Grade 4 Category
SAVY 2019: Session 6, Day 2 – Biology of the Brain (Rising 3rd/4th)
Jul. 23, 2019—Today was another excellent day in our Biology of the Brain classroom! We hit the ground running with a group share, giving students the opportunity to talk about the favorite thing they did in class yesterday and to answer any outstanding questions before moving forward. We started the morning class with a discussion about experimental...
SAVY 2019: Session 6, Day 2 – Artistic Programming (Rising 3rd/4th)
Jul. 23, 2019—Our coders had an awesome day! We played the Zoo Game which helped us understand how different animals move. Then we coded agents to perform those same movements in NetLogo. This afternoon, we created perler bead visuals of the organisms that we researched and later we used them as references to digitalize our art. Tomorrow we’ll...
SAVY 2019: Session 6, Day 1 – The Great Debate (Rising 3rd/4th)
Jul. 22, 2019—Today was our first day for The Great Debate! We began our day looking at commercials and analyzing the message and intended audience. It was so exciting to see the students understand the motivations of the advertisers and grasp the deeper meaning of the intended message. We followed up our advertisement analysis with an introduction...
SAVY 2019: Session 6, Day 1 – Biology of the Brain (Rising 3rd/4th)
Jul. 22, 2019—Today was a full first day in our Biology of the Brain classroom! We have 16 very motivated students who came to PTY excited to learn, discuss, and discover more about the brain—we’re lucky, because this is exactly what makes an excellent classroom environment! We began the day with introductions and an opportunity for each...
SAVY 2019: Session 6, Day 1 – Artistic Programming (Rising 3rd/4th)
Jul. 22, 2019—We had a great day at Artistic Programming! We began the day by getting to know our community of learners and setting expectations for the week. During our pre-test, many students said they had never coded before. We learned that coding is a way to speak to a computer to make it do what you...
SAVY 2019: Session 5, Day 5 – Solving for the Unknown (Rising 3rd/4th)
Jul. 19, 2019—Hello SAVY parents! Today was a very exciting day as we spent most of our day getting prepared for your arrival at Open House. Our culminating activity, “At the Mall” was a project where students were able to setup the classroom as if they were at the mall with a variety of shops. Pairs of...
SAVY 2019: Session 5, Day 5 – Makings of America (Rising 3rd/4th)
Jul. 19, 2019—Dear SAVY Parents, Sincerest appreciations to you for making this week’s activities available to your child. We had a tremendous time learning and struggling with huge concepts and an abundance of content. It seemed to be a rich experience that benefited each student and instructor in our course. We concentrated on three documents today: The...
SAVY 2019: Session 5, Day 5 – Dabbling with DNA
Jul. 19, 2019—On this last day of camp, we finished the GMO research that was started yesterday and teams prepared their reports. After lunch, each team presented their report to the class. It was an opportunity to practice conveying information to a (friendly) audience. They did a great job! We then talked about the mechanics of gel...
SAVY 2019: Session 5, Day 4 – Solving for the Unknown (Rising 3rd/4th)
Jul. 18, 2019—Hello SAVY parents! Some students were able to bring their items for the store tomorrow. Thank you so much for all of your help. Please remember if you can’t send items we will be able to improvise! This morning I was very impressed that I when I gave the students keywords in Math and they...
SAVY 2019: Session 5, Day 4 – Makings of America (Rising 3rd/4th)
Jul. 18, 2019—Hello SAVY Parents, Another amazing day in Colonial America. By the end of the day, we had officially Declared our Independence! In the morning, we looked more closely at the life of George Washington through personal and official letters and other text that he found valuable. We continue to observed his ability to “know self”, seek...