SAVY Category
Summer SAVY, Session 4 Day 1, Beyond the Pyramids (1st – 2nd)
Jul. 7, 2024—We had a great first day in Beyond the Pyramids! Read Aloud: Today’s book is an illustrated version of the Egyptian Cinderella story. While many cultures have versions of this tale, literary historians believe the original version is from ancient Egypt and was made famous by Aesop. In this version, Cinderella is a Greek slave living...
Summer SAVY, Session 3 Day 5, Math and Music (3rd – 4th)
Jun. 28, 2024—I am so sad to see these Math and Music students leave! We had a great last day full of final performances and special guests! The morning began with an engaging math session focused on measurement. The children used tape measures to measure the length of our Boomwhackers. They had to make a song using...
Summer SAVY, Session 3 Day 5, The Road to the White House (3rd – 4th)
Jun. 28, 2024—We began today by going over our learning from the week and discussing the exit ticket from yesterday. The students have been so engaged and excited about our learning this week. Their discussions were very advanced and demonstrated an in-depth understanding of the processes for their age. After that, we hosted our debate! For our...
Summer SAVY, Session 3 Day 5, The One to Beat (3rd – 4th)
Jun. 28, 2024—Hello SAVY parents, Today, students learned about several types of graphs that can be used to record data. New vocabulary terms to study include linear relationships, average, slope, intersecting line, horizontal line, vertical line, scatterplot, and slope. I am incredibly pleased with how the students have been using the mathematical terms learned during whole group...
Summer SAVY, Session 3 Day 5, Dabbling with DNA (Schott) (3rd – 4th)
Jun. 28, 2024—Our last day together! We started with a pop quiz to see what we remembered from the week. The quiz included serious and silly questions. There was a brief moment of panic when I announced the quiz, but they were reminded that they were not being graded. Their angst subsided, and they had fun. We...
Summer SAVY, Session 3 Day 5, Dabbling with DNA (Jenkins) (3rd – 4th)
Jun. 28, 2024—WOW!! What a wonderful week that we had in Dabbling in DNA! What amazing kiddos! We ended the week with a FUN FRIDAY!! We started the morning reviewing our vocabulary words by completing a word search and labeling the structure of the double helix. The geneticists then watched clips of a documentary, “Through a Dog’s...
Summer SAVY, Session 3 Day 5, Circuitry, Systems, and Design (3rd – 4th)
Jun. 28, 2024—What a de-LIGHT-ful week! Students began the day by independently completing an experimental design assessment where they designed an experiment to answer the question “Does a potato conduct electricity?” This is a question that came up on Monday, and one we have come back to throughout the week, so students were excited to get to...
Summer SAVY, Session 3 Day 5, Forensic Science (1st – 2nd)
Jun. 28, 2024—What an amazing week! The knowledge they gained all week provided for a very fun day of solving mysteries. Someone had stolen cookies from the cookie jar! (The ultimate offense!) Students walked into a classroom that had been transformed into a crime scene. We had to wait to start the investigation to review the topic...
Summer SAVY, Session 3 Day 5, Animal Adaptations (Marshall) (1st – 2nd)
Jun. 28, 2024—Dear SAVY Families, Happy Friday! I am so sad that today is our last day of SAVY Session 3: Animal Adaptations, but I am so grateful that I spent the time learning with and from your scientists this week. These scientists worked hard and showed me their best behavior all week. I could not have...
Summer SAVY, Session 3 Day 5, Animal Adaptations (Gruchot) (1st – 2nd)
Jun. 28, 2024—Dear SAVY Families, Happy Friday! I am so sad that today is our last day of SAVY Session 3: Animal Adaptations, but I am so grateful that I spent the time learning with and from your scientists this week. These scientists worked hard and showed me their best behavior all week. I could not have...