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Archives for November 2016

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Experimental Design

At the end of last year, we started a unit on Experimental Design.  Students had to “save fred” a gummy worm from drowning by only using paperclips.  Students had to Read More >>

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Advanced Math Class

Two students in 7th grade are working at an advanced pace on 7th grade materials.  Since the start of the year, they have reviewed topics of fractions, decimals, and a Read More >>

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Math Table

  Students in 5th and 6th grade participate bi-weekly in a math table that explores 5th and 6th grade math topics.  We started out this school year reviewing and learning Read More >>

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Parts of Speech

In a series of three lessons the 2nd, 3rd and 4th grade students learned about four different parts of speech. First they learned the function of verbs in the English Read More >>

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Variables and Inequalities

In Math class the 7th graders have been developing their abilities to solve for a variable in a equation and have recently been introduced to solving inequalities. The amount of Read More >>

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Infectious Diseases

Over the past couple weeks the older students have been studying infectious diseases. Thus far they have completed two hands on experiments. In one experiment they simulated spreading the common cold Read More >>

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Writing with Paul

Paul Otteson, parent of two former New School students, returned to teach a 3-session workshop on story structure, with an emphasis on how to end stories or story segments. Exercises Read More >>

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Are Lyrics to a Song Poetry?

The seven oldest students are taking part in a poetry class, which was inspired by Bob Dylan’s recent nomination for the Nobel Prize for Literature. We started the discussion discussing Read More >>

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Writing Prompt

Writing Prompt is a journaling time where the students are given a specific story starter or topic to write about. After introducing the prompt, the students briefly brainstorm what they Read More >>