It's time to be counted!!
On February 14, 2007, the second “Annual State of
Literacy Report” will be released during the Annual Day of Reading
in Summit County. A printed report will be available to the
community to provide a baseline of information demonstrating our
community’s actions to move us toward our guiding vision … that
every kindergartner entering school is ready to learn and every
third grader is reading to learn.
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State of Literacy Report
Organizations are asked to share activities during the
period from January 2006-October 2006 that relate to the
“Key Indicators of Success.” The activities need not be
new programs that were established. We want to include
anything you have done within your regular mission.
Click
here to report the results of a
successful 2006 event!!
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Share the work your organization has done to prepare students
to enter kindergarten with skills necessary for success. Indicate the ways
in which you have identified specific skills that relate to the capacities
included within the KRA-L Assessment or some other measures.
Click here
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Share the work your organization has done to prepare students
to achieve success on the 3rd Grade Reading Achievement Test.
Click here
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Explain the details of any event(s) you sponsored that had a
reading theme or that recognized reading in some way during a portion of the
event. Was this a new event? If so, will this become an annual event? Please
provide as many details as possible. Click here
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Has your organization created a new program or promoted an
existing program that utilizes television as a companion for learning to
read? (i.e. Time Warner’s Small Tales) If so, explain.
Click here
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Has your organization created literacy programs in the
workplace for your employees? If so, please explain.
Click here
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FOR LIBRARIES (COMMUNITY AND SCHOOL BASED):
Library card registration, adult books checked out, juvenile books checked
out, # summer reading program participants, # pre-school programs, other
programs. Click here
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TUTORING: Tutoring programs for reading - # served
Tutoring programs for other subjects - # served
Tutors - # volunteers trained, # volunteers serving
Click here
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Have you done anything to get newspapers and magazines into
the homes of families? Explain. Click here
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Has your organization done anything to encourage more reading
time for individuals and/or families? Explain. Click
here
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Do you do anything in your programming to track the number of
books that children, adults and families read? If so, explain and indicate
the number of books read during the reporting period.
Click here
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Does your organization utilize technology in some way to help
individuals and families learn to read? Explain. Click
here
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Do you work with adults to increase their literacy and that
of their family? If so, explain. Click here
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Do you operate a pre-school program? If so, how many children
were enrolled during the reporting time? Click here
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Did your organization create opportunities for adults to read
to children and/or for children to read to one another? (i.e. older children
reading to younger children) If so, please explain and indicate any numbers
you may track. Click here
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Did your organization distribute books to children/families
to take home? If so, explain how you did this and share any book
distribution numbers you have. Click here
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Share any other experiences your organization provided to
children and their families to experience the joy of reading beyond the
school day. Click here
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Share the nature of any new relationships and partnerships
that you have been able to create to advance your efforts to increase
literacy in our community. Please be as specific as possible.
Click here
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BE CREATIVE, HAVE FUN &
CELEBRATE!
In past years, school
field trips were taken to visit senior housing facilities to read
together, parents joined their children in Head Start and
elementary classrooms, and some organizations created fun activities
such as story time with special guests for young children. In 2007,
activities will be planned throughout the day so that families can take
part together after work and school. Feel free to plan your own
activities. Send them to This City Reads, and we will list them in our
master schedule.
Organize events or special
recognition assemblies to acknowledge the good work of children and
their families, employees, members and volunteers who have improved
reading proficiency and who have helped others learn to read. Please let
This City Reads! know of any events you plan.
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