1. Teacher training
reading camp

2. Reading Camp is not school
cardinal rule
Reading Camp is not school

3. Learning should be fun!
Bring the most effective and innovative activities from your classroom: activities that require student hands on

4. school vs. reading camp But that… Not this…
Seated at desks and tables
Teacher chalkboard/whiteboard
Lecture
Teaching to
Worksheets and textbooks
Intimidated
Passive learning
Textbooks
But that…
Seated on floors and moving
Camper held chalkboard/whiteboard
Collaboration
Learning with
Games and activities
Encouraged
Active learning
Fun books, magazines, newspapers, etc.

5. creating your community
Post camp rules (3-5)
Discuss how they apply in the learning center
Create a safe learning environment by emphasizing respect of people and answers
Constantly create opportunities for success while stretching and challenging

6. Flexibility Be mindful of camper engagement during lessons
Don’t hesitate to switch activities
It’s okay to have one activity all week long if they are engaged
Let camper engagement guide the length of the activity

7. working with the counselors
One-on-one help for a child struggling with the activity
Counselors as participants and models of appropriate engagement in learning center activities
Redirect camper to kinesthetic or other learning activity away from the group

8. connecting body and mind
Choose a daily kinesthetic activity for your center
Begin each rotation with the activity
Use kinesthetics for redirection

9. Minds in motion maze overview

10. connecting with all campers
Plan a variety of activities that apply to all learning styles
Kinesthetic
Auditory
Visual
Read/Write

11. kinesthetic Learning by doing… Beach ball with comprehension questions
Start a story and have each child add to the storyline
Play a phonics game

12. Auditory Learning by hearing…
Read a story and ask comprehension questions verbally
Read or say words out loud to match beginning and ending sounds
Read through sight words out loud

13. visual Learning by seeing… Sight words posted on the wall
Spell words with a game like hangman
Comprehension bookmarks

14. Bookmark activity Does it make sense? (prior knowledge)
Look for key clues (context clues and picture clues)
Listen to how it sounds (letter sounds and grammar)
Look for little words in big words (letter patterns)
Search for similarities (letter patterns, letter sounds and grammar)
Try a popper (letter sounds and context clues)
Backtrack and read again (prior knowledge and context clues)
Skip it and go on (context clues)

15. Read/write Learning by reading and writing…
Read parts in a play or take turns reading the story
Read a list of rhyming words and continue the pattern on a whiteboard
Read on a topic and react to it in writing

16. Evaluations Provide good data for grants and other fund development
Assess effectiveness
Identify strengths and weaknesses

17. evaluation guidelines
Pre and post should be conducted by the same person
Environment should be free of distraction
No influence by evaluator
Quality instruments = quality results (gather experts in the field to help you create or identify the instruments)

18. Daily meetings Lead by the head teacher Bring success stories
Discuss challenges
Work through solutions