SUMMER 2015 Coleman's Camp and Tutoring

(cross-posted with Smells Like Burning Army Men website)

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Mr. Coleman, 2nd grade teacher at Prairie Elementary, will be offering two valuable learning opportunities during the 2015 Summer. One-on-One Tutoring and my Coleman’s Camp Enrichment Program are both underway. I meet with students at Corinth Library (81st and Mission Road). More detailed information is below:

Tutoring:

I meet with student in Individualized one-hour sessions to maintain present skills during the summer and to prepare for the upcoming school year by addressing current academic and motivational/self-esteem struggles.  Shawnee Mission curriculum and materials are used, along with district and research-based intervention materials, all correlating to content students will see in the upcoming school year.  Frequently we work through the daily (or distributive) work from the first quarter.  This strategy ensures student comprehension, confidence, and skills are bolstered as concepts introduced to the class during the start of the year are already well practiced by the tutored student.  With parent permission, I can also meet with each student's teacher to collect test data, information on strengths and struggles, and learning goals.  Some of the specific skills I can focus on include:

·         Reading (phonics, decoding, comprehension, accuracy, motivation)

·         Math (computation, problem solving, accuracy)

·         Study skills and organization

·         Test preparation (classroom tests, basic skills, state assessments)

·         Writing skills (handwriting, sentence, paragraph and paper writing)

SUMMER 2015 Schedule for One-on-One Tutoring (1 hour sessions):

Thursdays 10:00-3:00
Saturdays 1:00-5:00

Coleman’s Camp Enrichment Program:

Small groups of students meet as a specialized class to study, explore, and interact with their own learning process in highly individualized and personal ways.  The two-hour sessions aim toward mastery of grade-level curriculum taught in Shawnee Mission classrooms but also provide a pervasive environment and cross-pollination of wisdom, art, humor, music, and high quality endeavors.

Coleman’s Camp is an innovative tutoring and enrichment program utilizing a decade of classroom experience at nearly every grade level as well as training in administration, special education, and research-based practices to create a weekly enrichment and support camp for elementary-aged children.

SUMMER 2015 Schedule for Coleman's Camp (2 hour sessions):

            Thursdays 4:00-6:00

            Saturdays 10:00-12:00

More Information:

• http://www4.smsd.org/timcoleman/html32214.htm - Credentials, experience, and other district information
• http://www4.smsd.org/timcoleman/html22172.htm - all about Mr. Coleman

PLEASE E-MAIL for cost and availability.

Coleman's Camp FALL 2013 - Hodgepodge of Photo Memories

Coleman's Camp FALL 2013 - Imaginative Play and Illusions

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Illusions

Coleman's Camp - SUMMER 2013

Coleman's Camp, 6th week: TUESDAY

• Group bonding and sharing time
• "Walking Adventure" - going as a group out into neighboring shops, scouting for supplies and location for our activity this week
• Problem solving and creation of water-gun based games to battle the intense heat and humidity
• Participation in contests of skill involving water, including accuracy, distance, height, and challenge activities!
• Working through following directions and sportsmanship guidelines, even in an old-school water-gun battle

Coleman's Camp, 6th week: THURSDAY

• Group bonding and sharing time
• Continuing to create script for song, including characters, actions, plot, perspective, and story arc of beginning, middle, and end
• Filming scenes of the story, including changes in performances and improvisation

Coleman's Camp Studio, 6th week: SATURDAY

• Group bonding and sharing time
• All kids join together to make a Toontastic video
• Discussion and exploration of moving away from stories based on fighting and working towards a more complex and interesting story line
• Scripting new story with multiple locations and on-going introduction of characters in time-travel story

Coleman's Camp - SUMMER 2013

Coleman's Camp, 5th week: TUESDAY (no THURSDAY due to 4th of July)

• Continued filming segments for video to accompany song
• Reading lyrics and discussing meaning
• Brainstorming methods to represent each segment of lyrics
• Exploring, practicing, and refining facial expressions and gestures to emote

Coleman's Camp Studio, 5th week: SATURDAY

• Recording Toontastic video
• Sharing of items and special skills, talents, and interests
• Organizing supplies

Coleman's Camp - SUMMER 2013

Coleman's Camp, 4th week: TUESDAY AND THURSDAY

• Group bonding and sharing time
• Watching several versions of videos set to the same music to explore how images affect the music
• Selecting and listening to several popular songs and student favorites to identify songs with a narrative
• Reading and analyzing lyrics of song we will use for our video
• Creating script for the song, including characters, actions, plot, perspective, and story arc of beginning, middle and end
• Filming scenes of the story, including changes in performances and improvisation

Coleman's Camp Studio, 4th week: SATURDAY

• Continuing work on group projects
• Learning to have times of reevaluating projects to determine if our work is making progress but also being okay with changing all or part of project we feel have lost momentum
• Collaborating and recording a video on Toontastic
• Creating 3D paper projects

NOTE - This is a raw video, the final will have many other scenes edited in to the music from "Snoopy versus the Red Baron" (cartoon version here) 

Coleman's Camp - SUMMER 2013

Coleman's Camp, 2nd Week: TUESDAY

• Creating Cubic Meter structure in teams with meter sticks and duct tape
• Problem Solving construction issues of tape and support
• Devising Obstacle Course for teammates to traverse while dealing with certain limitations, such as eyes closed, no verbal communication, or understanding hand gestures for navigation

Coleman's Camp, 2nd Week: THURSDAY

• Students Challenged to slow the fall of a toy by creating paper cones and slides
• Problem Solving construction, support, and function
• Observing characteristics of objects
• Selection of various objects sharing several characteristics
• Game of using object characteristics to guide other students towards one object 

Coleman's Camp Studio, 2nd Week: SATURDAY

• Three groups working on projects
• Students helping other groups when needing a break from their group or simply interested in the work of other groups
• Revising supply lists
• Making progress on projects, including scripts, characters, props, and creative solutions to challenges faced during the creative process
• Wiring electrical circuits for use by one group