Grade 2 Category
Spring SAVY 2020: Day 3 – Secrets of the Moli Stone (1st/2nd)
Feb. 25, 2020—The Secrets of the MoLi Stone have been revealed! Our last session did not disappoint! Students learned about the Chinese numeration system, solved the symbols on the MoLi Stone, and created their own number system! Although many students had guessed the MoLi Stone had Chinese numbers on it, they found out they were correct Saturday...
Spring SAVY 2020: Day 3 – Intro to Robotics and Programming (1st/2nd)
Feb. 25, 2020—Coming soon!
Spring SAVY 2020: Day 2 – Operation Save the Beach (1st/2nd)
Feb. 18, 2020—Greetings SAVY Parents, Day 2 was another excellent day of learning for your SAVY Scholar! The day started with a morning meeting and playing the game, Find Someone Who. Students had an opportunity to share something about themselves and learn something about their peers. We dug a little deeper into our class, Operation Save the...
Spring SAVY 2020: Day 2 – Secrets of the Moli Stone (1st/2nd)
Feb. 18, 2020—Saturday number two had students traveling all over the world! With our overarching concept of systems, we continued to analyze the patterns, groupings, and symbols of different numeration systems. Our first stop was the Land of Treble! In the Land of Treble, everything is in groups of threes. From the tires on cars, to the...
Spring SAVY 2020: Day 2 – Intro to Robotics & Programming (1st/2nd)
Feb. 18, 2020—Today these programmers learned that their job isn’t always creating new technology. They became aware that a big part of their job description is fixing or “debugging” programming problems. We started the day reading more of Peter Brown’s, The Wild Robot Escapes, to put our brains in the futuristic mindset of the world of robots....
Spring SAVY 2020: Day 1 – Operation Save the Beach (1st/2nd)
Feb. 10, 2020—Greetings SAVY Parents, We had a great day of learning in the session, Operation Save the Beach! It was a joy meeting your child and facilitating the learning that took place on Day 1. Perseverance was the name of the game, and the first and second-grade scholars rose to the occasion. They demonstrated critical-thinking skills,...
Spring SAVY 2020: Day 1 – Secrets of the Moli Stone (1st/2nd)
Feb. 10, 2020—After our first SAVY session this past Saturday I was blown away by the enthusiasm and excitement from our group of students! All of them came with a willingness to try new things, and it was fun to hear about their talents and passions as we went through introductions. We sure do have one talented...
Spring SAVY 2020: Day 1 – Intro to Robotics & Programming (1st/2nd)
Feb. 10, 2020—These programmers had a great first day conceptualizing the world of robotics! We started by reading the first page of Peter Brown’s best seller, The Wild Robot Escapes. This allowed us to discuss how robots know what tasks to perform. Then we dipped our toes into writing algorithms for our classmates to carry out in...
Fall SAVY 2019: Day 3 – Measurement Matters (Grades 1/2)
Oct. 8, 2019—Hello SAVY parents! I can’t believe how fast the Fall session has come to an end. The last day was one filled with lots of learning. We began the class by reviewing the meaning of term perimeter. Students were able to use mathematical language learned in the previous class meeting to describe the term and...