Setting up Camp Use the information on the following pages to get yourself and your classroom organized and ready for LitCamp! Preparing Your Classroom Depending on your space and resources, you may choose to turn your classroom into a replica of a summer camp or keep it simple. Either way, make sure your room has: • chairs and/or floor space for whole-group activities. • a quiet space with comfortable seating, good lighting, and access to books for Bunk Time reading. • a “stage” area for Readers’ Theater and other community activities. • wall space or a bulletin board to display the following: Camp Rules Invite campers to help you create a list of rules and expectations for your classroom. Involving campers in making the rules will give them a sense of responsibility to uphold them. Display the rules and add to them as needed. Strengths Board Create and display a Strengths Board. On it, capture campers’ thoughts about and demonstrations of the 7 Strengths. Vocabulary Board Create and display a Vocabulary Board. Invite campers to add new or interesting words and phrases they encounter in their reading. Encourage them to use new vocabulary in classroom discussions. Use the board to connect vocabulary to lessons’ knowledge-building goals during camp discussions.
LitCamp Cheer We are the readers, mighty LitCamp readers. Everywhere we go, people want to know who we are, so we tell them. We are the readers, mighty LitCamp readers!
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