by newschoolsyr | Mar 21, 2016 | 2015-2016, language arts
This February and March, students in a 5th and 6th Grade book club read Gloria Whelan’s book about arranged marriage in India, Homeless Bird. Before we began reading, we watched a short video to expose us to what is going to happen in the book, and we identified...
by newschoolsyr | Mar 21, 2016 | 2015-2016, grade 2, math
With our student teacher, Erica, students in Second Grade have been learning about 2D and 3D shapes through hands-on activities. We started at 2D shapes and learned about the properties of these shapes, including the number of faces, edges, and corners each shape...
by newschoolsyr | Mar 18, 2016 | 2015-2016, grade 1, grade 2, Kindergarten and 1st grade, science, science grade 2, science grades K-2, science K-1, youngest students
The New School started housing fertilized chicken eggs on March 7th, and are watching them grown in an incubator day by day. We looked at this as a great opportunity to teach our students all about chickens. Students in Kindergarten through Second Grade have been...
by newschoolsyr | Mar 18, 2016 | 2015-2016, grade 2, Kindergarten and 1st grade, science, youngest students
The youngest group of students have been investigating DINOSAURS! We took a long time to read Dinosaur Valley and Maia: A Dinosaur Grows Up. Dinosaur Valley follows a family of Orodromeus dinosaurs. Maia is a story of a Maiasaura, a duck-billed dinosaur, as she grows...
by newschoolsyr | Mar 18, 2016 | 2015-2016, Community events, grade 1, grade 2, science grades K-2, Uncategorized, visual arts
This spring the youngest students continued their study of Biomes which was started in the fall. Most recently we turned our attention to deserts. We read and discussed books such as Why Oh Why Are Deserts Dry? and A Walk in the Desert. We watched the Magic School Bus...
by newschoolsyr | Mar 18, 2016 | 2015-2016, Kindergarten and 1st grade, math, youngest students
The youngest students have been taking part in a math class learning about fractions and geometry. They loved the hands-on activities! In fractions, they began by identifying and creating equal parts of objects. They used playdoh and cookie cutters to cut shapes in...
