by newschoolsyr | May 26, 2023 | 2022-2023, grade 2, grade 3, grade 4, grade 5, grade 7, Uncategorized
At a student’s suggestion the New School has decided to start a mini spelling bee. We have students at a variety of ages and levels testing their spelling skills every week. They are using words that come from the school’s sight words as well as the official...
by newschoolsyr | May 26, 2023 | 2022-2023, grade 3, grade 4, grade 5, Uncategorized
Our Human Body class has turned into an opportunity for the students to discover how much our body systems contribute to everything we do in life. After discussing the Nervous system, we moved on to the respiratory system, where the students were able to construct...
by newschoolsyr | May 26, 2023 | 2022-2023, grade 1, Kindergarten, Kindergarten and 1st grade, language arts, Uncategorized, writing workshop, youngest students
Children in Kindergarten and First Grade participated in a writing class this spring where they “played” with words and pictures. They worked on rhyming, fact & opinion and writing descriptive sentences. Here are some examples of their...
by newschoolsyr | May 7, 2023 | 2022-2023, grade 3, grade 4, language arts
At least twice a week, the kindergarteners and first graders have free art where they explore various mediums. We generally pull out at least two different mediums they can choose to work with such as acrylic paint, cardboard sculpture, playdough and modeling clay,...
by newschoolsyr | May 7, 2023 | 2022-2023, grade 1, grade 2, Kindergarten, science, science grades K-2
Over the winter, we have been working in depth with plants. Topics included Life Cycle of Plants Needs of a Plant Pollination Parts of a Plant Types and Disbursement of Seeds Types of Plants and Plant Habitats Parts of a Flower How Plants Get Food Decomposition of...
by newschoolsyr | May 5, 2023 | 2022-2023
In March we started a unit called, Soap, Film and Bubbles where students are learning about surface tension, and the chemistry of soap and water. Students have done experiments with bubble clusters, where they made clusters of three and four and found different ways...
