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Wiggly Worms!

All of the students at school this fall have participated in science classes where they are learning about earthworms.  We have read worm books, discussed and observed worm body parts, tested whether worms are sensitive to light and dark, and whether they prefer moist or dry environments.  The younger children are creating a diorama of the worm’s Read More >>

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Gym

Gym time is an active time.  We play lots of different games and split into all different types of groups.  On this day, we had multi-age groups.  One group played a tag game while the second group enjoyed playing with the parachute.  We encourage kids to play safe, fair and hard in every type of Read More >>

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Contract Time

Contract time can consist of many different things happening all at the same time. Here are some photos of children playing a game, working with a teacher, working on their own and playing in gross-motor centers. We’re off to a great start this year!

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Native American Exhibit

The New School’s Native American Exhibit Pueblo – Andy Zamora and Nick RussellNavaho – Zerbie Hynson and Emmy NewmanTlinglit – Sam Pullman and Quin DeliaSeminole – Evelyn Caldwell and Martin Welych-FlanaganSioux – Bobby Simmons and Savannah KrabacherIroquois – Haleigh Summers, Syris Dwyer, Muta PamojaApache – Neona Krabacher, Alaira Otteson, Sam ProppCheyenne – Autumn Kerr, Greer Read More >>

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Bill Peet Author’s Study

April 17, 2011Dear followers of the famous Bill Peet,We, the following students at The New School, (Ciara, Savannah, Greer, Mae, Autumn, Alaira, Emmy, Bobby, Monae, Sam and Ace) spent ten weeks listening and discussing Wump World, Farewell to Shady Glade, The Ant and the Elephant, and The Wingdingdilly.• We liked how Bill Peet makes up Read More >>

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Eric Carle Author’s Study

Recently at snack time, the students have been exploring the different styles of author/illustrator Leo Lionni and Eric Carle. The students with desks upstairs have been reading and discussing the similarities in styles of Lionni books such as Tico’s Golden Wings, Fish is Fish and Pezzettino. One of the themes that students discovered is that Read More >>

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Earth Day

Earth Day fell during April Break this year, so a week later we brainstormed ideas on what we could do to help care for the Earth. We came up with lots of ideas and ended up with students collecting trash, sweeping the parking lot, raking leaves, cleaning up flower beds and creating posters. We spent Read More >>

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A Grain of Rice

The book club for A Grain of Rice has been unique in that students did not read the book individually during silent reading. The book was read aloud as a group twice with the goal of creating a script for a puppet show which the students will be performing. The first reading students took turns Read More >>

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Reconstruction

In February nine of the oldest students started a Reconstruction unit. First we went back to the Declaration of Independence and the students were asked to rewrite one section in their own words:We hold these Truthsto be self-evident,that all Men are created equal,that they are endowed by their Creatorwith certain unalienable Rights,that among these areLife, Read More >>

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Chicken Science

The Kindergarten and First Grade science class has recently been learning about chickens.  Students have explored the life cycle of the chicken, looked at and ordered the 21 days it takes to hatch a chicken egg, and named the parts of a chicken egg.  We’ve also read great books on chickens and had discussions on Read More >>