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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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Child of the Silent Night

      This winter, children in Grades 2nd – 5th read about Laura Bridgeman in the book titled Child of the Silent Night by Edith Fisher Hunter.  In this book Read More >>

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Freida Jacques – Mystery Guest

In December, Freida Jacques, an Onondaga Clan mother who lives on the Onondaga Nation visited The New School. Freida Jacques answered the many questions of our students and then shared Read More >>

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Pixie

The 3rd, 4th and 5th graders are taking part in Pixie class. Pixie is a philosophical reading program. We read the story of a girl named Pixie, very s-l-o-w-l-y. We Read More >>

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Jack and Goldilocks

Students in the younger and middle groups have been listening to and analyzing the books Goldilocks and the Three Bears and Jack and the Beanstalk.  We started out reading a Read More >>

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Equalizing and Word Problems

Evan and Glady are participating in a math class together. They are working in DMP (Developing Mathematical Processes) topic 27 Representing Other Equalizing Situations. Working with addition and subtraction facts Read More >>

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Electricity and Magnetism

Students in the oldest group have been learning about electricity and magnetism this winter and spring.  We started off reviewing what static electricity is and enjoyed doing some experiments with Read More >>

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Multiplication

In late March children in grades 2 and 3 started a Multiplication unit and how it is just another word for repeated addition. Children worked on highlighting the multiples of Read More >>