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It's A Mystery Camp:  A Whodunnit  Look at Literacy

Children receive one hour tutorials daily

Summer Sessions 2011

August 8- 12   9-3
 
Children Receive Tutoring Daily in the areas of Phonological Awareness, Reading Fluency, Comprehension, and Writing
 
Sunglow works with children ages 6-14 or grades 1-8 for our after school literacy support. Children are placed in small groups according to their age and grade levels. Separate middle school groups are available.

9am-3pm
Grades 7- high school can attend for just tutoring or volunteer to help and reduce tutoring fees

Students will read and explore mysteries in this  weeklong fun camp.  They will participate in reader's theatre and put on a mystery theatre luncheon in their characters.Kids age 6-14 have a  chance to read and share stories in the mystery genre.  Kids will have guided reading groups, read - aloud sessions and a book walk.  Literacy activities with arts and crafts that come alive will be added if raining. The afternoon wraps up with a vocabulary bingo session and popsicles. Otherwise it's off to the pool for an hour of swimming and fun in the afternoon.
 
The goal of these week long literacy camps is to use literature as a door to a broader world, and the core of these camps lies in building a foundation of knowledge while engaging children in enriching literacy activities that use differentiated instruction. The camps involve children in the world of literature and ideas by fostering self-expression and confidence. Students experience the satisification that accompanies insight and self-discovery while developing reading skills and a love of learning.   Groups are based on skills and ages as appropriately determined by each student.
 
We use Orton Gillingham to help children  improve their reading and spelling. At Sunglow we also work to help children improve their reading fluency and comprehension skills. 


Agenda
 
    9:00 - 9:15  Camp Meeting, Group Rules, Daily Agenda, Activities
    9:15  - 9:45  Building background knowledge. Book walk. Read aloud. Complete work on
K-W-L.  Vocabulary builder activites for theme and books.  Small group work.
    9:45  - 10:00   Guided reading groups based on reading levels. Partner reading/snack
    10:00 - 12:00  Split Session:  Games, Skills Learning Tutorials. 
While one group is tutored the other group will engage in literacy games and literacy enrichment activities
  • Groups rotated through an hour tutorial
  • Small group skills based learning, an hour tutorial in small groups
  • Use of constructive responses in small groups
                                                              OR
  • Two half-hour tutorials - one in reading and one in writing
  • Phonological and phonemic awareness small group with Orton-Gillingham
  • Sentence structure group using "Framing Your Thoughts:  Written Expression."

 
    12:00 - 12:30  Lunch
    12:30 - 1:00  Literacy activity with arts and crafts ( if raining)
    12:45 - 1:00  Recap the morning
    1:00 - 1:30  Vocabulary Bingo - from stories/literacy games with Great Prizes!
    1:30 - 2:00   Constructive response editing, revisions, conferencing
    2:00 - 2:15   Popsicles/snacks
2:15- 2:45- literacy games, supportive practice of literacy skills learned
 
2:45-3:00- End of day wrap up
 
Weather permitting for summer camps:
May include going to local pool instead of arts and crafts activity
Schedule:
12:00-1:00-walk to pool and eat lunch at park, change at pool
1:00-1:45- pool time
1:45- 2:15- change, walk back to literacy camp location
2:15- 2:45- Work in small groups with literacy activities or literacy games 
2:45-3:00- End of day wrap-up
 
FRIDAY SCHEDULE:
    Morning stays the same
    12:00 - 1:00  Special lunch related to theme based camp
    1:00 - 2:00  Vocabulary Bingo with prizes
    2:00 - 2:45  Wrapping up our books and activities/end of week assessment of skills
   2:45 - 3:00  End of day wrap-up

 

 

 

 

 
Using Framing Your Thoughts:  Written Expression
has been shown to improve student writing skills and understand of the core parts of a sentence as well as improve students' ability to write more complex sentences.
Orton Gillingham Instruction
Children Receive Support in the areas of Phonological Awareness, Fluency, and Comprehension


Monday- Friday  9:00 - 3:00 pm
Location:   Essex, Williston
 
Free Parking
 

Registration
By  April 30th  $295
 
802-879-0898
Please make checks payable to:
Sunglow Literacy Consulting or pay by credit card below:
 


 





Sunglow Literacy Consulting

As an educational consulting business, Sunglow Literacy Consulting provides reading coaching to schools, tutoring services and evaluations/assessments for students with learning and language disabilities and impairments in the area of literacy (math, reading and writing.)  We support homeschoolers and homeschool networks in their endeavors to educate their children by providing consultations, evaluations and supplemental services to meet state educational standards with week-long fun activities to provide flexible summer schedules for families.  We can be reached at 802-879-0898 or on the web at www.SunglowLiteracyConsulting.com