by newschoolsyr | May 26, 2023 | 2022-2023, grade 2, grade 3, grade 4, grade 5, grade 7, Uncategorized
At a student’s suggestion the New School has decided to start a mini spelling bee. We have students at a variety of ages and levels testing their spelling skills every week. They are using words that come from the school’s sight words as well as the official...
by newschoolsyr | May 7, 2023 | 2022-2023, grade 1, grade 2, Kindergarten, science, science grades K-2
Over the winter, we have been working in depth with plants. Topics included Life Cycle of Plants Needs of a Plant Pollination Parts of a Plant Types and Disbursement of Seeds Types of Plants and Plant Habitats Parts of a Flower How Plants Get Food Decomposition of...
by newschoolsyr | May 5, 2023 | grade 2, language arts
In January we started reading Henry and Mudge and the Snowman plan, looking at the story elements of this story. Before they started reading we had a class about what story elements are and students had a good understanding of characters, setting and events in...
by newschoolsyr | Nov 8, 2022 | grade 1, grade 2, Kindergarten, science, science grades K-2
We completed a unit study at the start of school on The Life Cycle of the Butterfly and Moth. Children learned about eggs, caterpillars, their metamorphosis within a cocoon or chrysalis, and their eventual emergence as a butterfly or moth. We were able to watch the...
by newschoolsyr | Jun 22, 2022 | 2021-2022, grade 2, grade 3, science
This year was the continuation of an animal class that had begun 2 years ago. Many of the activities of the class continued through this year. However, we had several new students join us and our group size became 11 children. We continued to read books...
by newschoolsyr | Jun 1, 2022 | 2021-2022, grade 2, grade 3, grade 4, Social Studies, Uncategorized
Students in 2nd – 4th grade participated in a class this spring about the American Revolution. Students listened to and discussed the books such as: Sam the Minuteman, George the Drummer Boy, Can’t You Make them Behave King George and Phoebe the Spy. They have...
