by newschoolsyr | Jun 19, 2021 | 2020-2021, grade 1, grade 2, Kindergarten, science, Uncategorized
When Animal class began again in January of this year, we started with a book called The Butterfly and the Lamb. As is often the case, while the book seems very simple it is addressing an important issue: the difference between animals who need to be nutured for some...
by newschoolsyr | Jun 12, 2021 | Uncategorized
During Spring 2021, four students in grades 4 – 6 all were in a book club reading Finding Langston. The story was about a boy named Langston and his father after they move to Chicago from Alabama after his mother passed away and Langston finding the writer...
by newschoolsyr | Jun 12, 2021 | Uncategorized
During Spring 2021, Students in grades 4 – 6 learned about our Solar System! During our class they all worked hard to learn about the different objects they could find in space which are all considered celestial bodies. The unit was designed around some of the...
by newschoolsyr | Jun 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
For much of the year, it has been my pleasure to work with Jorge, Evan, and Theo in our Writers Café. We gathered weekly via Google Meet, moving only recently to a hybrid meeting at school. Each session begins with the reading aloud of any new writing we have to...
by newschoolsyr | May 29, 2021 | 2020-2021, grade 1, grade 2, grade 3, Kindergarten, Uncategorized, visual arts
After reading She’s Wearing a Bird on her Head we learned about the remarkable efforts of Minna Hall and Harriet Hemenway, two determined women activists who founded the Audubon Society to protect birds. Then we admired the extraordinary paintings by James...
by newschoolsyr | May 22, 2021 | 2020-2021, grades 7-8, science, Uncategorized
by Paul OttesonSecond semester science teacher for 7th and 8th grades Biology has been this year’s science focus for the older students, using the curriculum suggested by the Science Education for Public Understanding Program (SEPUP). It was my pleasure to join the...
