by newschoolsyr | Jun 16, 2025 | language arts
Some of our students have participated in a printing class this year. We spent the first part of the year carefully practicing the proper formation of each letter, both upper and lower case. Over the last couple of months, we have been focused on transitioning our...
by newschoolsyr | Jun 16, 2025 | language arts
A group of our younger students have been part of a class where we first read the book, Wacky Wednesday by Theo LeSieg, and illustrated by George Booth. Then every week they meet to write sentences in their packets, describing the wacky things going on in each...
by newschoolsyr | Jun 16, 2025 | grade 1, grade 2, language arts, writing workshop
Small Moments is a personal narrative writing unit from Lucy Calkins. Students were asked to think of a small moment in their life they could stretch into a detailed and structured story. These young writers began with brainstorming before writing a draft, revising,...
by newschoolsyr | Jun 6, 2025 | Social Studies, Social Studies 3rd grade students, Social Studies grades K-2
To finish up our Haudenshanee unit, we looked at the stories that were associated with the different clans of the heron, turtle and beaver. Students learned about the importance of the natural world to each tribe and where some of their folk stories came from. As we...
by newschoolsyr | May 25, 2025 | grade 2, grade 3, science
This spring our 2nd and 3rd graders participated in a study of habitats. We began by thinking about what a habitat is and what a habitat provides for animals. They decided a habitat must provide air or oxygen, food, water, shelter, and space.Students had many amazing...
