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Pirates and Seafaring Camp: 

Ahoy, Mates! 

Ages 6-14, Grades 1-8

Summer sessions 2011

August 1-5                       9am-3pm

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.

Orton Gillingham Instruction

Phonological Awareness, Reading Fluency, Comprehension, and Writing

Daily Tutorials

Grades 7- high school can attend for just tutoring

Students will study pirates in both their real and fictional lives as well as sea lore  in this  weeklong fun camp.  Kids age 6-14 have a  chance to read and share stories.  Kids will have guided reading groups, read - aloud sessions and a book walk. Literacy activities in the afternoon. The afternoon wraps up with a vocabulary bingo session and popsicles.
 
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. We also work on writing using sentence building through Project Read: Framing Your Thoughts and help children to write constructive responses to literature.


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
Tutorials include work in Phonological Awareness, Reading Fluency, 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

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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