by newschoolsyr | May 24, 2024 | grades 3 - 6, Social Studies
At the beginning of our Ancient China unit, the class filled out a KWL (Know, Want to know, and What I Learned). They were only able to fill out the K and W parts, however most of what people knew was about the Great wall of China. So the unit began by learning about...
by newschoolsyr | May 24, 2024 | affective education, grades 3 - 6
Pixie is a language arts and reasoning program that focuses on “sharpening” the thinking skills of children. It does this by giving them scenarios and asking them how they would react in that situation, or what does this truly mean. We read Pixie during snack once a...
by newschoolsyr | May 24, 2024 | grades 3 - 6, science, science grade 2
We began our layers of the Earth class by asking ourselves, “How many layers of the Earth are there?”. That is when everyone learned that there are four layers of, and that it is impossible to dig all the way down to the center of the Earth. We did many hands-on...
by newschoolsyr | May 24, 2024 | Kindergarten and 1st grade, math, youngest students
Learning to read word problems for young children has many aspects. We began with the four children by having them recognize possible, impossible or incorrect number sentences such as: ? + 5 = 7, 7= 5+?, or 5+3 = 7 or 7+2=5. This was often tricky and took...
by newschoolsyr | May 4, 2024 | Social Studies, Social Studies grades K-2, youngest students
We started our Ancient China unit for the youngest students by learning about the Chinese Zodiac and having a New Years celebration at school. Students learned about how the zodiac signs were formed with a folk tale about a race called: Cat and Rat : The legend of the...
