Summer Institute 2009

Grades K-4

Getting Ready for Kindergarten
(Phonics and Storytelling)

This fun class emphasizes the word study continuum, which consists of nine categories of learning that students will develop over time. They are: early literacy concepts, phonological and phonemic awareness, letter knowledge, letter / sound relationships, spelling patterns, word structure, and word solving actions.
$135
June 13 – July 25
6 Saturdays  |  9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

Reading Club – Grade 1

Reinforce the five fundamental components that each child needs to learn to be a successful reader: fluency, comprehension, phonics, phonemic awareness, and vocabulary. The workshop will also emphasize the reading and writing connection that is vital to your child’s growth in the language arts.
$145
June 13 – July 25
6 Saturdays  |  10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

Getting Ready for Second Grade

In this exciting class, we will work with students in both math and lan-guage arts. Students will work to strengthen application and processing skills necessary for success in second grade. In Language Arts, students will engage in guided reading and writing, all within a balanced literacy program. Second Grade Georgia Performance Standards will guide in-struction. Pizza & drinks included.
$165
June 16 – July 21
6 Tuesdays  |  4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Reading Success—Grades 3-4

These are important years in which your child expands reading skills and builds interest in, and love for, books. We will focus on different authors and illustrators in a variety of genres and help students gain a wide range of skills while increasing their confidence as readers. Pizza & drinks included.
$165
June 17 – July 22
6 Wednesdays  |  3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Writing Can Be Fun!—Grades 3-4

Who says writing can’t be fun? In this 7-week workshop, young writers will produce six pieces of original creative writing, take photographs to illustrate their work, and bind it all into a lovely hardcover book of their own making. (And go back to school in the fall with a new zest for writing that teachers will be sure to notice!) The workshop culminates in an eve-ning poetry reading for family and friends to attend. Workshop is taught by UGA writing instructor. Pizza & drinks included.
$185
June 17 – July 22
7 Wednesdays  |  4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.


Grades 5-8

Middle and High School Transition

Close the gap between elementary and middle school or middle school & high school through an intensive prep course in study skills and organization in the context of literature study and expository writing. An expert in educational transition will teach the courses.
$185

Middle School
June 17—July 22
6 Wednesdays  |  4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

High School
June 17—July 22
6 Wednesdays  |  5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

Writing Team

Success as a student means being able to write a well-organized and detailed essay. This class will teach the six basic traits of excellent writing: voice, organization, sentence structure, fluency, grammar and punctuation, including critical thinking skills. A professional writing instructor will be leading these lessons. Pizza & drinks included.
$185

Grades 5—6
June 17– July 22  |  6 Wednesdays 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Grades 7—8
June 18 – July 23  |  6 Thursdays 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Reading Enrichment—Grades 5 & 6

Help your child continue to expand reading skills and build interest in, and a love for, books. We will focus on different authors in a variety of genres and help students gain a wide range of skills while increasing their confi-dence as readers.Pizza & drinks included.
$185

Grades 5—6
June 17– July 22  |  6 Wednesdays 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Reading Prep —Grades 7 & 8

Students will learn important reading strategies for success in middle school . We will teach strategies for both nonfiction and fiction. Students will learn how to make reading inferences, draw accurate conclusions and read with purpose.
$185

Grades 5—6
June 18 – July 23  |  6 Wednesdays 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Exploring Science

Students will love learning more about the world of science through inter-active classes on topics such as weather, electricity, marine life and ecol-ogy.…. UGA science instructors will work alongside your child to help him or her gain important skills in observation, data collection, and graph building. Tap into skills that may lead to a future in the field of science!
$185

Grades 5—6
June 17– July 22  |  6 Wednesdays 12 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Grades 7—8
June 17– July 22  |  6 Wednesdays 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.




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