This December we wrapped up a unit on Explorers from all different time periods and people going to all different places (space, underwater, to the arctic), and we moved to just learning about the “New World” that was “discovered” by Europeans. To kick off this unit, we read the book Encounter by Jane Yolen. In Read More >>
Animal Classification Part 2
If you need a reminder, check out the Part one description from last semester. This project was designed as a year long project with time as one of our tools. Another tool that The New School frequently utilizes is looking at the same big idea in multiple forms, and during multiple times of a Read More >>
Hot and Cold
Hot and Cold is science unit for our youngest students which was started when the distance learning period began. We started by exploring the melting of an ice cube. How long did we think it would take for an ice cube to melt? Then we considered ways we could make the ice cube melt faster. Read More >>
Small Moments- Language Arts
Small Moments was a lesson that met once a week for four weeks. Each week we would read a small moment from a children’s book to notice the details used by the author. The students would then have time to journal their own small moments and focused on enhancing their own detail writing. Students worked Read More >>
Creation Myths
Since January, we began a class with the younger half of the school reading a wide variety of myths from Native American, South American, and African cultures that give voice to stories of how our world and elements of it have been created. We read many versions of how there came to be Day and Read More >>
Animal Habitat 2
To finish up our Animal Habitat unit each child created a collage of an animal in its habitat. First they had to decide where the horizon line was going to be. Then what time of day they wanted to depict. Some picked night, some sunset, or mid-day. After finishing the sky they worked on the Read More >>
Little House Read Aloud
The younger and middle group of students have listened to the book Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder. While listening to the book, we made a chart of interesting words and the main characters that we heard about. We also got a chance to make butter, visit the pioneer museum at Read More >>
Animal Habitat
Our world is a magical place. Students in Kindergarten through 3rd grade have been exploring the unique qualities of each of the seven continents. First we looked at maps of the world, showing the seven continents, and then we made our own map. After each child was assigned a continent they read books learning about Read More >>
Graphing Centers
In Math class, our youngest students have been working on developing and reading pictographs and bar graphs. We made several graphs from scratch and analyzed existing graphs. This helps the students to identify things like the most, the least and things that have the same amount. They learned significant new terms such as data, key and Read More >>
Math Centers – Place Value 2018
For most of the second part of this school year, the youngest children have been working on two digit place value. We started off counting up from the bottom of our board and looked at the numbers from 0-9. Of course they were all familiar with those numbers. Then, we added 10 on top of Read More >>