ERIC ED428385: Read*Write*Now!: What You Can Do.

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Read*Write*Now!: What You Can Do.
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Department of Education, Washington, DC.
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*Beginning Reading; *Community Involvement; *Literacy;
DESCRIPTORS
Parent Participation; Primary Education; Program
Development; *Reading Improvement; *Reading Programs; *Skill
Development; Summer Programs
America Reads Challenge; *Read Write Now
IDENTIFIERS
ABSTRACT
Developed for the America Reads Challenge Read*Write*Now!
program, this tip sheet presents ideas and suggestions for strengthening
efforts to help improve children's reading through community reading programs
designed to keep children reading during the summer and after school. The tip
sheet discusses building partnerships, recruiting volunteers, preparing and
organizing resources, promoting reading through the America Reads Challenge
and Read*Write*Now!; and evaluating the organization's involvement. It also
discusses facts about kids and reading, and tips for learning partners. It
includes a sample press release and sample radio public service
announcements. The tip sheet concludes with a list of resources (and contact
information) available from the United States Department of Education, from
the American Library Association, and from Reading Is Fundamental, Inc.
(RS)
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Read*Write*Now!:
What You Can Do
Department of Education
Washington, D.C.
Published: 1999
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Educational Research and Improvement
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION
CENTER (ERIC)
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Kids who read succeed. For children,
reading
opens up new worlds to explore at the
same
time it enhances their development.
In fact, studies show that children
who are,read to
before they reach school
age have a higher rate of success in formal learning
situations.
In 1997, President Clinton launched
the America Reads Challenge
to ensure
that children learn to read well.
Since then, tens ofthousands ofpeople
across the country
have answered the call
teachers, parents, community
and business leaders and
librarians are working together
to develop community-based reading
programs that
make a difference in children's
lives.
The America Reads Challenge
READ*WRITE*NOW!
materials were developed
to
help support community reading
efforts to keep children reading
during the
summer
and after school. The
program encourages children to read
or write 30 minutes a
day, five days
a week and to learn one new vocabulary word
every day. Children also are
encouraged to sign
up for and use a library card. One day each week,
children are asked
to meet with a learning
partnera family member, teacher, librarian,
senior citizen
or another concerned commimity memberwho
provides assistance and
encourage-
ment with reading and writing.
Developing a community reading
program is easy. All you need is a little organization
and the desire to make it happen.
To assist you, the U.S. Department
of Education,
the American Library
Association, Reading Is Fundamental®,
Inc., Scholastic Inc. and
Pizza Hut, Inc. have developed this
tip sheet with ideas and
suggestions for strength-
ening efforts to help improve
children's reading in
your community.
We hope you are
as excited as we are about the America Reads Challenge
and that
you share this information with
your colleagues. Thank you for
your support.
Sincerely,
Richard W. Riley
William R. Gordon, Executive Director
Richard Robinson, President
U.S. Secretary of Education
American Library Association
Scholastic Inc.
A/SCHOLASTIC
Plosi
Nv,
Michael S. Rawlings, President
William E. Truehart, President
-Hut.
Pizza Hut, Inc.
Reading Is Fundamental,° Inc.
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Piepare and Organize Your Resources
Build Partnerships
Determine how the America Reads Challenge fits into any
Identify and contact potential America Reads Challenge partners
existing reading programs you may have. If you do not
for your organization. These include key community members
offer such a program, work with your local library to put one
and organizations that have an interest,irichildren's literacy and
together or piggyback onto a reading program already offered
time to help. Good places to start are literacy 'organizations, area
at your library, school or other community organization.
youth services organizations, bookstores,Your local PTA, child
high schools, religious
care centers, colleges and universities,
Set aside a special place where children and learning partners
organizations and senior centers. Virtually every public library
comfortable
can get together. Select an area that is quiet,
offers reading programs and story hours for young children.
and well lit and does not disrupt other activities taking place.
Ask your staff, board of directors, volunteers and supporters
Make sure that children have parental permission to participate
for their help in creating an America Reads Challenge program.
for
in a one-on-one tutoring session. Prepare release forms
Their involvement will translate into excitement for the initiative.
parents to sign.
Recruit Volunteers
Work with your local library and its staffto identify high-quality
reading materials for children. The librarian can help you prepare
reading lists to help parents and learning partners choose the
Ask your staffand supporters to become learning partners.
the program.
most appropriate books and other resources for
Post a sign-up sheet encouraging people to tutor children in
reading.
Make sure children with special needs are served. If possible,
provide materials in Braille, large print and on audiotape.
Send recruitment flyers and sign-up sheets to community
Ask the librarian at your local library for recommendations on
partners and ask them to post the information. Sponsor
materials or visit a local bookstore.
a "recruitment contest" and recognize the organization
that provides the greatest number of volunteers.
than
Direct children and learning partners to resources other
books. Encourage them to review magazines, audiobooks and
Designate an America Reads Challenge recruiting
local library.
computer resources at bookstores and at their
coordinator at your organization who oversees and organizes
volunteers.
If your organization has online access, encourage children,
such as Web
parents and learning partners to explore resources
Make it clear to volunteers that no prior experience is
reading
sites that offer children's book reviews and the top
them the skills
necessary. Offer a training seminar to teach
lists for kids. The public library very likely has Internet access if
necessary to become effective reading partners.
your organization does not.
will be posted
Encourage children to write book reviews that
Challenge Web site. Collect the book reviews
on the America Reads
and make them accessible to other readers.
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vEvaluateYdur Organiiation's
Promote Reading Through
volyement2
the America Reads Challenge and
READ*WRITE*NOWI
Defermine the' number of children ind le'arning pirtners who
participated in your America Reads Challenge program, how
Display the READ*WRITE*NOW! activity poster and create
often and what type of improvement in reading was seen.
flyers that encourage volunteers and supporters to tutor a child
in reading.
Share your results with the U.S. Department of Education
America Reads Challenge at 400 Maryland Avenue, SW,
',Include information about the America Reads Challenge in
Washington, DC 20202-01 07. Your efforts could provide others
your newsletter and on your Web site.
with valuable ideas and lessons for their own reading programs.
Send information to the media. (See sample press materials.)
Have READ*WRITE*NOW! activity posters available to
distribute. Photocopy the activity panels for use in group
activities. All materials are available free of charge by calling
1-877-4EDPU BS or by visiting http://www.ed.gov./inits/
americareads/arc-pubs.html.
supported
The America Reads Challenge is
Encourage children in the community to get library cards and
including
by a number of organizations,
to visit the library.
and ethnic
educational institutions, religious
Launch the America Reads Challenge at your organization
professional associations, child
groups,
with a kick-off event. Invite parents, children, staff, represen-
libraries across
tatives from your partnering organizations and the media to
advocacy organizations and
attend. Ask a local business to sponsor the kick-off party.
supporters
the nation. Reach out to other
Have a speaker discuss the importance of the America Reads
in order to
Challenge and how your organization is getting involved.
ofthe America Reads Challenge
Publicize the event and use the kickoff to recruit volunteers.
build your community reading program.
Recognize children who have successfully completed a
is available on the
A full listing of partners
READ*WRITE*N OW! program. Provide certificates of achieve-
Web site at http://
America Reads Challenge
ment or work with a school to hold an awards assembly.
www.ed. gov/inits/americareads/arc-pmem.
Encourage pre-readers and their families to visit your
learn more.
organization and learn about the programs you provide. If
html or call 1-800-USA-LEARN to
you already offer a reading program, set up an extra session
for children in child care and encourage caregivers to invite
the families with whom they work to become involved as well.
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aAcct§Kids
and Reading
The following information will be helpful in convincing
Children who are read to regularly for several months
make great strides in reading comprehension and
potential community partners and learning partners that
their involvement is needed. Incorporate these facts into
vocabulary skills. (The Power of Reading: Insights from
correspondence and promotional materials.
Research, Stephen Krashen, 1993)
According to the 1998 National Assessment of
Fourth-grade students who reported that their teachers
Educational Progress, for the first time since reading
gave them time to read books of their own choosing
has been measured nationally, reading scores have
on a daily basis had higher average reading scores
than their peers. (National Centerfor Education
improved significantly in the three grades tested. This
reflects a renewed commitment to improve reading
Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress,
and momentum for much greater success.
U.S. Department of Education, 1998)
The public library is the most influential institution in
Nearly 4 in 10 American fourth graders, however,
a child's summer learning. (Summer Learning and the
are unable to read at the basic level needed for school
success. (National Centerfor Education Statistics, National
Effects of Schooling, Barbara Heyns, 1978)
Assessment of Educational Progress, U.S. Department of
The threat of illiteracy for children who don't learn to
Education, 1998)
read well is very real. According to the National Institute
With early intervention, including intensive tutoring, the
for Literacy, more than 20 percent of adults read at or
rate of reading failure in the early grades can be reduced
below a fifth-grade level.
to less than lo percent. (National Institutes of Child
The National Center for Education Statistics at the
Health and Development, Studies from 1996, 7997, 7998)
U.S. Department of Education reports that 95 percent
Half of a child's intellectual development occurs by the
of high school dropouts score at the lowest two levels
time he or she enters kindergarten. The first four years
of literacy as defined by national assessments.
of life are the peak learning years. (A Parent's Guide to
Children's Reading, Nancy Larrick, 1975)
According to the National Institute for Literacy, 43 percent
of people with the lowest literacy skills live in poverty.
Reading aloud to young children helps build language
Workers who lack a high school diploma earn a mean
skills critical for later reading success. (Preventing
monthly income of $452, compared to $1,829 for those
Reading Difficulties in Young Children, National Research
with a bachelor's degree.
Council, 1998)
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Learning Partners
How to read to children
How to use the library
from Reading Is Fundamental®, Inc.
from the American Library Association
Reading to children is enjoyable and rewarding. Here
The American Library Association offers the following
are some tips to share with learning partners to make
tips to help guide children's reading and library use:
reading more fun for them and the child:
1. Encourage kids to explore the public library, and
1. Read the stOry in advance so that you are familiar with
remember that children and teens are naturally attracted
its language and pacing.
to materials intended for them. They are generally
not attracted to materials that are too advanced for
2. Set the stage by asking a question that will engage
their reading or maturity levels.
children in the story you are about to read. It can be
a question based on the title or book cover or can be a
2. Provide clear guidelines for children. Let them know
hint about what will happen in the story.
ifthere are subjects or areas that you prefer to be off
limits and explain why.
3. Put some drama in your reading. Change your voice
as you move from character to character. Use hand
3. Introduce children to the librarian and encourage
gestures to convey the story.
them to seek his or her guidance. The American Library
Association and many local libraries publish helpful
4. Time the reading for 15-20 minutes (or less for
lists of award-winning children's books and other guides
preschool-aged children). Anything longer could distract
to good reading for children, from babies to teens.
rather than engage children.
4. Familiarize yourselfwith the library materials children
5. Take time with the story. Stop now and then to ask
bring home with them. Review all reading lists sent home
questions, to explain the meaning of events, or to look
by classroom teachers and help your child find some of
at the pictures.
the listed books at the library.
6. Use props, costumes or music to make the story
5. Talk with children about what they are reading. This will
come alive.
give you insight into their special interests and concerns.
7. Make your reading more interactive by showing the
6. Learn more about how to evaluate children's books. Most
pictures to the children and asking them to explain what
libraries provide books and brochures with guidelines about
is happening or predict what might happen next. To
what is appropriate and appealing at various ages.
really get children involved, choose a story in which they
can echo a phrase or chime in on a refrain.
7. Remember, the library is a public place. Adults should
accompany young children to the library.
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Radio PSAs
Press Release
The following are public service announcements
Retype on your organization's letterhead, double-spaced. Fill in as necessary with
(PSAs) that can be sent to radio stations in
your local information, quotes from spokespeople who support children's learning
your area. Retype on your organization's
and similar material. (See enclosed "Facts About Kids and Reading.") Send to news-
letterhead and send to public service directors
papers and television and radio stations in your community.
along with a letter explaining your involvement
in the America Reads Challenge and
READ*WRITE*NOW! program. PSAs should
Contact: [your name and phone number]
For Immediate Release
be sent at least 4-6 weeks before you want
[Date]
them to air.
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[name oforganization] Meets America Reads Challenge
How can you spend an hour of your time? You
could thumb through a magazine, talk on the
(City, State)The [name of organization] is helping to meet President Clinton and
phone, shop for more clothes, or change the life
of a child. Reading with a child for one hour a
Vice President Gore's America Reads Challenge by participating in a national U.S.
week can make a major difference. By learning to
Department of Education program called READ*WRITE*NOW! The goal of the
read and to love reading, children can excel in
America Reads Challenge is to help every child become a good reader by the end of
school and in life. Call [name of organization] at
[local phone number] to learn how you can make
third grade. The READ*WRITE*NOW! program encourages children to read 30
a difference for a child. Call [local phone
minutes a day, five days a week, including once a week with a learning partner, and
number].
to learn at least one new vocabulary word every day. Children also are encouraged
:3o
to sign up for and use a library card.
Does your child need help with reading? The
[name of organization] is sponsoring a program
"Research shows that as little as 30 minutes a day can make a tremendous
called READ*WRITE*NOW! that encourages
children to read 30 minutes a day, five days a'
difference for improving a child's reading skills," says [name/title of spokesperson].
week and to learn a new vocabulary word each
"We are sponsoring READ*WRITE*NOW! to make sure that the children in our
day. Stop by the [name of organization] at
community get the help they need early on."
[address] to pick up a fun-filled activity poster
with all sorts of ideas for making reading enjoy-
able for children. Or call [local phone number]
The [name of organization] is encouraging community membersincluding
for more information. Call [local phone number].
parents, teachers, librarians, senior citizens and teenagersto volunteer as learn-
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ing partners. All a person has to do is offer his or her time once a week to tutor a
READ*WRITE*NOW! That's the name of a
child in reading. Sign-up sheets are available for interested individuals. The [orga-
national initiative designed to help children from
nization] also has copies ofthe U.S. Department of Education's activity poster
birth through sixth grade become
better readers. The [name of organization]
"READ*WRITE*NOW! Share the Fun!" which gives learning partners easy ideas
is sponsoring the program and is looking
for making their time with children rewarding and productive.
for reading tutors. All it takes is one hour a week.
Won't you help? Call the [name of organization]
at [local phone number] for more information.
The [name of organization] is working with a number of other community groups
Call [local phone number].
to recruit volunteers and spread the word about the America Reads Challenge and
READ*WRITE*NOW! These include: [list the names of community organizations
:15
Children can be better readers by spending just
and ways they are involved].
30 minutes a day reading and building their
vocabulary. Call the [name of organization] at
For more information or to become a volunteer, contact the [name oforganization]
[local phone number] for fun, easy ideas to help
a child you love become a better reader. Call
at [phone number].
[local phone number].
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President Clinton and Vice
READ*WRITE*NOWI Tutoring Krt
grades 1-6. Order by calling Hadassah
can help them. Provides ideas that par-
President Gore have challenged
(English/Spanish)
at 212/303-8042, or by email:
ents, educators, policymakers and others
every American to join a national
A packet developed by reading experts on
[email protected].
can use to prevent reading difficulties in
grassroots literacy effort to help all
how to increase and maintain reading
early childhood and the primary grades.
children read well by the end of
achievement and skills for all children
The Compactfor Reading
Based on the 1998 National Research
third grade. Your efforts to meet
including those with disabilitiesduring
A guide on how to develop a Compact
Council report Preventing Reading
this challenge will help prepare
the summer. Activities for reading and
for Reading among families, schools,
Difficulties in Young Children. Copies are
children for school success. The
writing fun from birth through grade 6.
and community members. This is
available from the National Academy
following publications from the
Includes log and certificate. Order No.
a written agreement among families,
Press for $14.95 (prepaid) plus shipping
U.S. Department of Education, the
teachers, principals, and students that
98-4505
charges of $4.00 for the first copy and
American Library Association and
describes how all partners can help
$.5o for each additional copy. Available
Reading Is Fundamental°, Inc.
Checkpointsfir Progress
improve the reading and other language
by calling 1-800-624-6242 or at www.
may be helpful to you.
In Reading and Writingfirr Families
arts skills of children from kindergarten
nas.edu/subjectindex/edu.html.
and Communities
through third grade. Includes a School-
In Reading and Writingfor Teachers
Home Links Reading Kit that provides
Including Your Child
and Learning Partners
ioo easy-to-use reading activities for
A booklet for parents with special-needs
A booklet to help families and
each grade, kindergarten through third.
children, covering the first eight years
The following resources are available
community groups identi6/ what most
Available by calling toll-free 1-877-4ED-
of life. G ives suggestions to parents
through 1-877-4EPPU BS/
children can do in reading and writing,
PUBS or at www.ed.gov/pubs/Compact
that will help them relate to their special-
[phone] or The America Reads
by developmental periods, and what
forReading. Order No. EA0o76P
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Challenge Web site: www.ed.gov/inits/
most children can read, by grade level.
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americareads
Families and Communities
A Compact for Learning
and themselves. Includes a develop-
Order No. EE 0211P
An Action Guidebookfor Family-
mental progress chart and an
Federal Work-Study On-Line Directory
Teachers and Learning Partners
School-Community Partnerships
extensive list of potentially useful
Check the America Reads Challenge
Order No. EE 0212P
A user-friendly handbook designed to
resources for these parents. Available
Web site to see if your local college or
walk your family-school compact team
by calling 1-877-4ED-PUBS. Order No.
university is among the one thousand
Learning to Read, Reading to Learn
through the steps of building a compact,
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institutions that pay literacy tutors and
from a commitment to sharing respon-
mentors through Federal Work-Study
Research-based assistance for schools
sibility for student learning, to an action
NAEP1998 Reading Report Card
(FWS). The federal government pays
trying to create an effective reading
plan for a partnership to help children
for the Nation
ioo percent of the wages for work-study
program for children with learning dis-
get a high-quality education. Available
This report presents the results ofthe
students who tutor children in reading
abilities. Includes tips for teachers and
from 1-877-4EDPUBS orwww.ed.gov/
1998 NAEP national reading assessment
or their parents/caregivers in family
parents and a network of researchers
PFIE/titlei.html. Order No. EEoo6oP
of fourth-, eighth-, and twelfth-grade
literacy programs. Some America Reads
as resources for schools. Order No.
students. Students' performance is
colleges have submitted summaries
EH E000l K
On the Road to Reading
described in terms of their average score
of their programs which can be found
A Guide fir Community Partners
on a scale of 0-500, and in terms ofthe
in the On-Line Directory located on
Simple Things You Can Do To Help All
Information on how most children learn
percentage of students attaining three
the upper left corner ofthe home page. If
Children Read Well and Independently
to read, how to involve families, how to
achievement levels: Basic, Proficient,
your school is not on the list, you can
by the End ofThird Grade
build community partnerships and how
and Advanced. The report includes
help recruit it by calling the financial
A booklet on what a community
to develop a tutoring program.Available by
results for subgroups of students defined
aid office or 1-800-USA-LEARN.
organization, school, librarian, university
calling 1-877-4EDPUBS or at wwwetr.
by various background and contextual
employer or other citizens can do to
org/NSRC/pubs/otr/ontheroad.html.
characteristics. The 1998 results are
Read*Write*Nowl Activity Poster
meet the America Reads Challenge.
Order No. EAT000r
Compared to those of1994 and 1992.
A colorful poster on one side that includes
Order No. EA0003P
Order by calling 1-877-4ED-PUBS or at
reproducible reading and writing activi-
Preventing Reading DIficulties in
http://nces.ed.gov. Order No.ERN2798P
ties on the back. During the summer
READY*SETVEADI
Young Children
months, the poster includes the added
Early Childhood Learning Kit
A 1998 report issued by the National
Helping Your Child Learn to Read
incentive of free pizza for children who
(English/Spanish)
Research Council that synthesizes the
This Web site, created by the U.S.
reach their reading and writing goats.
Activity guides for families and care-
wealth of research on early reading
Department of Education, focuses
The poster was developed in partnership
givers with ideas on age-appropriate
development. Copies are available
primarily on what parents can do to help
with the Association for Library Service
activities that help children learn about
from the National Academy Press for
children up tolo years of age become
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U.S. Department of Education's America
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Reads Challenge. Available in English
READ*WRITSNOWI Partners
Starting Out Right: A Guide to
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Promoting Children's Reading Success
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children learn to read and how adults
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