In 1994 I received a $7000 grant from the State of Illinois that I turned into a 6-week reading camp for about 50 students, 5 days a week, 3 hours a day. We had a different theme every day, related to the mid-morning snack and the physical education activity, and ended up with a Read-to-the-Audience for the last 20 minutes, when the parents would come and listen to children read what they had practiced during the day. This was geared toward remedial readers who had completed grades 1, 2, and 3. I was a director/teacher and had 5 other certified teachers working with me. This has now evolved into 400+ students, both remedial and enrichent.
I would start small and make it very motivational, with reading games and all kinds of "tricks" to have kids read. Food that they could manipulate (like square cheese and crackers and red strips of licorice to turn into a baseball field -- for "sports day") was motivational, as well as increasing of background knowledge. We passed out small prizes (Oriental Trading Company, etc.) as well as had tokens for the 6-week building up to larger prizes on the final day. Many fast food restaurants will be glad to give you free coupons that you can use for prizes. Now isn't too early to start. This was all done at my school with the approval of administration. If you're thinking of doing it privately, check insurance, zoning, and social security tax requirements. Feel free to email me off-list if you want more info. Thanks, Sheila --- On Sat, 12/1/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [MOSAIC] Reading Camp > To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" > <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Date: Saturday, December 1, 2007, 9:45 AM > Good morning all, > > A colleague of mine and I are thinking of starting a > reading camp this > summer for our school. I was interested in knowing if any > of you have done > this sort of thing and could share some ideas (structure, > cost, etc). Any > ideas are welcomed! > > Christina > > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at > http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
