Summer Reading Camp Sopris Learning

1. Summer Reading CampSopris Learning Presenter Anita L. Archer, Ph.D.

2. Summer Reading Camp: Instructional Manual and Training Designed by Anita L. Archer, Ph.D. Gail Adams, M. Ed.

3. Big Ideas Students can benefit from summer school instruction if: • Allocated time is adequate. • Summer School - 4 to 6 weeks, 3 hours a day, 4 - 5 days a week • On-level small group instruction is provided. • Assessment is used to determine instructional groups. • Students are grouped based on current reading levels using one minute fluency measure and San Diego Quick. • Further grouping is based on program assessments.

4. Big Ideas Students can benefit from summer school instruction if: • Instruction focuses on critical areas of language arts: decoding, encoding, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, and writing. • Evidence-based programs are used.

5. Big Ideas Students can benefit from summer school instruction if: • Explicit instruction is provided. (I do it. We do it. You do.) • Responses are elicited from students throughout lessons. • Adequate practice leading to mastery is provided. • Teachers are provided sufficient staff development.

6. Primary: Students entering 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grades #1. Narrative Comprehension and Vocabulary: Read Alouds and Vocabulary Instruction #2. Decoding: Phonics for Reading #3. Decoding: Teacher Directed PALS #4. Fluency: Six Minute-Solution #5. Narrative Comprehension: Buddy Reading #5. Sentence and Paragraph Writing: Primary Step to Writing #6. Primary Organizational Skills

7. # 1. Narrative Comprehension and Vocabulary: Read Alouds • Read-Aloud procedure • Day 1 • Introduce the book. • Read the book interactively. • Discuss the story. • Day 2 • Retell the story. • Summarize the story using story grammar. • Explicit instruction on vocabulary words. (Lists of appropriate read-aloud books, target vocabulary words, and student-friendly definitions are included in the training manual.)

8. #2. Decoding: Phonics for Reading (Curriculum Associates) • Systematic decoding program with 3 levels • Sounds • Decoding single syllable words • Decoding multi-syllabic words • Spelling single and multi-syllabic words • High frequency words • Decodable passages • Fluency practice - words and paragraphs • Passage comprehension

9. #3. Decoding: Teacher- directed PALS (Sopris Learning) Provides explicit instruction on: • Letter-sounds • Sounding out single syllable words • High frequency words • Passage Reading

10. #4. Fluency: Six Minute Solution(Sopris Learning) • Repeated Reading Practice • Sounds • Decodable words • High frequency words • Passages

11. #5. Narrative Comprehension: Buddy Reading • Matched partners • Alternate by page • Correct errors of partner • Ask questions on content • Who or what was this page about? • What did it tell us about _______?

12. Sentence and Paragraph Writing: Primary Step up to Writing (Sopris Learning) • Students formulate sentences following a pattern. • Who Action What My friends watched a movie. • Students formulate paragraphs using writing frames. • Students write paragraphs.

13. Intermediate - Students entering 4th and 5th grades #1. Decoding: Intermediate REWARDS #2. Decoding: Phonics for Reading #3. Fluency:Six Minute Solution #4. Narrative Comprehension: Novel Partners #5. Vocabulary: Intermediate REWARDS #6. Paragraph Writing: Step up to Writing #7. Study Skills and Expository Comprehension

14. #1. Decoding: Intermediate REWARDS (Sopris) • Research-validated program • For students reading between 2.5 - 4.0 • 25 lessons taking 50 to 60 minutes • Preskills for reading multi-syllabic words • Flexible strategy for decoding long words • Spelling multi-syllabic words • Passage reading

15. #2. Decoding: Phonics for ReadingCurriculum Associates • If the students read below 2.5 reading level, they will be placed in Phonics for Reading.

16. # 4. Fluency: Six Minute Solution(Sopris Learning) • A research-based fluency program • Repeated reading of passages • Utilizing partners at the same reading level • Following a daily six- minute routine

17. #4. Narrative Comprehension: Novel Readers • Read chapter book with a partner • Read for 5 minutes • Partner corrects errors • Asks questions on content • Who or what was this section about? • What did it tell us about _________? (Lists of appropriate chapter books included in manual.)

18. #5. Vocabulary: Intermediate REWARDS(Sopris Learning) • Two words from each REWARDS lesson • Student-friendly explanations Instructional Routine • Introduce the word. • Provide a student friendly explanation. • Illustrate with examples. • Check for understanding.

19. # 6. Paragraph Writing: Step Up to Writing (Sopris Learning) • Students are taught to write coherent expository paragraphs using: • The color-organization presented in Step Up to Writing. • Specialized “think sheets”. • Informal outlines.

20. #7. Study skills and Expository Comprehension • Standards for well-organized papers • Previewing a chapter • Active Reading Strategy • Answering Chapter Questions • Taking Multiple-Choice Questions • Easy Two-Column Notes

21. Middle School Programs #1. Decoding: Secondary REWARDS #2. Fluency: Six Minute Solution #3. Narrative Comprehension: Novel Partners #4. Vocabulary: REWARDS #5. Vocabulary: Words for Academic Writing #6. Paragraph and Essay Writing: Step up to Writing #7. Study Skills: Including easy Two-Column Notes

22. #4. Vocabulary: Words for Academic Writing • Systematic instruction on academic vocabulary words often found in assignments such as: • contrast, compare, summarize, explain, analyze, discuss, define, outline, justify, evaluate, illustrate, clarify, review, differentiate, etc.

23. Additional Materials • Assessment materials • San Diego Quick • Phonics for Reading: Placement Test

24. Additional Materials Organization Forms • Letter to Teachers • Letter to Parents • Follow-up Letter to Parents • Initial Assessment • Class Summary Form • Goal Setting Form • Reading Report Summer School Models

25. Additional Materials • Introduction of Summer Reading Camp to Students

26. Additional Information www.soprislearning