A three-week program is set up at a Boardman elementary school for at-risk first- and second-graders to help them, among other things, prepare to pass state tests in reading, writing and math. Summer Adventures In Learning is broken into several components under reading and math:
Decoding strategies, phonics and vocabulary.
Comprehension.
Book Buddies, a program that relies largely on volunteers and one-on-one tutoring.
Publishing, where youngsters read and discuss a story, then write and illustrate their own books based on a topic or theme determined by the instructor.
Creative expression with fine arts, which uses music as a tool for teaching math and reading.
Computer, Academy of Reading and an accelerated reading program.
Strategies for basic skills.
Time and money management.
Story problems
Computerized Math Facts in a Flash, where pupils apply their knowledge strategies to arrive at answers to math problems.
Book Buddies, same as above.
Writing activities with math.
Source: SAIL