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Valentine’s Day

Nothing like Valentines to challenge us to transform a shopping bag into a favorite animal.

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13 Colonies

     After studying the early explorers to the New World we turned our attention to the people who decided to settle in the New World – the early colonists.      Each student was assigned one of the 13 colonies to research the answers to a number of questions.  First they had to learn where Read More >>

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Joe Murphy, Fine Artist and Illustrator visits

It’s been a while since Joe Murphy graduated from SU, but he got some quick attention passing a sheet of his  X-Men trading cards around the circle of students, and a drop-jaw reaction to his own fanciful painting of a dog in a wizard’s hat.  As a kid, Joe was intrigued by his realization that Read More >>

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Artist Susan Keeter Visits

Illustrator and fine artist Susan Keeter, SU graduate and Syracuse resident, opened her workshop with a reading from the lyrical Honey Baby Sugar Child, by Alice Faye Duncan, while walking her illustrated pages around the circle of children. Susan then enlightened our young artists about the glories of Cray-Pas as a convenient substitute for oil Read More >>

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Wonderful World

Inspired by the work of Eric Carle and Leo Lionni all the students at The New School first made paper for their collages. Using acrylic and tempera paint on matte and glossy papers, textures and designs were created with various objects. Then students were asked to identify a repetitive shape from a landscape and to Read More >>

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Giant Steps by John Coltrane

The children listened to John Coltrane’s Giant Steps and were asked to paint what the music made them think of. We then read Chris Raschka’s book of the same title. As they painted children shared their visions: Giant Steps made me think of:Marina: the ocean and how it is so active. Maia: the wind is Read More >>

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Anthony Salatino is Mystery Guest

Anthony Salatino became this year’s first Mystery Guest at The New School. Tony is the choreographer of Syracuse Stage’s production of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Our smart children were able to figure out in 3 minutes why he was at the school and then Tony answered their questions.  Here are a few Read More >>

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Bubbles

Everyone has played with bubbles at some point in their life. However, many people may not think about what a bubble really is. What makes a bubble a bubble? Six of the students in grades 4-7 investigated the science behind soap bubbles through hands on experimenting. While we were doing our experimenting on bubbles and Read More >>

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Shakespeare Lives

During snack each week we have been listening to the plays of William Shakespeare as retold by Bruce Coville. We started with Romeo and Juliet and then moved on to the dark tragedy, MacBeth. In our discussions we have talked about the characteristics of a tragedy and spent much time getting to know Shakespeare’s characters. Read More >>

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Place Value

In our place value class, five students learn how to use the number grid to quickly add and subtract numbers. Along the way, students explore how there are many ways to get a single answer. Students learn the value of the ones and tens place, as well as how to move up and down the Read More >>