Grade 4 Category
SAVY 2019: Session 4, Day 2 – Fractions at Work (Rising 3rd/4th)
Jul. 9, 2019—It was another great day working with and thinking about fractions today! We spent quite a bit of time comparing and ordering fractions. The students used a variety of strategies to think about how to put fractions in order from least to greatest. They especially enjoyed coming up with a fraction and working with classmates...
SAVY 2019: Session 4, Day 2 – Circuitry, Systems, and Design (Rising 3rd/4th)
Jul. 9, 2019—Dear SAVY Parents! So many amazing discussions and discoveries today! I hope your child is furthering their understandings by talking and researching with you at home. We began the day with a scavenger hunt of the classroom to find all the electrical devices built into our space: outlets, switches, lights, technology ports, security, and safety,...
SAVY 2019: Session 4, Day 1 – Journey Through Time: An Investigation of Colonial America (Rising 3rd/4th)
Jul. 8, 2019—We had a great first day in Journey through Time! We started class talking about what a historian does and what, in turn, a history class should be. The students were presented with the challenging proposition that, while factual and carefully researched, historical studies are still interpretative and inherently subjective. Students then, if they are...
SAVY 2019: Session 4, Day 1 – Fractions at Work (Rising 3rd/4th)
Jul. 8, 2019—Day 1 What a great first day! Your students were ready and eager to learn today in our SAVY Fractions at Work class. We started the day by creating a model for equivalent fractions using strips of paper. Students made strips representing whole, halves, fourths, eighths, sixteenths, thirds, fifths, and more! We talked about different...
SAVY 2019: Session 4, Day 1 – Circuitry, Systems, and Design (Rising 3rd/4th)
Jul. 8, 2019—Dear SAVY Parents, Thank you so much for making this opportunity available for your child! The level of engagement and enthusiasm was ELECTRIC! I truly look forward to all that we can learn and accomplish this week. What is a system? In observing many systems (refrigeration systems, educational systems, transportation systems, political/governmental systems), etc.) we...
Summer SAVY 2019: Session 3, Day 5 – The One to Beat (Rising 3rd/4th)
Jun. 28, 2019—Good evening SAVY parents! Today, the students were able to take their reading logs and convert them into bar graphs. While we set a goal of 10,000 pages read we not only met but exceeded that goal by reading nearly 12,000 pages in just four days! Also, students were able to take the double line...
Summer SAVY 2019: Session 3, Day 5 – Stories Galore! (Rising 3rd/4th)
Jun. 28, 2019—Hi families, It was lovely to see you at the showcase this afternoon! Here’s what happened beforehand: having written so diligently all week long, the class earned a bonus genre for today: scary stories. I read Juanita Havill’s short story “The Mysterious Girl at the Pool” aloud to the class, lighting up my face with...
Summer SAVY 2019: Session 3, Day 5 – Psychology and Experimental Design (Rising 3rd/4th)
Jun. 28, 2019—Dear Parents, It was sad to end the week, but it made me happy to see how much the students’ learned today! As you already know, during open house, our researchers created and presented individual posters modeled after a professional psychology poster session. What you may not know, is that they spent hours working to...
Summer SAVY 2019: Session 3, Day 4 – Powerful Programming (Rising 3rd/4th)
Jun. 27, 2019—Our coders were hard at work today! Everyone has now created a model that they are excited to share at tomorrow’s open house. Yesterday we learned the importance of scientists working together to solve problems during our lab tour so today we spent time troubleshooting our code in small groups. After discussing code with teammates,...
Summer SAVY 2019: Session 3, Day 4 – Archetypes in Literature (Rising 3rd/4th)
Jun. 27, 2019—This morning we took the time to go through a process many writers use to really get to know our characters. We want our characters to be realistic and believable as people, even when we’re writing obviously fictional characters, as in fantasy. Students started by considering which archetype best aligns with a character they had...