by newschoolsyr | May 11, 2019 | 2018 - 2019, mystery guest, Social Studies
History is about real people and the places they lived. It is about their stories. Too often in the study of history, our education misses this facet. Last week our older students were part of an extraordinary discussion. One of our students told us her grandfather...
by newschoolsyr | May 10, 2019 | 2018 - 2019, grades 6-8, language arts, Social Studies, visual arts
The causes and effects of the Great Depression were studied through the eyes of artists Dorothea Lange, John Steinbeck, Woody Guthrie, a political cartoonist of the era and Langston Hughes. Children created a one-page written and visual response based on one of...
by newschoolsyr | May 10, 2019 | 2018 - 2019, Community, Grades 5 - 8, visual arts, whole school, writing workshop
Kate Woodle conducted a four-week, illustration workshop for the seven oldest students. Kate kicked off her workshop as a Mystery Guest for the whole school, where she described the process of illustrating a children’s picture book. To the smaller class, students had...
by newschoolsyr | May 5, 2019 | 2018 - 2019, grades 6-8, Social Studies
The oldest students spent three months studying the causes and effects of World War 1. The causes were complex. Students looked at world maps showing imperialism around the world prior to the war. Having identified the colonialists gave meaning to the complicated...
by newschoolsyr | Apr 30, 2019 | 2018 - 2019, Community, grades 6-8, science
This four week for our oldest students unit looked at the structure and function of a typical animal cell. The animal cell’s organelles were described and discussed. Students constructed a large model of an animal cell, working in class and independently in...
by newschoolsyr | Apr 23, 2019 | 2018 - 2019, grade 3, grade 4, language arts, writing workshop
This spring, students in grades 3-4 participated in a unit on writing a persuasive letter. We read informational articles to gather baseline information about how littering affects the ecosystems on Earth. We began this unit by viewing letter examples and...
