by newschoolsyr | Oct 11, 2012 | 2012-2013, language arts
Four children have been reading “Hope in my Heart,” a diary written by Kathryn Lasky from the My America series. They have been developing new vocabulary using context clues to help understand words we...
by newschoolsyr | Oct 11, 2012 | 2012-2013, language arts
Third grade students have been discussing the stages of writing and practicing prewriting and drafting. For the first prewriting class we created a story map as a class using a picture book without...
by newschoolsyr | Oct 11, 2012 | 2012-2013, science, whole school
Students in all grades have started exploring the human body. We begun by studying our skeletory system. All of the classes started with a jump rope activity where they explored what moved when they jumped. This led to a discussion on the “hard” things...
by newschoolsyr | Oct 11, 2012 | 2012-2013, language arts, youngest students
Students in Kindergarten and First Grade are exploring the fun of Bernard Waber’s loveable crocodile, Lyle. Each week we read a Lyle book and then draw and write about one part of the book. Students love predicting what will happen in the story from the...
by newschoolsyr | Oct 7, 2012 | 2012-2013, affective education, field trips, language arts, science, Social Studies, visual arts, whole school
Twice a year the students at The New School camp out overnight at Highland Forest. It is a magical two days at Pines Camp. On Thursday night parents join us for a potluck dinner and songs around the campfire. On our Thursday hike, after reading a book about birds...
by newschoolsyr | Oct 7, 2012 | 2012-2013, affective education, whole school
At The New School we value “play.” Twice a week children enjoy a half hour of free time during gym. Three times a week we play cooperative games. During free time children enjoy many different activities. Children need this time to independently develop creative games...
