by newschoolsyr | Apr 7, 2018 | 2017 - 2018, grade 1, grade 2, Kindergarten, science
The youngest students have recently begun a unit on electricity. We follow the same format we used for our Butterfly class. We meet once a week for 50 minutes. For the first half hour we read and talk. For the next 20 minutes we have a studio time where we break...
by newschoolsyr | Mar 30, 2018 | Individualized Curriculum
Your child is like no other. At The New School we build our relationship with your child based on the understanding that each child processes their thinking and actions based on prior experiences, unique ways of accessing information and expressing their...
by newschoolsyr | Mar 29, 2018 | 2017 - 2018, math, whole school
Inspiration for our Valentine Bags this year came from the picture book titled, Snowflake Bentley. The book tells the story of a man called Wilson Bentley who spent his lifetime studying snowflakes. He saw snowflakes as small miracles. Just as each snowflake is...
by newschoolsyr | Mar 29, 2018 | 2017 - 2018, grade 1, Kindergarten, Kindergarten and 1st grade, language arts
Our kindergarten and first grade students have practiced several language comprehension skills while channeling an appropriate fantasy outlet through the book, “Brave Martha and the Dragon.” We practiced character analysis skills by using text evidence and inferential...
by newschoolsyr | Mar 29, 2018 | 2017 - 2018, grade 2, grade 3, grade 4, science
Our second through fourth graders have recently wrapped up a science unit on bats. In this unit we studied unique qualities and characteristics of specific bat species, compared bats to birds, learned about echolocation, and contributed to bat conservation. Some of...
