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Spring SAVY 2019, Day 6 – Autobiographies and the Story of You (3rd/4th)

Mar. 4, 2019—It’s hard to believe that Spring SAVY is finished for 2019!   Ms. Adrienne and I have enjoyed working with your kiddos and learning about their lives through their memoirs.    Going forward, our hope is that your student will continue to analyze the different changes they see, both in their personal lives and in...

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Spring SAVY 2019, Day 6 – Witty Wordplay (1st/2nd)

Mar. 4, 2019—Since the system of language letter and number codes produce messages that communicate meaning to the reader, we explored a new secret code that involved numbers and letters that could be decoded and read like a multiplication chart. After students figured out the code, they wrote their names and messages in code and we deciphered...

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Spring SAVY 2019, Day 6 – Wind and Wings: Beginner Biophysics (1st/2nd)

Mar. 4, 2019—We had a great last week! We wrapped up with class discussions about some the big ideas from the class. It was so interesting to listen to students as they made connections with the information from our class and information they knew from other topics. This discussion helped students combine what they learned with their...

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Spring SAVY 2019, Day 6 – Forensic Science (1st/2nd)

Mar. 4, 2019—Parents, It was truly a joy getting to see the instruct this course. I hope your child has left SAVY very excited and inspired to explore new fields of science! I appreciate all of your support and participation at our Open House. Students were thrilled to have you visit our “crime scene” and present their...

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Spring SAVY 2019, Day 6 – Discovering the Third Dimension (Kindergarten)

Mar. 4, 2019—Thank you for sharing in our fun and learning throughout the course and most especially during today’s Shape Museum. Before our museum opened, We used our geometers’ eyes to look closely at the spider views from the bedroom ceilings of two of our students. What furnishings and objects did the shapes represent? What objects were...

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Spring SAVY 2019, Day 5 – The Water-Energy Nexus (5th/6th)

Feb. 25, 2019—Water-Energy Nexus, Lesson 4: Biofuels and Transportation The class this Saturday was a bit on the lighter side (8 or 9 students), but the tighter atmosphere allowed for deeper and more lengthy conversation. · We began by going over the class expectations (respect, raise your hand, don’t touch the experimental materials until instructed) and the...

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Spring SAVY 2019, Day 5 – Mystery and History (5th/6th)

Feb. 25, 2019—Our sleuths put in such great work today after they disembarked their canoes!  Their attentiveness made today’s adventure so much fun! We picked up with Nov. 25, 1783, Evacuation Day in New York City, to consider a new perspective on the revolution: the Loyalist perspective.  We discussed how as Americans our natural perspective is a...

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Spring SAVY 2019, Day 5 – Circuitry, Systems, and Design (3rd/4th)

Feb. 25, 2019—Dear SAVY Parents, Is anyone wondering about the implications of such wet weather on our local power grid? We did today! We are thankful for those that keep us powered up with great design planning and reliable responses to emergencies. In regard to being thankful – we are much appreciative to the quality support of...

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Spring SAVY 2019, Day 5 – Autobiographies and the Story of You (3rd/4th)

Feb. 25, 2019—It’s hard to believe that we only have one week left! Although we spent most of the day working on our final projects, we still carved out some time to stretch our understanding of the generalizations of change as depicted in “Can’t Stop the Feeling” and “True Colors” from the movie Trolls.  Not only did we...

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Spring SAVY 2019, Day 5 – Witty Wordplay (1st/2nd)

Feb. 25, 2019—We are as witty as a fox when we are playing with words, as smooth as silk when we are writing, and cool as cucumbers when we are presenting our writing in the Author’s Spotlight at the end of our morning. The author’s techniques and writing systems we looked at this morning through mentor books...

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