by newschoolsyr | Jan 14, 2021 | 2020-2021, grade 1, grade 2, grade 3, Kindergarten, language arts
Vooks is an online digital library with animated books aimed towards young readers. Throughout the fall, going into winter, I would show the students a Vook and during the reading, I would pause the video and ask students questions about the book we were watching....
by newschoolsyr | Jan 14, 2021 | 2020-2021, grade 1, grade 2, grade 3, Kindergarten, Social Studies
In the weeks leading up to winter break, our K-3 students had the opportunity to learn about another continent with our student teacher, Julie. She took them on a trip around the Earth to visit Africa (virtually, of course). To introduce this unit, she started out by...
by newschoolsyr | Jan 12, 2021 | 2020-2021, Community, field trips, grades 4 - 6, science
At The New School we work hard to bring our curriculum alive, and to take our students out into the community for hands on learning experiences. This fall, as we started learning about fresh water biomes, we took our students in grades 4 – 7 to explore Butternut...
by newschoolsyr | Jan 5, 2021 | 2020-2021, grade 1, grade 2, grade 3, Kindergarten, language arts, science, Social Studies
This fall we resumed an Animal Classification Class that we had started last year. It included last year’s children and our newer children as well. We began with a long read aloud (and slide show-once we figured out how) called The Most Beautiful Rooftop in the...
by newschoolsyr | Jan 5, 2021 | 2020-2021, grades 4 - 8, Social Studies
After the social injustice occurrences this past summer, The New School took it upon itself to educate its students on the history of social injustice in order to gain a better understanding of what is happening in our country. You could see our students learning...
by newschoolsyr | Jan 5, 2021 | 2020-2021, grade 4, grade 5, grade 7, writing workshop
Poetry Unit Kenneth Koch’s Wishes, Lies and Dreams, published in 1970, has long been considered a classic in its field. Herbert Kohl wrote that this is “perhaps the best book I have read portraying the joy and excitement young people experience when writing...
