by newschoolsyr | Jun 24, 2012 | 2011-2012, affective education, whole school
On the last day of school each child came home with two important things. A memory box from the teachers, celebrating something important about the past year, and a letter that articulates the depth of each child’s achievement. Often children will focus on the...
by newschoolsyr | Jun 20, 2012 | 2011-2012, affective education, language arts, visual arts, whole school
Every year children randomly are assigned another student to make a gift for. When they present their gifts they share an appreciation which explains why they made the gift. In the picture above a child is being presented with a handmade joke book. Other gifts...
by newschoolsyr | Jun 17, 2012 | 2011-2012, language arts, Social Studies, visual arts, whole school
Shakespeare visited the school to share his life story, to answer questions and to listen to the older students recite their monologues from Macbeth, Midsummers Night’s Dream, The Tempest and Romeo and Juliet. Shakespeare also listened to a song students...
by newschoolsyr | Jun 17, 2012 | 2011-2012, Social Studies, whole school
Chittenango Landing Originally uploaded by New School-SyracuseTo support our study of local history the whole school visited Chittenango Landing where we some of the things we learned about archeological digs, what it was like to live on a canal boat and how canal...
by newschoolsyr | May 6, 2012 | 2011-2012, Community events, Social Studies, whole school
What on earth?! Alan (Ben and Greer’s dad) taught us how to use the ipads he brought in, to make our mark in mapmaking. Now we know how to find the school, and our own house, spreading the image to even ‘drive’ the route home. We went outside to take...
by newschoolsyr | Apr 10, 2012 | 2011-2012, language arts, language arts grades 4 - 8, whole school
At the end of every day, we schedule time for Read Aloud. During this time a teacher reads to a small group of students. Students often choose to draw in their sketchbooks as they listen. The groups change according to the book we read. At the beginning of the...
