Transcript Primary Programs - Voyager Sopris Learning

Summer Reading Camp
Sopris Learning
Presenter
Anita L. Archer, Ph.D.
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Summer Reading Camp:
Instructional Manual and
Training
Designed by
Anita L. Archer, Ph.D.
Gail Adams, M. Ed.
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Big Ideas
Students can benefit from summer school instruction if:
 Allocated time is adequate.
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Summer School - 4 to 6 weeks, 3 hours a day, 4 - 5 days a week
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On-level small group instruction is provided.
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Assessment is used to determine instructional groups.
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Students are grouped based on current reading levels using one
minute fluency measure and San Diego Quick.
Further grouping is based on program assessments.
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Big Ideas
Students can benefit from summer school instruction if:
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Instruction focuses on critical areas of language
arts: decoding, encoding, fluency, vocabulary,
comprehension, and writing.
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Evidence-based programs are used.
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Big Ideas
Students can benefit from summer school instruction if:
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Explicit instruction is provided. (I do it. We do it. You do.)
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Responses are elicited from students throughout
lessons.
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Adequate practice leading to mastery is provided.
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Teachers are provided sufficient staff development.
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Primary: Students entering
1st, 2nd, and 3rd grades
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Narrative Comprehension and Vocabulary:
Read Alouds and Vocabulary Instruction
Decoding: Phonics for Reading
Decoding: Teacher Directed PALS
Fluency: Six Minute-Solution
Narrative Comprehension: Buddy Reading
Sentence and Paragraph Writing:
Primary Step to Writing
Primary Organizational Skills
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# 1. Narrative Comprehension and
Vocabulary: Read Alouds
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Read-Aloud procedure
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Day 1
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Introduce the book.
Read the book interactively.
Discuss the story.
Day 2
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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.)
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#2. Decoding: Phonics for Reading
(Curriculum Associates)
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Systematic decoding program with 3 levels
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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
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#3. Decoding: Teacher- directed PALS
(Sopris Learning)
Provides explicit instruction on:
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Letter-sounds
Sounding out single syllable words
High frequency words
Passage Reading
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#4. Fluency: Six Minute Solution
(Sopris Learning)
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Repeated Reading Practice
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Sounds
Decodable words
High frequency words
Passages
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#5. Narrative Comprehension: Buddy
Reading
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Matched partners
Alternate by page
Correct errors of partner
Ask questions on content
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Who or what was this page about?
What did it tell us about _______?
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Sentence and Paragraph Writing: Primary
Step up to Writing (Sopris Learning)
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Students formulate sentences following
a pattern.
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Who
My friends
Action
watched
What
a movie.
Students formulate paragraphs using
writing frames.
Students write paragraphs.
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Intermediate - Students entering 4th and
5th grades
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Decoding: Intermediate REWARDS
Decoding: Phonics for Reading
Fluency: Six Minute Solution
Narrative Comprehension: Novel
Partners
#5. Vocabulary: Intermediate REWARDS
#6. Paragraph Writing: Step up to Writing
#7. Study Skills and Expository
Comprehension
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#1. Decoding: Intermediate REWARDS
(Sopris)
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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
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#2. Decoding: Phonics for Reading
Curriculum Associates
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If the students read below 2.5 reading
level, they will be placed in Phonics for
Reading.
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# 4. Fluency: Six Minute Solution
(Sopris Learning)
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A research-based fluency program
Repeated reading of passages
Utilizing partners at the same reading
level
Following a daily six- minute routine
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#4. Narrative Comprehension: Novel
Readers
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Read chapter book with a partner
Read for 5 minutes
Partner corrects errors
Asks questions on content
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Who or what was this section about?
What did it tell us about _________?
(Lists of appropriate chapter books included in manual.)
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#5. Vocabulary: Intermediate REWARDS
(Sopris Learning)
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Two words from each REWARDS lesson
Student-friendly explanations
Instructional Routine
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Introduce the word.
Provide a student friendly explanation.
Illustrate with examples.
Check for understanding.
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# 6. Paragraph Writing: Step Up to
Writing (Sopris Learning)
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Students are taught to write coherent
expository paragraphs using:
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The color-organization presented in Step
Up to Writing.
Specialized “think sheets”.
Informal outlines.
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#7. Study skills and Expository
Comprehension
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Standards for well-organized papers
Previewing a chapter
Active Reading Strategy
Answering Chapter Questions
Taking Multiple-Choice Questions
Easy Two-Column Notes
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Middle School Programs
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Decoding: Secondary REWARDS
Fluency: Six Minute Solution
Narrative Comprehension: Novel
Partners
Vocabulary: REWARDS
Vocabulary: Words for Academic
Writing
Paragraph and Essay Writing: Step
up to Writing
Study Skills: Including easy Two-Column
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Notes
#4. Vocabulary: Words for Academic
Writing
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Systematic instruction on academic
vocabulary words often found in
assignments such as:
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contrast, compare, summarize, explain,
analyze, discuss, define, outline, justify,
evaluate, illustrate, clarify, review,
differentiate, etc.
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Additional Materials
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Assessment materials
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San Diego Quick
Phonics for Reading: Placement Test
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Additional Materials
Organization Forms
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Letter to Teachers
Letter to Parents
Follow-up Letter to Parents
Initial Assessment
Class Summary Form
Goal Setting Form
Reading Report
Summer School Models
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Additional Materials
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Introduction of Summer Reading Camp
to Students
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Additional Information
www.soprislearning
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