SAVY Category
Summer SAVY 2019: Session 3, Day 4 – Psychology and Experimental Design (Rising 3rd/4th)
Jun. 27, 2019—Dear Parents, Today was one of my favorites! We hit the ground running first thing by practicing our data collection procedures (splitting into groups) for our class experiments. Students practiced consenting participants, explaining their experiments, and collecting observations just like real researchers! Once our teams had a strong grasp on their experimental procedures, another SAVY...
Summer SAVY 2019: Session 3, Day 4 – Data Discoverers (Rising 1st/2nd)
Jun. 27, 2019—Today we worked on designing our very own research project. The students had to come up with a question that would allow them to collect data from 2 different student groups. We designed surveys to collect the information. We talked about whether the surveys should be open-ended or give choices. The students did a great...
Summer SAVY 2019: Session 3, Day 4 – Beyond the Pyramids (Rising 1st/2nd)
Jun. 27, 2019—Hello SAVY Parents! It’s hard to believe tomorrow is our final day together in ancient Egypt. Just like any good trip, we don’t want to leave this destination, but we’re leaving plenty of learning undiscovered for other adventures. Students increased their understanding of systems by observing the boundaries, elements, inputs, outputs, and interactions of the...
Summer SAVY 2019: Session 3, Day 3 – Powerful Programming (Rising 5th/6th)
Jun. 26, 2019—Today was an exciting day at Powerful Programming. Yesterday, we noticed that many students wanted to code their agents to spread out and keep moving so today we played a game to simulate those actions and think about how we control those commands within our own bodies. Then we worked to turn those actions into...
Summer SAVY 2019: Session 3, Day 3 – Archetypes and Literature (Rising 5th/6th)
Jun. 26, 2019—Wow! What an exciting day we’ve had writing and exploring archetypes! We opened with a quick recap of Jung’s theory and a quick debate over whether or not Jung was correct. Is there really such a thing as a collective unconscious? There are significant variances in stories and symbols as we compare across cultures, and...
Summer SAVY 2019: Session 3, Day 3 – The One to Beat (Rising 3rd/4th)
Jun. 26, 2019—Hello SAVY parents! Today, we added two new vocabulary terms to our word wall: scatterplot and slope. The emphasis today was on analyzing change. We were able to study how change in one variable is related to change in another. Tables and coordinate graphs were used to assist students in the data analysis process as they...
Summer SAVY 2019: Session 3, Day 3 – Stories Galore! (Rising 3rd/4th)
Jun. 26, 2019—Hi families! Day 3 of Stories Galore was by far our most challenging day yet, and let me begin by saying: I was hugely impressed by everyone’s work. Not only did we write for our longest stretch of time so far (more than an hour!), we also received a record number of thank-you’s (ten!) from...
Summer SAVY 2019: Session 3, Day 3 – Psychology and Experimental Design (Rising 3rd/4th)
Jun. 26, 2019—Dear Parents, Day three was full of challenge and fun! Our theme for the day was the scientific method. We began the day reviewing yesterday’s lessons; focusing on the difference between behavioral versus verbal strategies for measuring the mind. After our review, our researchers were FINALLY introduced to their projects – creating their own experiments!...
Summer SAVY 2019: Session 3, Day 3 – Data Discoverers (Rising 1st/2nd)
Jun. 26, 2019—One of our goals for the day was to learn about and use different kinds of graphs. We used a line plot to help us look at some data about how many jumping jacks we could do in a minute. We did the jumping jack challenge 3 times. We talked about how researchers might repeat...
Summer SAVY 2019: Session 3, Day 3 – Beyond the Pyramids (Rising 1st/2nd)
Jun. 26, 2019—Dear SAVY Parents, Today was quite the whirlwind of learning and activity! The students engaged in an amazing text, Senefer, A Young Genius in Egypt. Through this text, each student developed an even greater understanding of ancient Egypt. Students used Mrs. Byrd as a scribe and dictated their thinking about the Egyptian agricultural system! They learned...