by Alex Melnick | Jun 14, 2026 | 2025-2026, grade 3, grade 4, grade 5, science
Starting in February, our third, fourth, and fifth graders began a unit of study on Matter in Science class. Students began by learning the definition of matter before diving deeper into the different states of matter, molecules, and changes in matter. Students have...
by Rebecca Dwyer | Nov 4, 2025 | 2025-2026, grade 3, grade 4, Social Studies, Uncategorized
The third and fourth graders this fall have begun to learn about the history of the 13 Colonies. We started this unit by reading a book titled Small Wolf by Nathaniel Benchley. In this book, a young native boy discovers people on Manhattan Island that he has never...
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 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 | Dec 1, 2022 | 2022-2023, grade 4, language arts
Starting in late September, this grammar class learned about nouns and verbs. This class took place either during morning meetings or during snack time. During the first two lessons, students learned about possessive nouns, specifically where apostrophes and “s” are...
