by newschoolsyr | Feb 20, 2015 | 2014-2015, Community events, grades 4 - 8, science, visual arts
Over the summer of 2014, teachers at The New School decided that the older students would take part in a year-long study of trees, where they would learn about tree identification, and how the study of a tree’s habit, its leaves, bark and fruit provide identification...
by newschoolsyr | Nov 18, 2014 | 2014-2015, grades 4 - 8, language arts, Social Studies
The oldest students have all read Two Tickets to Freedom: The True Story of Ellen and William Craft, Fugitive Slaves by Florence B. Freedman. This has been part of their social studies unit on the Civil War. After completing the assigned reading, they met in...
by newschoolsyr | Oct 29, 2014 | 2014-2015, Community events, field trips, grades 4 - 8, visual arts, whole school
On Thursday, October 16, 2014, nineteen of our oldest students visited Syracuse University’s campus to view Margaret Bourke White’s exhibit of 180 vintage photographs taken in the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, Germany, England and Italy in the 1930s and 40s. Prior to...
by newschoolsyr | Sep 21, 2014 | 2014-2015, Community events, field trips, grades 4 - 8, l, science
The older students (ages 9 to 12) have embarked on a tree exploration. They started out looking at how trees grow – by observing their rings. We soon learned that not only can you tell how old a tree is by its rings, but you can also determine whether it was a “good”...
by newschoolsyr | Feb 5, 2014 | 2013-2014, grades 4 - 8, language arts, visual arts
During Read Aloud, at the end of the day, the older students listened to William Pene du Bois’ fascinating book 21 Balloons. This book chronicles the adventures of Professor William Waterman Sherman in his specially designed hot air balloon. Professor Sherman lands on...
by newschoolsyr | Oct 20, 2013 | 2013-2014, field trips, grades 4 - 8, Social Studies
For the oldest students (grades 4 and above), our study of “Mesopotamia” – the land between two rivers – began with a discussion of “How do we know what we know?” How can we possibly know about a civilization that existed over 5,000 years ago? The children...
