Campobello, S.C. — Over the last six weeks, the classrooms of Campobello-Gramling School were buzzing with rising 3rd and 4th grade students from across Spartanburg School District One for the Read to Succeed Summer Reading Institute.
As a component of the Read to Succeed Act, District One held a six week summer reading camp for identified students across the district in an effort to increase literacy skills. Students received small group and individual instruction from highly qualified teachers who have experience in working with struggling readers.
This unique camp experience allowed students consistent opportunities to read, write, and engage in literacy activities throughout the entire summer. Daily hands-on activities in the STEAM lab gave students a multi-faceted experience that allowed them to design and create projects based on the books they studied throughout the weeks. Animal habitats, lego water cycle creations and windsocks were just a few of the students’ favorite STEAM projects.
Students participated in a “Book Bonanza” that allowed them the opportunity to select up to ten books that they could keep and use to build their own home library. “Our students have had a wonderful summer making new friends from across the district and learning together. Allowing students the opportunity to choose books that they are interested in to read and take home, creates a love of reading and learning,” says Jenny Edwards, director of this year’s Summer Reading Institute.
The summer reading camp concluded with a pizza party celebration where students shared their reading, writing, research, and STEAM projects with their families.
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