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Mystery Powder

 Starting in January 2013, all the third grade students were part of a “Mystery Powder” unit. The unit started with the shocking news of a “robbery” at the Temple up Read More >>

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Midsummer Night’s Dream

The older students at The New School thoroughly enjoyed Syracuse Stage’s production of Midsummer Night’s Dream. Once again we were treated to front row, center seats.  Following are comments, compliments Read More >>

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Legos and Simple Machines

The third graders here at the New School have been participating in a Lego science class for the past several weeks.  This class focuses on simple machine components, as well Read More >>

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Word Stretch

Once a week the youngest students take part in a class called “Word Stretch” which gives the students an opportunity to write words. Each class begins with the students writing Read More >>

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Biome Art

Children in the middle grades created landscapes of the biome they researched earlier in the year. First they were asked to consider where the horizon would be on their landscape. Read More >>

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Chinese Brush Painting

After we learned about the aboriginal art of Australia we traveled north to the continent of Asia where we started learning about Chinese brush painting. We looked at slides and Read More >>

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Listening Center

Once a week the youngest students listen to a book on tape. As they listen they copy the title of the book and start drawing a favorite scene in the Read More >>

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Decimals

Students in grades 5 and 6 were part of a Decimal class based on the teaching of Marilyn Burns. To ensure students understood the relationship between decimals and fractions students Read More >>

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Fall 2012 Read Aloud

Every day we end with a relaxing twenty minute Read Aloud. Our groupings change according to the content of the book. This fall we split into two groups. The older Read More >>