by newschoolsyr | May 25, 2019 | 2018 - 2019, language arts, middle school, Social Studies, writing workshop
Three of our middle school students participated in a four-session workshop designed to enhance the skills of developing writers. In preparation, the students read “War Horse” by Michael Morpurgo — a story of World War I told through the eyes of a horse....
by newschoolsyr | May 10, 2019 | 2018 - 2019, Community, Grades 5 - 8, visual arts, whole school, writing workshop
Kate Woodle conducted a four-week, illustration workshop for the seven oldest students. Kate kicked off her workshop as a Mystery Guest for the whole school, where she described the process of illustrating a children’s picture book. To the smaller class, students had...
by newschoolsyr | Apr 23, 2019 | 2018 - 2019, grade 3, grade 4, language arts, writing workshop
This spring, students in grades 3-4 participated in a unit on writing a persuasive letter. We read informational articles to gather baseline information about how littering affects the ecosystems on Earth. We began this unit by viewing letter examples and...
by newschoolsyr | Apr 7, 2019 | 2018 - 2019, grade 1, grade 2, grade 3, grade 4, Kindergarten, language arts, Social Studies, visual arts, writing workshop
Since January, we began a class with the younger half of the school reading a wide variety of myths from Native American, South American, and African cultures that give voice to stories of how our world and elements of it have been created. We read many versions of...
by newschoolsyr | Jan 19, 2019 | 2018 - 2019, grades 4 - 6, language arts, writing workshop
Many a white page has been known to cause “writer’s block.” At The New School we recently tried something new. During Read Aloud we are reading “Sweep: The story of a girl and her monster” to the older children. Early in the book Nan, the...
by newschoolsyr | Oct 23, 2017 | 2017 - 2018, grades 7-8, language arts, visual arts, writing workshop
The eldest students were given an assignment that involved self-selecting three poets. After browsing through collections of poetry by Maya Angelou, Langston Hughes, Robert Frost, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Edward Lear, Lewis Carroll and more, they had to pick one...
