by newschoolsyr | Mar 7, 2011 | Grades 5 - 8, language arts
Working with Jeff Simmons, a parent of one of our students who teaches creative writing at Syracuse University, the older students were given two writing prompts which launched them into many weeks of writing fiction.”Not all stories have good characters, but...
by newschoolsyr | Mar 7, 2011 | grades 4 - 8, language arts, Social Studies
Inspired by Kenneth Koch’s Rose, where did you get that red? book the older students spent a month studying the poems of Wallace Stevens: Thirteen Ways to Look at a Blackbird, John Ashbery: Into the Dusk-Charged Air, and Arthur Rimbaud: Voyelles....
by newschoolsyr | Jan 12, 2011 | language arts, youngest students
The youngest students have been working on a cutting book during journalling time once or twice a week. This activity has focused on cutting out pictures from magazines and pasting them with the correct initial sound in the alphabet. Students then have to...
by newschoolsyr | Dec 29, 2010 | language arts, whole school
Everyday children have half an hour of writing time. Sometimes this is used for printing practice, phonemic instruction, spelling, and writing workshop. Every week children have time for free writing. Children can choose to write by hand, use an alphasmart...
by newschoolsyr | Dec 22, 2010 | affective education, language arts, Social Studies, youngest students
In early December the youngest children performed a play based on the Ancient Chinese story of how the rooster lost his horns. Ladies and Gentleman. We are glad you are here to watch our play. The play was a collaborative effort, with each child adding details until...
by newschoolsyr | Dec 6, 2010 | Community events, grades 4 - 8, language arts, whole school, youngest students
Haleigh Originally uploaded by New School-SyracuseChildren were invited to attend our Barnes and Noble poetry night. There was a great turn out of families. After the children took turns sharing their favorite poems they had opportunities to enjoy face painting and...
