by newschoolsyr | Mar 18, 2016 | 2015-2016, Kindergarten and 1st grade, language arts, youngest students
As children develop an awareness of letters, and the sounds they make, they also have to learn how to form letters smoothly and automatically, writing from the top of the letter to the bottom. This year our youngest children have enjoyed a variety of classes where...
by newschoolsyr | Feb 24, 2016 | 2015-2016, grade 1, Kindergarten and 1st grade, language arts, Social Studies, youngest students
Students in Kindergarten and First Grade have been learning about the culture of India through the use of the book Count Your Way Through India by Jim Haskins. We started at one and learned about how to say this number in Hindi and about the amazing banyan tree....
by newschoolsyr | Feb 24, 2016 | 2015-2016, grade 2, language arts, language arts grade 2
The second graders are THRILLED to be learning cursive this year. They started off with the clock climbers group – a, c, d, g, and q and have now moved on to the kite strings – i, t, u, p, s, j, o, r, and w. They have been working hard on forming their...
by newschoolsyr | Feb 24, 2016 | 2015-2016, grade 2, math
This December and January, students in a second grade measurement class learned all about standard and non-standard measurements. We started with length and comparing the lengths of links, cubes and rods. We then measured objects with these items. As we explored...
by newschoolsyr | Dec 29, 2015 | 2015-2016, grade 2, Kindergarten and 1st grade, Social Studies grades K-2, visual arts
Our youngest students continue their study of biomes. In December we moved our focus from the rain forest to grasslands. We listened to books and learned how grasslands are very different to rain forest. There are very few trees in the grassland and there are two...
by newschoolsyr | Dec 29, 2015 | 2015-2016, Community events, Grades 5 - 8, mystery guest, Social Studies
Daniel Van Sant, is a graduate student at Syracuse University, studying disability law. He came to The New School as our Mystery Guest. For an hour he engaged the older students, discussing and sharing information about the plight of individuals with disabilities and...
