 2021 | grade 1, Kindergarten, science, Uncategorized
Students participated in a Solar system unit where we talked about the name of the planets, their size, their distance from the sun, the moon phases, and constellations. The first-class students listened to a book about the planets and began drawing and coloring in...
