1. CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY
SUMMER READING CLINIC
CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY

2. Reading Clinic
The Summer Reading Clinic offers remediation and enrichment for children in grades K-8.
Instruction is tailored for each student’s needs and interests to foster skill development as well as an interest in reading/writing.

3. Program Philosophy
The philosophy framework for the reading clinic is balanced literacy.
All areas of literacy are important to becoming a lifelong participant in literacy. The program focuses on enjoyment, skills, literacy workshop approaches, and student ownership.

4. Program Features
Supervised practice to maintain and improve children’s reading/writing skills
Assessment of reading/writing strengths and needs
Individual and small group instructional sessions designed to match student needs and strengths

5. More…
Focus on improving student self-confidence and motivation to engage in reading and writing
A final report on student strengths, needs, and recommendations for further growth; and
An individual parent/student/teacher conference to share results and successful teaching strategies

6. Student-Led Conference

7. Target Areas of Instruction
All areas of the language arts are part of the program
Reading and writing are the main focus
Enjoyment of literacy activities is another area of importance
Writing target areas are the elements of the writing process: prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing

8. Typical Reading Difficulties
Comprehension – difficulty retelling or retaining information, difficulty understanding what is being read
Vocabulary – difficulty understanding the meaning of words, especially in non-fiction

9. Typical Reading Difficulties
Fluency – reading is halting without accuracy, speed, or prosody
Phonics – difficulty with letter/sound correspondences, sight words, blending sounds/letters, etc.
Phonemic Awareness – difficulty manipulating the individual sounds of language orally (rhyming, deleting sounds, segmenting, etc.)

10. Typical Reading Difficulties
Study Strategies – not having repair or fix-up strategies for comprehension and/or decoding; how to retain information
Difficulty reading non-fiction materials more than fiction; understanding text structures in narrative or expository

11. Typical Writing Difficulties
Content – finding a topic, producing clear and focused writing, including relevant details and appropriate examples
Organization – having good leads, connections between ideas, logical order, and/or a satisfying ending
Style and Voice – limited vocabulary, needs precise word choices, author’s voice is missing
Conventions – spelling, usage, capitalization, punctuation issues

12. Clinic Staff
Director Kolleen Homuth
Tutors (college students)

13. Director – CMU Professor
Makes arrangements with PEAK to hold the reading clinic during the summer
Meets with the principal of the designated school to arrange which facilities will be used in the building
Arranges the schedule for the clinic and how staff will be utilized.
Handles plans for advertising for clinicians and students

14. Director Makes contacts with parents Orders materials
Manages the day to day operation of the clinic
Usually teaches EDU 533 Diagnosis and Treatment of Reading Difficulties for clinic tutors

15. Associate Director Is usually a CMU Professor
Assists the Director in planning for the clinic
Assists in assigning children to classrooms, clinicians, and tutors
Usually teaches EDU 632 Practicum in Diagnosis and Treatment of Literacy Difficulties for the clinicians

16. Clinicians
Are certified teachers enrolled in EDU 632 who have ideally had classroom teaching experience
Have one or more children assigned to them
Are responsible for two or more tutors who work with children
Assist tutors in lesson planning, assessing children’s strengths and needs and writing reports
Model best practices in literacy instruction

17. Tutors
Are CMU students enrolled in EDU 533, their last class which is a practicum for the Reading Minor
Have three to four children assigned to them for assessing, teaching, and report writing

18. America Reads Volunteers
Set up the materials center with assessments and instructional materials to be checked out by staff
Manage the check out of all materials
Handle library time for classes
Take attendance and report to the director
Work with children on assigned tasks such as listening to children read

19. Reading Clinic Set-Up
The two courses (EDU 533 and EDU 632) are taught together part of the time and separately part of each day depending on the topic.

20. Reading Clinic Set-Up
Classrooms are determined by how many children from each grade and ability are enrolled.
Using the teacher referral/evaluations forms, the Director and Associate Director divide the children into classrooms by level and assign one – two children to each university student.

21. Reading Clinic Set-Up
Typically there are no more than twelve children in a classroom with three tutors, one or two clinicians, and a literacy coach in charge of two classrooms.
Each classroom team sets up their classroom using a broad theme based upon the materials available to them.

22. Assessing Students
During the first week that the children attend, the instructional team sets up a temporary schedule designed to rotate group activities while individual testing is conducted.
A variety of assessments are administered:
San Diego Quick Assessment
Phonics for Reading
Student Interest Survey
Writing
QTR

23. Instructional Materials
Leveled Books/Big Books/Chapter Books
Materials such as tiles for Making Words
Various manipulatives to connect real world living to the learning environment
Teaching Supplies

24. that teachers make and bring too!
A Variety of Materials
that teachers make and bring too!

25. Children are Active Participants

26. Instructional Practices
These practices are included everyday: read alouds, writing, word study, guided reading, independent reading, literacy centers.
Depending upon the grade level and student abilities, other instructional practices include: modeled writing, shared writing, interactive writing and independent writing.

27. Additional Instructional Practices
Reader’s theater
Literature circles
Repeated readings
Shared reading
Phonic skill activities related to materials read
Connections to self, text, and world
Narrative and expository profundity
Phonemic awareness exercises
Metacognitive strategies
Graphic organizers
Cross age tutoring once or twice a week.

28. End of Sessions Celebration:
Student-led parent conference
Reader’s Theater Performance
Awards

29. Clinicians and Students Graduate

30. Reading Clinic 2017 the Mt. Pleasant PEAK Program.
The CMU Reading Clinic is partnering with
the Mt. Pleasant PEAK Program.
Location: Ganiard Elementary School
Dates: Monday – Thursday each week
July 5 – July 27
Time: 9:00 – 11:30 a.m.
Please note that students do not have to participate in the PEAK Program in order to register for the Summer Reading Clinic.

31. Reading Clinic 2017 Reading Clinic Fee: $250 per child
$100 Scholarship rate, based on free/reduced lunch income guidelines
The Reading Clinic starts at 9:00 am and ends at 11:30 am from Monday, July 5th through Thursday, July 28th. 

32. Reading Clinic 2017 For Registration:
Contact Mt. Pleasant Parks and Recreation at (989)
Application is available at the Parks and Recreation Office in City Hall, or online at
Registration Deadline: June 24, 2017

33. Contact Information
Kolleen Homuth, Director
PEAK: Mt. Pleasant Parks and Recreation