by newschoolsyr | Nov 25, 2018 | 2018 - 2019, grades 6-8, language arts, Uncategorized
The oldest students were part of a short unit where we explored Bloom’s Taxonomy. What better way to learn about higher and lower level questions than to write your own after studying and discussing each level of Bloom’s framework. Just as responding to higher level...
by newschoolsyr | Nov 9, 2018 | Uncategorized
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. Some of the titles they have listened to this year include: Thidwick the Big Hearted Moose, Blueberries for...
by newschoolsyr | Nov 8, 2018 | 2018 - 2019, grade 3, grade 4, language arts, Uncategorized
This fall, a group of 3rd and 4th graders were assigned to two writing classes during journal time. Writing Prompts was designed to help these reluctant writers develop creative ideas and to get their ideas on paper. At our school children have a half hour of...
by newschoolsyr | Nov 4, 2018 | Uncategorized
We were thrilled to invite Vanessa Johnson back to our school as a mystery guest in late October 2018. Vanessa introduced herself as a griot, which is a West African historian, storyteller, praise singer, poet, or musician. Griots consider themselves as a repository...
by newschoolsyr | Oct 26, 2018 | Uncategorized
One of the many empowering experiences at The New School happens during Investigations in the afternoon. For an hour, all children have the opportunity to teach what we call a “Legacy.” The tradition was started many years ago when we initiated a...
by newschoolsyr | Oct 6, 2018 | Uncategorized
On Monday, October 1, we welcomed Dan Stricker, Syracuse resident, to our school as our second mystery guest of the yearner our Make the World A Better Place unit. Dan came representing the many volunteers who have transformed the end caps along Meadowbrook Drive over...
