Grade 6 Category
SAVY 2019: Session 4, Day 4 – Unpacking the Magic of Harry Potter (Holland W.) (Rising 5th/6th)
Jul. 11, 2019—Good afternoon magics and muggles! Wow! I cannot believe it is already Thursday. Our time together in the Potter-verse is coming to an end. We had another amazing day! For our warm up, the students tried their hand at potions. They designed their own potions with names and ingredients. Ask your child what kind of potion they...
SAVY 2019: Session 4, Day 4 – Unpacking the Magic of Harry Potter (Sarah B.) (Rising 5th/6th)
Jul. 11, 2019—Hello, SAVY parents! We began our day with potion making! Students worked in pairs or threes to invent a potion and shared them with the class. The groups presented what their potion would do, what ingredients were needed to make it, and illustrations. After that, we had a discussion on libraries and censorship. We learned...
SAVY 2019: Session 4, Day 4 – Puzzles and Problem Solving (Rising 5th/6th)
Jul. 11, 2019—Students worked very well on the Pirate Problem this morning! This is a problem that my (much!) older students often struggle with, and this class just tackled the issues head on and found a solution. As I have said many times, the answer to the original problem often just raises more questions. The original problem...
SAVY 2019: Session 4, Day 3 – Unpacking the Magic of Harry Potter (Holland W.) (Rising 5th/6th)
Jul. 10, 2019—Hello SAVY parents! We had another excellent day dissecting the magical world of Harry Potter. To warm up this morning, the students played a quick round of charades to display their patronus to their classmates. There were a lot of really cool animals! Shifting away from critical lenses, we discussed the lucrative world of Harry Potter. Commercialization...
SAVY 2019: Session 4, Day 3 – Unpacking the Magic of Harry Potter (Sarah B.) (Rising 5th/6th)
Jul. 10, 2019—Happy Wednesday, SAVY parents! We have had another wonderful day here in the Potter-verse. These students continue to impress us with their insights, their enthusiasm, their creativity (ask them about their theme park ride design!), and their willingness to engage with the ideas of others. Today, we started out with a brief icebreaker where students...
SAVY 2019: Session 4, Day 3 – Puzzles and Problem Solving (Rising 5th/6th)
Jul. 10, 2019—Most of the morning in Puzzles and Problem Solving was spent converting our classroom into an airplane…or at least a room with 15 seats and boarding passes. Consider the following scenario: The first person to board a fully-booked flight drops his or her boarding pass and doesn’t bother to pick it up. The person doesn’t...
SAVY 2019: Session 4, Day 2 – Unpacking the Magic of Harry Potter (Holland W.) (Rising 5th/6th)
Jul. 9, 2019—Hello parents! Everyday these amazing young minds continue to produce magic in our Potter-verse. I am continually astounded by their brilliance! To start off the morning, we interviewed one another about what Hogwarts jobs the students would choose given the chance. There were a lot of great aspirations for their future at Hogwarts! To practice our...
SAVY 2019: Session 4, Day 2 – Unpacking the Magic of Harry Potter (Sarah B.) (Rising 5th/6th)
Jul. 9, 2019—Good afternoon, SAVY parents! We have just wrapped up a fantastic second day exploring Harry Potter using the lenses of critical theories. Today, we began with a whole-class analysis of The Tale of Peter Rabbit as practice for applying these theories to a classic children’s text, and our students did an amazing job pointing out...
SAVY 2019: Session 4, Day 2 – Puzzles and Problem Solving (Rising 5th/6th)
Jul. 9, 2019—We began class today by delving deeper into the problems studied yesterday. Each day will begin with two questions designed to have the students apply the knowledge learned in the previous day to a new scenario. Today’s questions dealt with the 21-card game and ZipZap, and both questions led to interesting discussions about factors, multiples,...
SAVY 2019: Session 4, Day 1 – Unpacking the Magic of Harry Potter (Holland W.) (Rising 5th/6th)
Jul. 8, 2019—Good afternoon SAVY parents! What a wonderful first day in the Harry Potter-verse! It was wonderful to meet our young witches and wizards after much anticipation. We are looking forward to a great week. After introductions and housekeeping, we were able to dive into the concept of the influence of Harry Potter in the world...