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...
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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 | May 24, 2020 | 2019 - 2020, grade 1, Kindergarten, science, Uncategorized
Hot and Cold is science unit for our youngest students which was started when the distance learning period began. We started by exploring the melting of an ice cube. How long did we think it would take for an ice cube to melt? Then we considered ways we could make the...
