Comments on: Illiteracy http://armour.communityblogs.us/2008/03/22/illiteracy/ Just another CommunityBlogs.us weblog Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:41:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: leay http://armour.communityblogs.us/2008/03/22/illiteracy/#comment-219 leay Sat, 05 Apr 2008 22:02:58 +0000 http://armour.communityblogs.us/2008/03/22/illiteracy/#comment-219 We once again had a successful Prairie Readers in Armour. Even with a snow day delay. Thanks to Mr. Glanzer and his bus driving to help a school attend we had 243 youth, ~108 spectators, & 31 helpers at the event. And yes the noise in the gym was LOUD! During the instructions for the workers I used the statistics from the blog on 2nd grade reading levels. Many of the people in the room were teachers and they were shocked. The parents in the room were even more shocked. Yes literacy is important in life and hopefully it was helped along by Prairie Readers and the 243 youth who read a grand total of 361,039 pages. Thanks again for anyone who was involved. We once again had a successful Prairie Readers in Armour. Even with a snow day delay. Thanks to Mr. Glanzer and his bus driving to help a school attend we had 243 youth, ~108 spectators, & 31 helpers at the event. And yes the noise in the gym was LOUD!
During the instructions for the workers I used the statistics from the blog on 2nd grade reading levels. Many of the people in the room were teachers and they were shocked. The parents in the room were even more shocked. Yes literacy is important in life and hopefully it was helped along by Prairie Readers and the 243 youth who read a grand total of 361,039 pages.
Thanks again for anyone who was involved.

]]> By: MEKS http://armour.communityblogs.us/2008/03/22/illiteracy/#comment-198 MEKS Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:05:43 +0000 http://armour.communityblogs.us/2008/03/22/illiteracy/#comment-198 I have to say that before I attended my first Prairie Readers competition, I was a little skeptical. The awarding of trophies at the end, however, is something to behold. The noise in the gym is comparable to that of a good ball game. And it's all over books!!! Thank you WIA for continuing to sponsor this outstanding program. I have to say that before I attended my first Prairie Readers competition, I was a little skeptical. The awarding of trophies at the end, however, is something to behold. The noise in the gym is comparable to that of a good ball game. And it’s all over books!!! Thank you WIA for continuing to sponsor this outstanding program.

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