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.


