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A Word Detectives student uses a magnifying glass to inspect a word during an activity at the Northeastern University summer reading program. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University

Word Detectives crack the case of child literacy

A reading comprehension summer camp called Word Detectives is back on the Boston campus helping students from second to seventh grade who are reading below grade level. Taught by faculty and speech-language pathology graduate students, the month-long program also packs in plenty of fun to keep the kids engaged.

by Hillary Chabot July 16, 2021

Students participate in Word Detectives, a summer reading program hosted by the Speech-Language and Hearing Center. Photo by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University

How Word Detectives solved the mystery of teaching reading from afar

Word Detectives, a month-long reading camp, moved online this summer, like many educational programs adapting to the COVID-19 pandemic. And while there were challenges, the virtual program allowed parents to see the students’ progress and the teachers to see inside the students’ lives.

by Kaitlyn Budion August 7, 2020

Word Detectives is helping more than 20 elementary school children from Greater Boston improve their literacy skills with intensive phonics lessons and reading workshops this summer. Photo by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University

These schoolchildren wanted to improve their reading skills. So they became detectives.

Elementary school students from Greater Boston are learning to read by breaking down words one sound at a time as part of a Northeastern program called Word Detectives.

by Irvin Zhang July 25, 2019

Second-, third-, and fourth-grade students participated in a summer reading program hosted by Northeastern's Speech-Language and Hearing Center in July. Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University

These schoolchildren dreaded reading. Then they found the buried treasure.

Northeastern helped more than two-dozen elementary school students improve their reading skills as part of a monthlong camp run by the university’s Speech-Language and Hearing Center. “Students who once looked like they were going to cry while reading started to come to camp excited to read chapter books,” said one graduate student who tutored the children.

by Debora Almeida August 2, 2018

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Word Detectives crack the case of child literacy

How Word Detectives solved the mystery of teaching reading from afar

These schoolchildren wanted to improve their reading skills. So they became detectives.

These schoolchildren dreaded reading. Then they found the buried treasure.

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