Summer Programs

What We Offer:

• Guided Readings & Journaling
• Daily Field Trips to Atlanta sites connected to our novel and other fun attractions
• Afternoon Swimming at Glenlake Pool

Who Can Join:

Rising 3rd-6th Graders

Meet Our Certified Teachers:

Camp Read & Roam will be led by certified teachers Anne Mills, Mallory Jones, and Deena Brogdon. At least two of these educators will be present each day.

Reading Materials:

• 3rd Graders will read The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
• 4th-6th Graders will read The Liberation of Gabriel King by K.L. Going

What to Bring Each Day:

• Lunch
• Refillable water bottle
• Towel
• Bathing suit

Transportation:

Teachers will transport students to daily activities.

Cost:

The total cost for the week is $500, which includes:

• Student tickets to attractions
• A copy of The Liberation of Gabriel King or The One and Only Ivan
• Snacks
• All additional supplies and activity fees

Registration Details:

A nonrefundable $200 deposit is required to secure each student’s spot.

Kindergarten Objectives

• Musical Plates: Practice identifying letters and beginning sounds.
• Alphabet Twister: Enhance letter recognition and beginning sounds of words.
• 2D Shapes: Use pattern blocks to create letters and words.
• Reading: Explore Duck! Rabbit! and complete a persuasive writing piece to argue whether the animal in the book is a duck or a rabbit.
• Math Skills: Use a giant ten frame to solve addition and subtraction problems.
• Fruit Loop Math: Represent digits in the tens and ones place with Fruit Loops.
• Letter Slime: Find letters in slime to spell CVC words and sight words.
• Animal Report: Choose an animal and create an informational report, including a picture, its habitat, and diet.
• Persuasive Writing: Write about the best pet and provide reasons why.
• Greater Than/Less Than Alligators: Create alligators to learn about greater than and less than while playing the card game “War.”
• Guided Readings & Journaling
• Daily Field Trips to Atlanta sites connected to our novel and other fun attractions
• Afternoon Swimming at Glenlake Pool

First/Second Grade Objectives

• Story Elements: Discuss the parts of a story and practice retelling it, including characters, setting, beginning, middle, and end.
• Musical Plates: Practice different digraphs to form words.
• Reading: Analyze I Wanna Iguana and write a persuasive letter to parents about something they really want.
• Math Jeopardy: Solve addition and subtraction problems within 100.
• Super E! Activity: Search for, read, and smash styrofoam cups with “Super E” words.
• Place Value Skills: Practice 2- and 3-digit place value while playing Giant Jenga.
• Writing Project: Start “A New Bug” project, filling out an informational organizer with a topic sentence, facts about their created bug, and a closing sentence.
• Time Review: Create paper plate clocks to learn to tell time to the hour and half hour.
• Letter Slime: Use slime to practice spelling first and second grade sight words.
• COPS Strategy: Learn capitalization, organization, punctuation, and spelling in writing.