Grade 2 Category
SAVY 2019: Session 6, Day 3 – Games Galore (Rising 1st/2nd)
Jul. 24, 2019—What are 6 ducks doing in a paper bag? The answer, waiting for the daily guesser to figure out what colors they are, by using what we know and what the math infers to us. Our guesser did a great job this morning, as did the recorder. The final guess of how many colors and...
SAVY 2019: Session 6, Day 2 – Matter Mysteries (Rising 1st/2nd)
Jul. 23, 2019—Hello SAVY parents! Day 2 of Matter Mysteries was very engaging and exciting as we dived right into learning the roles and responsibilities of a scientist. We became scientists as we practiced the following scientific skills and processes: *Make observations. *Ask questions. *Learn more. *Design and conduct experiments. *Create meaning. *Tell others what was found....
SAVY 2019: Session 6, Day 2 – Games Galore (Rising 1st/2nd)
Jul. 23, 2019—This has been another fantastic day at SAVY! We began our morning with another “Guess Again” game. Inside a paper bag are items that are the same, but the colors may be different. There is one person who gets to be the guesser and another who writes down, “what we know to be true”. This...
SAVY 2019: Session 6, Day 1 – Matter Mysteries (Rising 1st/2nd)
Jul. 22, 2019—Hello SAVY parents! I’m very excited for our first session of Mystery Matters here at summer SAVY. In this course the students utilize a hands-on approach that will allow them to build their knowledge base and their skills as they explore science topics through play and planned investigations. Students are engaged in creative and critical...
SAVY 2019: Session 6, Day 1 – Games Galore (Rising 1st/2nd)
Jul. 22, 2019—What is power? Who holds power? Is power good or bad? How does power relate to game playing? We looked at beginning to evaluate each of these questions and more. Our universal concept this week as power as it related to fairness. We decided that power is the person who is in charge, and is...
SAVY 2019: Session 5, Day 5 – Witty Wordplay (Rising 1st/2nd)
Jul. 19, 2019—Today we wrote our persuasive text. They turned out so well! We have all improved and come so far with using writer’s techniques. We started our day with our favorite warm-up, Unusual uses and this time we had a straw. The creative ideas were flooding in! Some suggestions were blow dart, painting tool, tube slide,...
SAVY 2019: Session 5, Day 5 – Wind and Wings (Rising 1st/2nd)
Jul. 19, 2019—What a great week! We started the morning building some insect models and including some flight features into our models. We also spent time today wrapping up our learning where students had some time to share what they learned throughout the week. Thank you for coming to open house! The students appreciated sharing what they...
SAVY 2019: Session 5, Day 4 – Wind and Wings (Rising 1st/2nd)
Jul. 18, 2019—We started our work today by studying insects in flight. We learned that insect flight is quite different from bird flight and less understood. Scientists are learning more and more with better technology like slow motion cameras. We talked about how it’s hard to swat a fly. As students researched, they found out information about...
SAVY 2019: Session 5, Day 3 – Witty Wordplay (Rising 1st/2nd)
Jul. 17, 2019—As the writer’s techniques keep inspiring us, the more the writing flows! We started with another Word Ladder today and a creativity activity to spark flexible brainstorming called: Unusual uses for… In this activity we take an everyday item and brainstorm other usual uses for it. On Monday our item was a spoon, Tuesday was...
SAVY 2019: Session 5, Day 3 – Wind and Wings (Rising 1st/2nd)
Jul. 17, 2019—The week is flying by! To start our day, the students listed all the ways that they thought birds used their feathers. They came up with so many good ideas like flying, diving, keeping warm, swimming, camouflage, and getting water for their baby birds. We compared their ideas to a list from the Arizona State...