Volunteer to Teach Kids to Read

• If 3rd grade students are held back they have a 50% chance of Dropping Out.

• If they are held back for the second time, they most likely WILL Drop Out.

• If they are not at reading level by the end of the 3rd grade year, 74% will NEVER reach grade level at any time!!!

By 8 years-old most children will decide their future based on one skill – reading. If they are not reading at grade level they will have a 50% unemployment rate for their adult life. Learn to read at grade level and they replace a cycle of poverty and abuse with cycles of hope, empowerment and success. Rocket Phonics, a series of reading games, can bring them to grade level in weeks instead of years. By current standards it’s a miracle. For low-income-low-literacy elementary kids its a life-saver.

What is Rocket Phonics?

We play games with children that teach them to read. For many of our kids reading was a nightmare they dread, but the games and the rapid success turns it into a joy. Rocket Phonics creates a two-letter group to teach the long vowels and the weird vowels like oy. Once they learn those sounds through games we then color code the letters so the student always knows how to sound out the word. This builds their confidence and allows them to read alone. Reading fun books gives her the vocabulary and the high-frequency words without memorizing.