district 7680 assembly dictionary project
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Presentation to Rotarians about the worldwide Dictionary ProjectTRANSCRIPT
THE DICTIONARY
PROJECT
Rotary Club of Charlotte John Tabor President Elect Carol Jordan Literacy Chair
District 7680 Mid-Year Assembly
Literacy
Literacy
2 / 3 of students who cannot read proficiently by the end of the 4th grade will end up in jail or on welfare.
The 4th grade is the watershed year. We can predict that if a child is not reading proficiently in the 4th grade, he or she will have approximately a 78% chance of not catching up.
Literacy One child in four grows up not knowing how to read. 43% of adults at Level 1 literacy skills live in poverty
compared to only 4% of those at Level 5 3 out of 4 food stamp recipients perform in the lowest 2
literacy levels 90% of welfare recipients are high school dropouts 16 to 19 year old girls at the poverty level and below, with
below average skills, are 6 times more likely to have out-of-wedlock children than their reading counterparts.
Literacy Disadvantaged students in the first grade have a
vocabulary that is approximately half that of an advantaged student (2,900 and 5,800 respectively)
Over one million children drop out of school each year, costing the nation over $240 billion in lost earnings, forgone tax revenues, and expenditures for social services
About 3 in 5 of America's prison inmates are illiterate.
Literacy There are almost 500,000 words in our English
Language - (the largest language on earth) – but 1/3 of all our writing is made up of only twenty-two words.
In 1999, only 53 percent of children aged 3 to 5 were read to daily by a family member, and there is a direct correlation to poverty levels.
When the State of Arizona projects how many prison beds it will need, it factors in the number of kids who read well in fourth grade.
Spelling’s Important
Spelling’s Important
THE DICTIONARY
PROJECT
WHY Communication Education Career and Personal Growth Self-Confidence
One of Rotary’s Six Areas of Focus
Basic Education and Literacy
Peace and Conflict Prevention / Resolution
Disease Prevention and Treatment
Water and Sanitation
Maternal and Child Health
Basic Education and Literacy
Economic and Community Development
History
1992 Annie Plummer of Savannah, GA
1995 Bonnie Beeferman of Hilton Head, SC
1995 Mary French of Charleston, SC
To Date 18,255,644 Dictionaries
Participants Civic Clubs
Participants Civic Clubs Non-Profits
Participants Civic Clubs Non-Profits Educational
Participants Civic Clubs Non-Profits Educational Foundations Government Businesses Individuals
Participants
Civic Clubs 90 7,218 Non-Profits 42 305 Educational 25 655 Foundations 39 470 Government 6 137 Businesses 39 270 Individuals 65
Clubs or Organizations Groups
Participants – Civic Clubs
Elks 1,010 Grange 843 Kiwanis 643 Lions 340 Republican Women 303 ROTARY Clubs 3,195 ROTARY Districts 95
Clubs or Groups
Process Organize
Determine Need / Communicate with Schools Order
Dictionaries Prepare
and Insert Name Plates Distribute
and Present to the Schools PR
Document and Publicize
Process
Organize Determine Need Communicate with Schools Determine Costs Determine Schedule
Website www.dictionaryproject.org
Website www.dictionaryproject.org
Website www.dictionaryproject.org
Website www.dictionaryproject.org
Process
Organize Determine Need / Communicate with Schools
Order Dictionaries Cost about $1.75 and up
www.dictionaryproject.org
Process
Organize Order Prepare
Insert Name Plates Sticker Party
Name Plates
Name Plates
Name Plates
Process
Organize Order Prepare Distribute
Present to the Schools (10-15 minutes) Make it a lesson Make it a big deal Play a game
Process
Organize Order Prepare Distribute PR
Take Photos (get permission) Write Media Release to local Media (w/ photos) Write Article for PTAs (w/ photos) Put in your Newsletter and on District website
PR
Note: no children faces are shown . . .
Gratitude
Gratitude
Gratitude
Think Outside the Box
Collaboration
District 7680
Collaboration
Every 3rd grader in Ashe County received their very own dictionary
Collaboration
Rotary Club of Charlotte & Rotary Club of
The Jefferson's
Bought the Dictionaries
Assembled the Name Plates
Delivered and presented the Dictionaries
Q&A
THE DICTIONARY
PROJECT
Rotary Club of Charlotte John Tabor President Elect Carol Jordan Literacy Chair
District 7680 Mid-Year Assembly