1. Summer Reading Camp Sopris 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, 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. Students formulate sentences following a pattern.
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
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 Reading Curriculum 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 Summer School Models
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