A comprehensive 6-week summer intervention program designed for struggling readers at a 1st to 2nd grade reading level, focusing on high-priority phonics, decoding, and fluency skills. This lesson houses the master teacher guide, student activity workbook, and assessment tools.
Draw a line to slice the two-syllable camp words right between the double consonants! Write each syllable in the separate boxes.
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Activity 7: Camp Reading Challenge
FLUENCY PASSAGE
Read this story aloud with your teacher or partner. Read it three times to build your speed and expression! Color a gold star each time you finish.
The Lost Kitten
Meg and Ben went to camp on a hot day. Meg had a big map in her lap. Ben saw a wet kitten by a tall pine tree. The poor kitten was sad and let out a soft cry.
"We must help!" said Meg. They gave the kitten some fresh milk in a small tub. The kitten drank it all up and fell asleep in a warm nest. Meg and Ben felt glad they could save the sweet pet.
Fluency Trail Logs
Word Count: 78 words. Target: Read smoothly under 1 minute!
1st Read
2nd Read
3rd Read
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Mastery Scoring Guide
4-5 / 5
Mastery Demonstrated Student reads target words quickly with clear continuous blending. Move to next week's focus.
3 / 5
Developing Skills Decodes words but with considerable sound-by-sound laboring. Needs additional peer blending sessions.
0-2 / 5
Intervention Needed Extreme struggle. Provide targeted multi-sensory support, focusing on individual grapheme cards and sand tracing.
Qualitative Observations
Check the indicators observed during student assessment to pinpoint specific gaps:
Struggles to isolate individual vowels
Omits final consonant sounds completely
Struggles with blends (drops second consonant)
Guesses word from first letter/onset cue only
Ignores Silent E completely (reads short sound)
Cannot recall high-frequency irregular sounds
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58 words
Story 4: The Rain on the Road Week 4 Skill: Vowel Teams
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Heavy rain fell down on the dust road.
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Meg stood under a big green tree.
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She saw a wet yellow leaf fall in a pool.
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She ran to find her blue coat.
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Her friend was in a wooden boat.
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They went fast to the camp cabin to dry off.
Word Count: 59 words • Target list: rain, road, tree, leaf, coat, boat
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Student Reading Booklet
Decodable Camp Tales
Focus on reading smoothly. Sound out the bold target words!
Booklet Part C Weeks 5 & 6
Story 5: Meg and Ben Help out Week 5 Skill: High-Frequency Sight Words
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Meg and Ben went to camp on a hot day.
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"We can walk on the long trail!" said Meg.
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"What is that?" asked Ben.
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"They are big wet tracks in the mud."
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"Let us look close!"
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They went to inspect. They found a tiny lost kitten.
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Ben felt glad theycould help.
Word Count: 60 words • Target list: said, what, they, look, could
Story 6: The Kitten and the Magnet Week 6 Skill: 2-Syllable Words
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A fluffy gray kitten sat near the window.
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A green reptile was on the screen.
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A sweet smell came from a hot muffin.
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The kitten pushed a black magnet off the desk.
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The magnet hit the wood floor with a tap.
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At sunset, a quick brown rabbit ran by outside.
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The kitten took a long nap.
Word Count: 66 words • Target list: kitten, reptile, muffin, magnet, sunset, rabbit
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He hopes to find some sweet apple slices!
Word Count: 53 words • Target words: rope, home, cone, poke, hopes
Story 4: The Cute Mule on the Path
Focus: Long U (u_e)
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We saw a very cute animal by the path.
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It was a fuzzy brown mule.
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The mule drank water from a giant metal tube.
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We played a happy tune on our little camp flute.
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The mule did rule the trail with his happy trot.
Word Count: 48 words • Target words: cute, mule, tube, tune, rule
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