Grade K Category
Summer SAVY 2016 (Session 4AM, Day 8) – Budding Botanist
Jul. 20, 2016—Field Trip Day! The kids have decided that today was the best day ever! We had so much fun at the greenhouse on campus. It is actually located on the 7th floor, and had rooms that were cool for plants that grow in higher elevations or cooler environments, a hot house for tropical plants, and...
Summer SAVY 2016 (Session 4PM, Day 7) – Story Creations
Jul. 19, 2016—Dear Parents: Our day began as we gathered together at the carpet to think about the personal narratives we started yesterday. I asked the class to think about how they could make their stories better, like effective authors do. I told the children that when I teach writing to my third graders each year in...
Summer SAVY 2016 (Session 4AM, Day 7) – Budding Botanist
Jul. 19, 2016—Wow! Today was very exciting! The students have asked a lot of questions about pollinators and honeybees. They knew that they were important to the life cycle of plants, but weren’t sure why. They were amazed to learn what a key role bees play in pollination! They learned about the roles of the workers, drones,...
Summer SAVY 2016 (Session 4PM, Day 6) – Story Creations
Jul. 18, 2016—Dear Parents: Our day began with writing (no surprise). Students had a chance to complete their story starter from Friday. There was silence in the room as students found cozy places to write and worked on their creative stories from the picture they were given to look at. We then jumped into author’s spotlight where...
Summer SAVY 2016 (Session 4AM, Day 6) – Budding Botanist
Jul. 18, 2016—Today was very mysterious! Our budding botanists had some mysteries to solve today! First, we had two plants that were obviously in distress. Our mint plant was all droopy and one of our ivy plants was dying! We examined the plants and made scientific observations in order to determine what had gone wrong! The mint...
Summer SAVY 2016 (Session 4PM, Day 5) – Story Creations
Jul. 15, 2016—Dear Parents: Today, students began their day finishing stories from yesterday and some began new stories. I am so amazed at how much these students love writing. Next we began a conversation about synonyms. We talked about how using more vivid. Descriptive words makes us better authors. We also considered why more descriptive words in...
Summer SAVY 2016 (Session 4AM, Day 5) – Budding Botanist
Jul. 15, 2016—Good afternoon! Today involved a lot of hands on activities! We started the day by observing our beans (they are making progress) and by observing the flowers that we put in colored water. We wrote the results in our journals and drew pictures so that we could monitor the changes. Many found that the carnations...
Summer SAVY 2016 (Session 4PM, Day 4) – Story Creations
Jul. 14, 2016—Dear Parents: Today students began their day with quiet writing so our authors could put their finishing touches on the stories They started yesterday. I was so impressed with what happened next! Slowly, but very intentionally, a few students got up from their table spot and went to a quiet location in the room to...
Summer SAVY 2016 (Session 4AM, Day 4) – Budding Botanist
Jul. 14, 2016—What a great day! Today, the kids became botanists and made wonderful scientific observations about different types of plants and their adaptations. If you hear them using words like hypothesis and calling themselves professor, that is why! We investigated a cactus, mint (they loved the smell!), and aloe. They loved touching the aloe and mint...
Summer SAVY 2016 (Session 4PM, Day 3) – Story Creations
Jul. 13, 2016—Dear Parents: Today we began our day with a discussion on how self-talk can help us become better writers. I began by asking students if anyone had ever experiences a time when they were doing an activity and then they felt as though they ran out of energy to finish that activity. Several students shared...