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Chickens

The New School started housing fertilized chicken eggs on March 7th, and are watching them grown in an incubator day by day. We looked at this as a great opportunity Read More >>

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DINOSAURS!

The youngest group of students have been investigating DINOSAURS! We took a long time to read Dinosaur Valley and Maia: A Dinosaur Grows Up. Dinosaur Valley follows a family of Read More >>

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Biomes – Deserts

This spring the youngest students continued their study of Biomes which was started in the fall. Most recently we turned our attention to deserts. We read and discussed books such Read More >>

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Cursive Again!

The second graders are THRILLED to be learning cursive this year. They started off with the clock climbers group – a, c, d, g, and q and have now moved Read More >>

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Measurement Class

This December and January, students in a second grade measurement class learned all about standard and non-standard measurements. We started with length and comparing the lengths of links, cubes and Read More >>

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Grasslands

Our youngest students continue their study of biomes. In December we moved our focus from the rain forest to grasslands. We listened to books and learned how grasslands are very different to rain Read More >>

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Block Soup and Place Value

A small group of 2nd graders has been working on adding and subtracting 2-digit numbers with regrouping.  We started by reviewing what a two-digit number is and how important the Read More >>

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Sentence Stretch

Evan, Glady, Aurelia, Etienne, Rowyn, Simon and Valor are participating in Sentence Stretch, a writing class. They take turn choosing topics to write about, like Halloween, solid shapes and winter. Read More >>

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Rain Forest

The eleven youngest students started the year learning about the Rain Forest. New concepts and vocabulary were introduced as they listened to and discussed the content of many books on Read More >>

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Dictation

Students in dictation class have been focusing on reading and spelling words that follow the vowel-consonant-e pattern and comparing them with words that follow the consonant-vowel-consonant pattern. Students sort, compare, read, and Read More >>