Summer Elementary Phonics & Reading Discovery Camp Level 2

This is a summer introduction or review course that focuses on intermediate phonics skills each week. Your child will have the opportunity to learn by watching and practicing. There will be various read alouds, informational videos, songs, and hands on activities that your child will be engaged in. You can join for specific weeks or all of July and August. 

Here are the topics that will be covered: 

Week of July 4th: Long a
Learners will learn and/or review all of the ways to make the long a sound including: a_e, ai, ay, ei, ey, eigh, ea, a
Learners will learn and/or review these 8 ways to make the long a sound. They will  have the opportunity to tap out and write these words. They will practice manipulating these words by changing initial, medial, and final sounds to make new words. They will practice reading these words alone, in short stories, and in poems.

Week of July 11th: Long e
Learners will learn and/or review all of the ways to make the long e sound including: e_e, ee, ea, ei, ie, y, ey, e
Learners will learn and/or review these 8 ways to make the long a sound. They will  have the opportunity to tap out and write these words. They will practice manipulating these words by changing initial, medial, and final sounds to make new words. They will practice reading these words alone, in short stories, and in poems.

Week of July 18th: Long i
Learners will learn and/or review all of the ways to make the long i sound including: i_e, igh, y, y_e, ie, i
Learners will learn and/or review these 6 ways to make the long i sound. They will  have the opportunity to tap out and write these words. They will practice manipulating these words by changing initial, medial, and final sounds to make new words. They will practice reading these words alone, in short stories, and in poems.

Week of July 25th:  Long o
Learners will learn and/or review all of the ways to make the long o sound including: o_e, oa, ow, oe, o
Learners will learn and/or review these 5 ways to make the long o sound. They will  have the opportunity to tap out and write these words. They will practice manipulating these words by changing initial, medial, and final sounds to make new words. They will practice reading these words alone, in short stories, and in poems.

Week of August 1st: Long u
Learners will learn and/or review all of the ways to make the long u sound including: u_e, ue, eu, ew, oo, ou, u
Learners will learn and/or review these 7 ways to make the long u sound. They will  have the opportunity to tap out and write these words. They will practice manipulating these words by changing initial, medial, and final sounds to make new words. They will practice reading these words alone, in short stories, and in poems.

Week of August 8th: Dipthongs oi & oy 
Learners will learn and/or review the oi and oy sound. 
They will  have the opportunity to tap out and write these words. They will practice manipulating these words by changing initial, medial, and final sounds to make new words. They will practice reading these words alone, in short stories, and in poems.

Week of August 15th: Dipthongs ou & ow 
Learners will learn and/or review the ou and ow sound.
They will  have the opportunity to tap out and write these words. They will practice manipulating these words by changing initial, medial, and final sounds to make new words. They will practice reading these words alone, in short stories, and in poems.

Week of August 22rd: Complex Vowel Sound aw & au 
Learners will learn and/or review the aw and au sound.  
They will  have the opportunity to tap out and write these words. They will practice manipulating these words by changing initial, medial, and final sounds to make new words. They will practice reading these words alone, in short stories, and in poems.


These concepts will be woven in throughout the course as well: 
~Syllables
~Rhyming
~Segmenting/sounding out
~Building words
~Substituting sounds
~Word manipulation
~Word meanings
~Synonyms
~Antonyms