by newschoolsyr | Nov 24, 2019 | 2019 - 2020, grades 4 - 6, science
Starting in September 2019, all the fourth and fifth grade students were part of a “Mystery Powder” unit. The unit started with the shocking news of a “robbery” at the Temple up the road! Left at the scene of the “crime” was a white powder as the only evidence. All...
by newschoolsyr | May 21, 2019 | 2018 - 2019, grade 3, grades 4 - 6, science, visual arts
This spring, the students in grades 3-6 engaged in an exploratory study of honeybees that touched on their physiology, role in the natural environment, and current threats affecting their population today. We read from Gail Gibbon’s The Honey Makersto acquire some...
by newschoolsyr | Jan 19, 2019 | 2018 - 2019, grades 4 - 6, language arts, writing workshop
Many a white page has been known to cause “writer’s block.” At The New School we recently tried something new. During Read Aloud we are reading “Sweep: The story of a girl and her monster” to the older children. Early in the book Nan, the...
by newschoolsyr | Feb 9, 2014 | 2013-2014, grades 4 - 6, science
The older students spent one month in the fall of 2013 rotating between four science centers where they explored and experimented with various science concepts. The liquid station assessed the students’ ability to use measuring equipment, make inferences about...
