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SUMMER >Program I |
These courses are ideal for preparing your child
for the upcoming school year, or for giving them
a review of subjects they need to master. |
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| Schedule (1st grade to 8th grade) | ||||||||||
Session I (July 5 - August 5 ) 5 weeks
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| Eng 1A English, grades 1-2 |
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| In this class, students will focus on phonics and
basic reading skills. They will also study the fundamentals
of grammar, sentence construction, and spelling. Students
will gain a higher level of skill and confidence with English.
It is our goal to inspire in your child a greater enjoyment
of reading and writing. |
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| Eng 1B English, grades 3-5 |
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| Students grades 3-5 will concentrate on reading
comprehension, gaining a more detailed and deeper
understanding of what they read. They will also practice
spelling, vocabulary, grammar, and begin to write
compositions. Your child will learn how to structure
his/her writing, expressing themselves more effectively. |
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| Eng 1C English, grades 6-8 |
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| In this class, students will learn to examine different
aspects of their reading, analyzing texts more fully.
They will also learn to form different types of essays,
identifying their purpose and supporting it logically.
Students will work with the writing process
(pre-writing, rough draft, revising, editing, final draft)
as well as expand their vocabulary and fine-tune their grammar. |
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| Math 1A Math, grades 1-2 |
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| Children in this class will learn how to deal with numbers
and math that they encounter in their everyday lives.
They will practice reading and comparing time, counting
money, and using the calendar. This class will use
lessons from Steck-Vaughn's math workbooks. |
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| Math 1B Math, grades 3-5 |
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| Using lessons from Steck-Vaughn’s workbooks, students grades 3-5
will learn to understand and solve word problems.
They will also study basic geometry, such as finding and
adding angles in various shapes, solid figures, nets,
and symmetry. Children in this class will learn about data,
statistics, and probability, as well. |
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| Math 1C Pre-Algebra |
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| This class will prepare students for algebra,
introducing them to solving equations and inequalities,
functions and graphing, ratios, statistics and probability,
applying algebra to geometry, and polynomials.
This class will use Glencoe’s Pre-Algebra textbook. |
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