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Summer SAVY 2018: Session 4, Day 5 – Traveling Through Time (Rising 2nd)
Jul. 13, 2018—I can’t believe our week is over! Our budding archaeologists did such an amazing job this week! They faced a ton of challenging concepts and activities, but just like real archaeologists, our students were eager to learn and ready to solve every archaeological problem we faced. Ms. Emily and I really loved meeting you all...
Summer SAVY 2018: Session 4, Day 5 – Adventures in Algebra (Rising 2nd)
Jul. 13, 2018—Happy Fifth Day! Thanks for visiting our Open House today. The mathematicians had fun displaying their stores and earning money for the Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital. Here are the earnings from all the stores: Video Action- $611, Amateur Sporting Goods-$530, Forbidden Book Store-$369, Adventures & Pets- $272, Snack Hacks- $251, and the Bakery-$202. The mathematicians decided...
Summer SAVY 2018: Session 4, Day 5 – Intro to Coding and Robotics (Rising 1st)
Jul. 13, 2018—Dear SAVY Parents, Thank you so much for attending our Open House today in the Wyatt computer Lab! It was such a joy to see parents and children, with a few grandparents as well, enjoying collaborations with coding. Please continue to model asking the hard questions with your child. The questions that have no immediate...
Summer Career Connections at SAVY 2018: Session 4, Day 4 – Engineering Design (Rising 7th)
Jul. 12, 2018—This morning we built and tested our first prototypes! We learned a lot through our first building and testing prototypes. For building, we learned a lot about how hard it is to actually assemble a prototype if you didn’t keep assembly in mind when designing. We talked about some tricks to make assembly easier when...
Summer Career Connections at SAVY 2018: Session 4, Day 4 – Think Like a Lawyer (Rising 7th)
Jul. 12, 2018—One day left of Think Like a Lawyer! Our class has really come a long way in understanding and applying legal rules since the beginning of the week. Today we covered Torts, which can be summarized as noncriminal, wrongful conduct. Unlike Contracts—the law governing people entering into relationships voluntarily—Torts is the law governing how strangers...
Summer SAVY 2018: Session 4, Day 4 – Mysterious World in Writing (Rising 5th/6th)
Jul. 12, 2018—I can’t believe the end of the week is just around the corner! I’ve had such a wonderful time working with your students, and I’m so proud of all we have accomplished and built together this week so far. Today was primarily spent as a Revision + Writing Day, as students begin to wrap up...
Summer SAVY 2018: Session 4, Day 4 – Intro to Business (Rising 5th/6th)
Jul. 12, 2018—Students learned today about how supply and demand affect the stock market. We thought about how to approach selecting a stock and then considered whether or not it is even possible to consistently select above average stocks. The students then heard about the efficient markets hypothesis and developed reasons for and against the hypothesis. We...
Summer SAVY 2018: Session 4, Day 4 – Fractions at Work (Rising 3rd/4th)
Jul. 12, 2018—We are sad to see our SAVY Fractions at Work class come to an end! We are truly applying new concepts moment by moment as we jump into projects and problem solving. Your mathematicians are astute learners, well-prepared for rigorous curriculum. Two highlights of today were our guest speaker and our urban planning collaboration. Jessica...
Summer SAVY 2018: Session 4, Day 4 – The Great Debate, Mrs. Kraft (Rising 3rd/4th)
Jul. 12, 2018—Dear Parents, What a fun and productive Thursday we had! We added to our debating knowledge, formed closer bonds with our classmates, and delved into research about our two debate topics (either one could be picked for our debate on Friday!) This morning we started off with our focus games again. The students have gotten...
Summer SAVY 2018: Session 4, Day 4 – The Great Debate, Mr. Lee (Rising 3rd/4th)
Jul. 12, 2018—Parents, The week has flown by and the days feel shorter and shorter! We had an exciting and energetic start to the morning with the introduction of a new game. While the game was filled with laughter, it also taught important lessons regarding teamwork and how to best think on one’s feet. Day by day...