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Summer Reading Camp
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What is Summer Reading Camp?
Summer Reading Camp is a practicum experience that allows Marietta
College education majors to work with children from schools in Washington and
Wood counties in an intensive four week summer program to diagnose and address
reading difficulties and provide literacy enrichment activities. This practicum
experience fulfills requirements for Education 410/663,
the culminating course for students seeking a reading endorsement to their Ohio
Marietta College students work as teachers in teams with small groups of elementary school children in an atmosphere which emphasizes a wholistic view of the reading process.
Summer Reading Camp Components
Rotary Club Partnership
Since 1997, the Marietta Morning Rotary Club has made the Summer Reading Camp one of its major community projects. The club conducts fundraising activities to provide scholarships for Reading Camp tuition for economically disadvantaged children who have been recommended by their schools. Rotarians contribute their time and talents as guest readers with groups of reading camp children. This activity exposes children to fluent adult readers from throughout the Marietta community. Members also visit the Reading Camp to share their hobbies and interests, providing children with valuable background knowledge for literacy experiences.