by newschoolsyr | Oct 9, 2013 | 2013-2014, grades 4 - 8, language arts, Social Studies
The oldest students listened to a book at read aloud this fall called Motel of the Mysteries by David Macaulay. In this book, it is the year 4022 and all of the ancient country of Usa has been buried under many feet of junk mail from a catastrophe that...
by newschoolsyr | Feb 14, 2013 | 2012-2013, language arts, language arts grades K-2, language arts phonemic awareness, visual arts, youngest students
Once a week the youngest students listen to a book on tape. As they listen they copy the title of the book and start drawing a favorite scene in the book. More recently children have been asked to write one or two sentences. Some of the titles they have listened to...
by newschoolsyr | Feb 14, 2013 | language arts, whole school
Every day we end with a relaxing twenty minute Read Aloud. Our groupings change according to the content of the book. This fall we split into two groups. The older children (in grades 3 – 8) listened to J. R. Tolkein’s The Hobbit on the upstairs rug. This...
by newschoolsyr | Jan 18, 2013 | 2012-2013, language arts, whole school
A custom supported by our collaborative environment here at The New School is Discussion Box. Discussion Box gives students the opportunity to voice their concerns. Students write down their concerns and place it in the Discussion Box. Every few weeks during Snack we...
by newschoolsyr | Jan 18, 2013 | 2012-2013, language arts
Beginning in the Fall, eight of the 3rd grade students took part in a book club that read My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George. Each week the students were assigned chapters to read and a role such as discussion director, connector, word finder,...
by newschoolsyr | Jan 6, 2013 | 2012-2013, language arts, Social Studies 3rd grade students
Our third book in a series for this book club is about Louis Braille, the boy who invented a way for blind people to read. All of the participants in this book club have really enjoyed learning about people who are blind, deaf or both. During our reading...
