by newschoolsyr | Jan 5, 2021 | 2020-2021, grade 1, grade 2, grade 3, Kindergarten, language arts, science, Social Studies
This fall we resumed an Animal Classification Class that we had started last year. It included last year’s children and our newer children as well. We began with a long read aloud (and slide show-once we figured out how) called The Most Beautiful Rooftop in the...
by newschoolsyr | Jan 5, 2021 | 2020-2021, grades 4 - 8, Social Studies
After the social injustice occurrences this past summer, The New School took it upon itself to educate its students on the history of social injustice in order to gain a better understanding of what is happening in our country. You could see our students learning...
by newschoolsyr | Dec 17, 2020 | 2011-2012, 2012-2013, 2013-2014, 2014-2015, 2015-2016, 2016-2017, 2017 - 2018, 2018 - 2019, 2019 - 2020, 2020-2021, affective education, After School, alumni, Community, Community events, field trips, Fundraising Opportunities, grade 1, grade 2, grade 3, grade 4, grade 5, grade 7, Grades 3 - 5, grades 3 - 6, grades 4 - 6, grades 4 - 8, Grades 5 - 8, grades 6-8, grades 7-8, gross/fine motor, Individualized Curriculum, investigations, Kindergarten, Kindergarten and 1st grade, l, language arts, language arts grade 2, language arts grades 4 - 8, language arts grades K-2, language arts phonemic awareness, Lemoyne Student teacher, math, middle school, mystery guest, Outdoor Play, Physical Education, Press Clippings, School Events, science, science grade 2, science grades K-2, science K-1, Social Studies, Social Studies 3rd grade students, Social Studies grades K-2, Uncategorized, Unique paragraphs, visual arts, whole school, whole school music, writing workshop, youngest students
Our children, our students, live in a world that has developed all kinds of media and ways to transmit information, disinformation, ideas, and images. They hear the media, adults, other peers talking about events and opinions as they move through their days. Some of...
by newschoolsyr | Jun 19, 2020 | 2019 - 2020, grades 4 - 8, Social Studies
The Constitution Convention of 1787 inspired us to reenact the almost four months of debate that took place in Philadelphia as the forty founding fathers debated ho0w to modify the Articles of Confederation and then finally threw them out altogether and started a...
by newschoolsyr | Jun 16, 2020 | 2019 - 2020, Community, grades 4 - 8, Social Studies
This unit began soon after we switched to distance learning and we had to adjust and modify the curriculum accordingly. Instead of taking the students to visit the three branches of local government in Syracuse, we invited representatives of each to be interviewed via...
by newschoolsyr | Jun 8, 2020 | 2019 - 2020, grade 1, grade 2, grade 3, Kindergarten, Social Studies
This December we wrapped up a unit on Explorers from all different time periods and people going to all different places (space, underwater, to the arctic), and we moved to just learning about the “New World” that was “discovered” by Europeans. To kick off this unit,...
