by newschoolsyr | Feb 5, 2014 | 2013-2014, grades 4 - 8, language arts, visual arts
During Read Aloud, at the end of the day, the older students listened to William Pene du Bois’ fascinating book 21 Balloons. This book chronicles the adventures of Professor William Waterman Sherman in his specially designed hot air balloon. Professor Sherman lands on...
by newschoolsyr | Feb 4, 2014 | 2013-2014, Community events, science, whole school
With the invasion of stink bugs into The New School this year, we took part in a study by Cornell tracking the locations of the brown marmorated stink bug, an invasive species. The students photographed the stink bugs they found at school. These photos were sent to...
by newschoolsyr | Feb 4, 2014 | 2013-2014, grade 2, grade 3, language arts
The second and third graders are proud to have published their small moments stories! They took part in a writing workshop where they realized that they can learn to be better writers by studying other authors. Angela Johnson, Ezra Jack Keats and our fellow New...
by newschoolsyr | Jan 16, 2014 | 2013-2014, Kindergarten and 1st grade, Social Studies
Throughout September and the beginning of October, our youngest students (kindergarten and 1st grade) have been working on the concept of Settled vs. Nomadic. We began the topic with talking about all different kinds of homes. The students generated a list of...
by newschoolsyr | Jan 16, 2014 | 2013-2014, Community events, grade 2, Kindergarten and 1st grade, Social Studies
The kindergarten, first, and second graders took a trip to Cazenovia Library to see Hen, the Mummy. Before we went, we read about mummies–how they are made and why. We also read the book I Am the Mummy Heb-Nefert, by Eve Bunting, the...
by newschoolsyr | Dec 9, 2013 | 2013-2014, Lemoyne Student teacher, science K-1
Students in grades K-2 explored the states of matter: solids, liquids, and gases, with our student teacher, Taylor. Students began with solids. They worked in groups and were each given a “mystery object” in a paper bag....
