NEW Summer 2024 Storytelling Camp: 4-8
July 8-19, 2024
1:45 – 4:15 pm
$99
The UACL will host a new Summer Storytelling Camp on the UA Fayetteville campus for students who have completed 4th-8th grade!
Storytelling camp will focus on reading comprehension as a bridge to writing. Students will produce a creative writing piece, such as a graphic novel! We are partnering with the UA Museum so students have access to museum collections for inspiration.
Please see the flyer below for more details and a link to register!
Summer 2024 Literacy Camp: K-5
July 8-19, 2024
The UACL will host the annual Summer Literacy Camp on the UA Fayetteville campus for students who have completed K-5th grade.
K-5 CAMP IS CURRENTLY FULL. If you would like to be added to a waiting list, please email Camp Director Dr. Kristi Mascher (kamasche@uark.edu) or Graduate Assistant Megan Chaffin (machaffi@uark.edu).
Weekdays July 8-19th with pre-assessment Tuesday, July 2nd.
Fee — $99 per child
Space is limited.
2024 Camp Dates and Times
| Pre-assessment Tuesday, July 2nd, 2024 | 9-11 a.m. (*you will be notified if your child finishes earlier) |
| Monday through Friday, July 8-12 | 9-11:30 a.m. |
| Monday through Friday, July 15-19 | 9-11:30 a.m. |
Each participant will be paired with a U of A graduate student. Campers will be screened to target the areas needing the most improvement or enrichment. They will experience literacy lessons and games in an engaging and laid-back environment. Campers also will have the opportunity to interact with other students who share their developmental levels.
In addition to individualized literacy tutoring, the 2024 summer camp will focus on nonfiction texts combined with hands-on learning experiences centered on topics in earth and space science, life science, and physical science.
The two-week literacy camp occurs weeks prior to the beginning of the school year. Each U of A candidate providing intervention for students understands the Science of Reading program and the various challenges students face in learning to read. Candidates use the principles of Response to Intervention and how to best use formative assessment combined with evidence-based practices to make reading and writing gains with each student.
The goal is to teach students strategies aligned with school-based instruction. The Clinic for Literacy serves students from multiple districts and private schools, as well as home schools. Everyone is welcome!
For more information, please contact Camp Director Kristi Mascher, Ph.D., at kamasche@uark.edu.
The University of Arkansas Clinic for Literacy provides students opportunities for improved achievement in reading and writing. Teacher candidates serve students through analysis of literacy needs and intervention. Literacy coursework grounded in Science of Reading (SoR) taught at the university is immediately applied through work with students to support school literacy experiences.
The clinic hosts literacy camps for kindergarten through sixth-grade students during fall and spring semesters. A two-week literacy camp is also held during the summer months immediately prior to the beginning of the school year.
Each U of A teacher candidate providing intervention for the students understands SoR and the various challenges that students face in learning to read. Candidates use the principles of Response to Intervention (RtI) and how to best use formative assessment combined with evidence-based practices to make reading and writing gains with each student. The goal is to teach students strategies aligned with school-based instruction.
Enrollment has increased 70 percent from the Clinic for Literacy’s inaugural Summer Reading Camp with nearly 35 percent of the students re-enrolling each semester.
The U of A Clinic for Literacy serves students from multiple districts and private schools as well as home schools. Everyone is welcome! Past participants come from:
- Farmington
- Fayetteville
- Rogers
- Springdale
- West Fork
- Elkins
- Prism Education Center
- Providence Academy
- Home-school families
Parent Testimonials
Joy, confidence and excitement!
The UA Literacy Camp has been invaluable for my daughter who has always struggled with reading. She now has a joy, confidence, and excitement for reading that has made a lasting impact.
Parent of a Third-Grade Participant
Confidence builder!
The UA Literacy Camp not only increased my son’s fluency and comprehension, but tremendously built his confidence.
Parent of a Fourth-Grade Participant