2. • Introductions
• What do we notice?
• What maps show?
• What do kids & adults say?
• How does it make sense?
• What do ALL neighbors say?
• What can we DO together?
• How will we know?
• What NEXT?
3. • What is your name?
• What street do you live on?
• What is the first thing you remember reading?
4.
5. • What other examples have you noticed
of kids reading in our neighborhood?
– At Home
– Other places in the neighborhood
6. • What percentage
of 3 rd graders in
our neighborhood
do you think are
reading on grade
level?
7.
8.
9. • What do you think is the best
age to be able to read by?
10.
11. Alicia 7 Kahlil 11 Virginia 19
Amorie 5 Katelynn 5 Zamarion 10
Cameron 5 Keon 5 Zamora 4
Cynthia 8 Keondre 8 Ziyon 6
Dalisha old Kiamani 6.5 Zytrellia 4
Dareeona 40 Maria 15
Dasani 8 Missy 20 There is wisdom in
Deont'e 6 Nihvea 2 every answer!
Dillion 5 Niyah 4
Elan 7 Quayvion 1 Most Frequent
Fabrian 13 Quinlan 5 Answer:
India 10 Ra'Quan 4
Jacorey 7 Samir 1
Age 5
Jadarius 11 Tatiana 5
Jakaree 20 Toby 5 Over HALF of the
James 9 Tyasia 7 neighborkids said
Juwella 4 Ty'tianna 5 younger than age 8
12. • Pictures & Stories
• School Maps & Data
• Views & Opinions
13. Central-Cocoanut Neighborhood
North: Dr. MLK Way
South: 10th Street
West: Tamiami Trail
East: RR Tracks east of Central Ave.
16 streets long (1 mile)
3 streets wide (.4 miles)
47 blocks
2100 people
h 500 kids up to age 18
h 300 kids up to age 10
h 175 kids up to age 5
750 households
15. …so that neighborkids of Central-Cocoanut
are BEST AT READING
in ALL of Sarasota County?
16. • What will we notice?
• What do we need to
pay attention to?
17.
18. Other stuff that’s going on:
• March 2: 15th Street Park Neighborhood Work Day
• Housing Survey
• Neighbor-Business Survey
• Neighborkid Talent Squad
19.
20. It is obvious that neighborkids
are BIG-TIME readers
here in Central-Cocoanut.
• What do KIDS here say about
reading in our neighborhood?
• What do neighborhood MAPS
show about neighborkids
reading in school?
• What can we DO together
as neighbors so that the kids
of Central-Cocoanut are the
BEST AT READING in all of
Sarasota County?
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