Mike Wolfin, a graduate student from Cornell’s Department of Entomology, was a recent “Mystery Guest” at The New School. As a spokesperson for Insectapolooza, he brought with him a stick Read More >>
Archives for November 2013
Mystery Guest – Hartwood Farmers
“Two mystery guests in one week,” the children shouted with glee! Our second mystery guests of the week were Matt Robinson and Maryellen Sheehan, farmers and owners of Hartwood Farm. Read More >>
B.F.G Read Aloud
Our youngest children (kindergarten and 1st) loved listening to Johnna, our student teacher, reading The B.F.G. by Roald Dahl. This is a fantasy story that explores the B.F.G.’s kidnapping of Read More >>
Mummies in the Morning Book Club:
Six students took part in a book club and read Mummies in the Morning by Mary Pope Osborn. This book club gave the students a chance to further their knowledge Read More >>
Letters Home
This fall, students in 3rd through 6thgrades were introduced to letter writing by our student teacher, Johnna. Students began by exploring the elements of a friendly letter; including the heading, Read More >>
Friendship Bracelets and Boondoggle fun
Johnna, our student teacher, enjoyed sharing her interest in arts and crafts activities during investigations. She choose to teach the students how to make friendship bracelets. Each student was given the chance to make Read More >>
Data and Graphing
This fall the younger group of students in 2nd and 3rd grades began a data class with Johnna our student teacher. Throughout this class the students demonstrated the ability to Read More >>