by newschoolsyr | Sep 24, 2023 | Uncategorized
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by newschoolsyr | Jun 18, 2023 | Uncategorized
For a short while this year, we began a unit reading and thinking about dinosaurs with ouryoungest children during a weekly snack. To begin, we read a lovely book called DinosaurValley about a small Orodromeus family learning to find food and survive the larger meat...
by newschoolsyr | May 26, 2023 | Uncategorized
We received fertilized eggs from Farmer Jenn, along with an incubator. We talked about the difference between fertilized and unfertilized eggs. We discussed what made egg shells different colors and what makes an eggshell so strong (you can’t break it by squeezing it...
by newschoolsyr | May 26, 2023 | 2022-2023, grade 2, grade 3, grade 4, grade 5, grade 7, Uncategorized
At a student’s suggestion the New School has decided to start a mini spelling bee. We have students at a variety of ages and levels testing their spelling skills every week. They are using words that come from the school’s sight words as well as the official...
by newschoolsyr | May 26, 2023 | Uncategorized
The Native Americans class focused on the Iroquois tribe. We focused on the Iroquois tribe because it is right in our back door. The Onondaga nation is just south of Syracuse. We started with an overview of the Iroquois nation. They went over how stories were passed...
by newschoolsyr | May 26, 2023 | 2022-2023, grade 3, grade 4, grade 5, Uncategorized
Our Human Body class has turned into an opportunity for the students to discover how much our body systems contribute to everything we do in life. After discussing the Nervous system, we moved on to the respiratory system, where the students were able to construct...
