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Summer SAVY 2017, Session 4/Day 4- Measuring Matters (Rising 2nd/3rd)
Jul. 13, 2017—Today was all about area! We started off with the standard area formula: A = L x W. We talked about area’s relationship to perimeter and how two shapes with the same perimeter can have different areas. At first, the kids were convinced that this couldn’t be true, so it was fun to see them...
Summer SAVY 2017, Session 4/Day 4- Telling Tales (Rising 2nd/3rd)
Jul. 13, 2017—We spent our Thursday in Telling Tales talking about timelines while wrapping up our work on our pilgrims and tales for the pilgrimage tomorrow. At the beginning of class, students wrote a Two-Minute Tale in response to the “Why did the chicken cross the road?” joke. Students showed a lot of growth from Monday’s Two-Minute...
Summer SAVY 2017, Session 4/Day 4- Dive into Design (Rising 1st)
Jul. 13, 2017—Dear Parents, Today was a fabulous fourth day for our Dive into Design class! We began our morning reading from the book, Rosie Revere, Engineer. We then talked more about the engineering process and how much we learn from our mistakes and projects that don’t go the way we intended them to go in our...
Summer SAVY 2017, Session 4/Day 4- Beyond the Pyramids (Rising 1st)
Jul. 13, 2017—Hello SAVY Parents! I can’t believe tomorrow is our final day together in ancient Egypt. Just like any good trip, we don’t want to leave this destination, but we’re leaving plenty of learning undiscovered for other trips. Today we constructed and discussed a model pyramid that helped us to understand the organization of the labor...
Summer SAVY 2017, Session 4/Day 3- Theory, Criticism, and The Force (Rising 6th/7th)
Jul. 12, 2017—Padawans and Younglings: On our first day, we crafted a structural analysis of an episode of “Star Wars: The Clone Wars.” On our second day, we began a thorough structural analysis of Star Wars: A New Hope. We also examined the film through formalist and semiotic lenses. Today – wow, guys… Today we continued our...
Summer SAVY 2017, Session 4/Day 3- Intro to Programming (Rising 6th/7th)
Jul. 12, 2017—This morning, students started pair-programming to create a number guessing game with their partner. By lunch, we were able to take turns playing each others’ games to show off all of the students’ hard work and creativity! Students really customized the game and made if their own, adding in extra loops to allow users to...
Summer SAVY 2017, Session 4/Day 3- Business Basics (Rising 4th/5th)
Jul. 12, 2017—Our first official business meeting was held today. Students got to ask all of their questions about how the stock market works. There were plenty of terrific questions regarding things including benchmarks, sectors, and initial public offerings. We learned that our class is on the short list to be portfolio managers for part of Vanderbilt’s...
Summer SAVY 2017, Session 4/Day 3- Looking into Language (Rising 4th/5th)
Jul. 12, 2017—Wordful Wednesday began with a recap of the International Phonetic Alphabet, where we continued honing our linguistic skills. Students created flash cards for each phonetic symbol and gave the class lessons on how to properly pronounce the sounds through multiple examples. Next, we broke down the poetry of Shel Silverstein. We counted syllables to study...
Summer SAVY 2017, Session 4/Day 3- Measuring Matters (Rising 2nd/3rd)
Jul. 12, 2017—Today we started by finishing up the drawing and cutting portions of our Yetis. We will finish putting them together tomorrow and will hopefully have time to decorate them! We also discussed perimeter and how shapes with the same perimeter can have different dimensions. We framed this around the idea of a pen for the...
Summer SAVY 2017, Session 4/Day 3- Telling Tales (Rising 2nd/3rd)
Jul. 12, 2017—On our third day of Telling Tales, students dove back into The Canterbury Tales, thinking especially about conflict, and took off with their own tales in preparation for Friday’s pilgrimage around Peabody. In the morning, students worked in small groups to turn a shoebox full of random items into an interesting tale, focusing especially on...