by newschoolsyr | Apr 23, 2019 | 2018 - 2019, grades 4 - 8, language arts
This spring, students in grades 4-7 participated in a book club for The Emerald Atlas(Books of Beginning) by John Stephens. We began this class by creating group discussion rules that were agreed upon by all students that revolved around respecting others. After our...
by newschoolsyr | Apr 23, 2019 | 2018 - 2019, math, science
Students enjoyed four activities that explored friction, kinetic and potential energy and how energy is transferred. In each experiment students considered a key question and after setting up an experiment they collected data. The data was graphed and analyzed. In...
by newschoolsyr | Apr 15, 2019 | 2018 - 2019, Community, whole school
We spent the first half of the year being inspired by people like Ghandi, Wangari, and Malala, and their stories of how they made the world a better place. We listened to their stories. We also invited local activists who saw and responded to a need in our Syracuse...
by newschoolsyr | Apr 7, 2019 | 2018 - 2019, grade 1, grade 2, grade 3, grade 4, Kindergarten, language arts, Social Studies, visual arts, writing workshop
Since January, we began a class with the younger half of the school reading a wide variety of myths from Native American, South American, and African cultures that give voice to stories of how our world and elements of it have been created. We read many versions of...
by newschoolsyr | Apr 6, 2019 | 2018 - 2019, Kindergarten
Our kindergarten students look forward to Tuesdays. That’s the day they walk to the library for story time. They join several other children to listen to stories, and sing and move to songs and verses. One week the librarian brought out the parachute for a new...
by newschoolsyr | Apr 6, 2019 | 2018 - 2019, Kindergarten, language arts, youngest students
This winter, our Kindergarten students explored the fun of Bernard Waber’s lovable crocodile, Lyle. Each Thursday we read a Lyle book and then drew and wrote about one part of the book. Students enjoy predicting what will happen in the story from the pictures,...
