by newschoolsyr | Dec 8, 2013 | 2013-2014, Lemoyne Student teacher, science K-1
Our student teacher, Taylor, taught students in grades K-1 a math class on weight and volume. Students began with weight. During the first class, students were given two objects and holding one in each hand, had to tell the...
by newschoolsyr | Dec 8, 2013 | 2013-2014, language arts, Lemoyne Student teacher
Over the last five weeks, our student teacher, Taylor, has been conducting a book club with five students. The students read the novel, Fever, 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson. This story takes place in Philadelphia in the...
by newschoolsyr | Nov 5, 2013 | 2013-2014, Community events, mystery guest, science, whole school
Mike Wolfin, a graduate student from Cornell’s Department of Entomology, was a recent “Mystery Guest” at The New School. As a spokesperson for Insectapolooza, he brought with him a stick bug that both excited and captivated all our students. Mike shared...
by newschoolsyr | Nov 4, 2013 | 2013-2014, Community events, mystery guest, Social Studies, whole school
“Two mystery guests in one week,” the children shouted with glee! Our second mystery guests of the week were Matt Robinson and Maryellen Sheehan, farmers and owners of Hartwood Farm. Their 70 acre farm sits in the hills of Fenner, about 2 miles east of the...
by newschoolsyr | Nov 3, 2013 | 2013-2014, Kindergarten and 1st grade, language arts, Lemoyne Student teacher
Our youngest children (kindergarten and 1st) loved listening to Johnna, our student teacher, reading The B.F.G. by Roald Dahl. This is a fantasy story that explores the B.F.G.’s kidnapping of Sophie. He carries Sophie away to giant country and leads her on...
by newschoolsyr | Nov 3, 2013 | 2013-2014, grade 3, language arts, Social Studies
Six students took part in a book club and read Mummies in the Morning by Mary Pope Osborn. This book club gave the students a chance to further their knowledge about mummies and pyramids. At book club meetings the students shared predictions for the up coming...
