3. DID YOU CATCH THAT?
The word gap
30,000,000 million fewer words!
Access to books in home
61% don’t own their own books!
Missing school
Chronically absent is missing 10% of school days
5,000,000 kids
Falling behind in summer
4.
5. WHY 3RD GRADE READING?
Reading changes…
Pre-K to 2nd grade
Kids learning to read and practicing!
3rd grade
Still learning to read, but learning to gather meaning
from text, too.
4th grade and beyond
Reading now to learn…MUST know how to read
textbooks to learn subjects!
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7. Your job as AmeriCorps is vital to the success of programs
and kids NOT falling behind or becoming the statistic.
Read with kids
talk with them
share new words
Learn together
Have FUN