Literacy Fact Cards
Objective
Demonstrate what the statistic 1 in 4 children will grow up functionally illiterate looks like.
Materials
Set of numbered literacy fact cards (16), cut and folded
Instructions
1. Print cards double sided and make sure they flip on the short side so all text is right side up. Cut cards out along the lines
and fold each in half so the numbered side covers the text.
2. Distribute cards to volunteers.
3. Let the group know you’ve asked volunteers to share some facts with the group about literacy.
4. Ask each volunteer to stand and read her card in number order. Every fourth card is in a foreign language, so that woman
will probably be unable to read it.
5. When a volunteer is unable to read her card, let her know it’s okay, to sit down and move on to the next card.
6. Once all the cards have been read through, remind the group that 1 in 4 children will grow up functionally illiterate. You
can use the following questions to facilitate discussion:
•Ask the volunteers with cards they were unable to read how they felt.
•How do you think children, or even adults, feel when they encounter something they can’t read, especially in
a public setting?
•What do you think it’s like for teachers to have a classroom in which 25% of their students struggle with
reading at grade level?
•What can Pi Phi do to help?
7. Share the Read > Lead > Achieve calendar with the group and identify which activities you will participate in during the
month of September to help raise awareness for Read > Lead > Achieve and literacy needs in our world.
Literacy Fact Cards
Objective
Demonstrate what the statistic 1 in 4 children will grow up functionally illiterate looks like.
Materials
Set of numbered literacy fact cards (16), cut and folded
Instructions
1. Print cards double sided and make sure they flip on the short side so all text is right side up. Cut cards out along the lines
and fold each in half so the numbered side covers the text.
2. Distribute cards to volunteers.
3. Let the group know you’ve asked volunteers to share some facts with the group about literacy.
4. Ask each volunteer to stand and read her card in number order. Every fourth card is in a foreign language, so that woman
will probably be unable to read it.
5. When a volunteer is unable to read her card, let her know it’s okay, to sit down and move on to the next card.
6. Once all the cards have been read through, remind the group that 1 in 4 children will grow up functionally illiterate. You
can use the following questions to facilitate discussion:
•Ask the volunteers with cards they were unable to read how they felt.
•How do you think children, or even adults, feel when they encounter something they can’t read, especially in
a public setting?
•What do you think it’s like for teachers to have a classroom in which 25% of their students struggle with
reading at grade level?
•What can Pi Phi do to help?
7. Share the Read > Lead > Achieve calendar with the group and identify which activities you will participate in during the
month of September to help raise awareness for Read > Lead > Achieve and literacy needs in our world.
One in four children will grow up functionally illiterate.
It is estimated that more than $2 billion is spent each year
on students who repeat a grade because they have reading
problems.
To make your Literacy Fact cards, please cut along the bold lines. Fold the cards along the dotted line.
Literacy Fact 1
Literacy Fact 2
An estimated 30 million Americans over 16 years old
cannot perform simple everyday literacy activities.
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Literacy Fact 3
Literacy Fact 4
Adults with low literacy skills living in the United States
have only a two-in-three chance of correctly reading an
over-the-counter drug label or understanding their child’s
vaccination chart.
Children and adults who are illiterate or have low literacy
skills have poor educational, employment and health
outlooks, perpetuating the cycles of poverty, crime and
dependency.
Literacy Fact 5
Literacy Fact 6
‫‪60% of America’s prison inmates are functionally‬‬
‫‪illiterate and 85 percent of all juvenile offenders have‬‬
‫‪reading problems.‬‬
‫ق د ال م نخ ف ضة وال ك تاب ة ال قراءة مهارات ل دي هم ال ذي ن أو األم ي ين وال بال غ ين األط فال‬
‫وال جري مة ال ف قر دورات إدامة ال ف قراء‪ ،‬ال ت ع ل يم ية‪ ،‬وال صحة ال عمال ة ت وق عات‬
‫‪.‬وال ت ب ع ية‬
Literacy Fact 7
Literacy Fact 8
Low literacy’s effects cost the U.S. $225 billion or more
each year in non-productivity in the workforce, crime and
loss of tax revenue due to unemployment.
According to the National Education Association, having
kids read a lot is one of the crucial components of
becoming a good reader. Young readers need to become
practiced at recognizing letters and sounds. The only way
to get good at it is to practice.
Literacy Fact 9
Literacy Fact 10
The U.S. Department of Education found the more
students read for fun on their own time, the higher their
reading scores.
自分で楽しい時間より高い読書スコアの米国教育省より多
くの学生を発見を読んでください
Literacy Fact 11
Literacy Fact 12
Positive reading experiences (such as Pi Phi’s Champions
are Readers® program) encourage more reading. The
more children read, the better they will read.
Out-of-school reading habits of students have shown
that even 15 minutes a day of independent reading can
expose students to more than a million words of text in a
year.
Literacy Fact 13
Literacy Fact 14
‫‪Access to books, through organizations like‬‬
‫‪First Book®, improves interest in reading, increases desire‬‬
‫‪to learn, and boosts reading at home.‬‬
‫על פי האיגוד הלאומי לחינוך‪ ,‬ילדים שקראו הרבה הוא אחד המרכיבים החיוניים של‬
‫להיות קורא טוב‪ .‬קוראים צעירים צריכים להיות מתורגל בזיהוי אותיות וצלילים‪.‬הדרך‬
‫היחידה להשיג טוב בזה היא להתאמן‪.‬‬
Literacy Fact 15
Literacy Fact 16