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Summer SAVY, Session 3 Day 2, The One to Beat (3rd – 4th)
Jun. 25, 2024—Hello SAVY parents! Yesterday, students created a foldable that would allow them to remember vocabulary terms that we will discuss this week. Today, we added two new vocabulary terms to our word wall: rate of change and y-intercept. The class started with a recap of yesterday’s orange-nose push challenge. Students were given a new...
Summer SAVY, Session 3 Day 2, Dabbling with DNA (Schott) (3rd – 4th)
Jun. 25, 2024—Today, we started with a Four-Corners getting-to-know-you activity. We then reviewed what we learned yesterday and started our unit on genetics. We watched a short video on Gregor Mendel and his pea studies that elucidated the fundamentals of heredity. Terms we covered today include genetics, heredity, trait, gene, allele, dominance, recessive, genotype, and phenotype. We...
Summer SAVY, Session 3 Day 2, Dabbling with DNA (Jenkins) (3rd – 4th)
Jun. 25, 2024—We had a terrific Tuesday in Dabbling with DNA!! We began the morning reviewing the different types of traits and discussing how parents pass them down to their offspring. We discussed the difference between dominant and recessive traits and watched a short video to enhance our understanding of them. The geneticists then began their incredible work...
Summer SAVY, Session 3 Day 2, Circuitry, Systems, and Design (3rd – 4th)
Jun. 25, 2024—Day two was electric! Students began the day building on what they learned yesterday to create a name tag that lights up. They used batteries, LED lights, and copper tape. We then continued discussions about roadblocks and breakthroughs allowing students to encourage and help each other. Our electrical engineers were problem-solvers, professionals, and teammates as...
Summer SAVY, Session 3 Day 2, Forensic Science (1st – 2nd)
Jun. 25, 2024—The Cracking the Code class excelled at creating an illustration of our fingerprints yesterday. We started the morning reviewing what we learned about fingerprints and created a concept map to show what we learned. They were so excited to begin learning about how DNA is often left behind at crime scenes. This is a particularly...
Summer SAVY, Session 3 Day 2, Animal Adaptations (Marshall) (1st – 2nd)
Jun. 25, 2024—Hello SAVY Families! Day 2 of SAVY Session 3: Animal Adaptations was all about change, life cycles, and getting to see these concepts in real-time with the study of our live mealworms! While the mealworm experiment was the highlight of the day, we spent the whole morning building the background knowledge needed to analyze our...
Summer SAVY, Session 3 Day 2, Animal Adaptations (Gruchot) (1st – 2nd)
Jun. 25, 2024—Hello SAVY Families! Day 2 of SAVY Session 3: Animal Adaptations was all about change, life cycles, and getting to see these concepts in real-time with the study of our live mealworms! While the mealworm experiment was the highlight of the day, we spent the whole morning building the background knowledge needed to analyze our...
Summer SAVY, Session 3 Day 1, Math and Music (5th – 6th)
Jun. 23, 2024—Welcome to our week-long SAVY adventure! We kicked off an exciting journey today in Math and Music, where we explored the fascinating world of mathematics and its intersection with music. On this first day, we began with introductions and then ventured into probability. Before diving into the math lesson of the day, we took the time...
Summer SAVY, Session 3 Day 1, The Road to the White House (5th – 6th)
Jun. 23, 2024—Today was a wonderful day of learning. I truly enjoyed getting to know this group of students! We began our week of learning by completing an introductory activity and setting group expectations and norms. We also completed a preassessment that I will use to help guide my instruction this week. After that, we moved deeper...
Summer SAVY, Session 3 Day 1, The One to Beat: Using Algebra to Make and Break Records (3rd – 4th)
Jun. 23, 2024— It is with great enthusiasm that I tell you how excited I am for our first session together! We are using world records to learn about Algebra with an emphasis on relationships. We are focusing on analyzing change by using graphs, tables, and verbal situations and will continue to learn about Algebra as a set of concepts...