As your Reading Coach, I'd like you to read and consider the following article:
"Why Can't I Skip My 20 Minutes of Reading Tonight?"
(Let's figure it out mathematically)
Student A reads 20 minutes / five nights / every week.
Student B reads only 4 minutes a night...or not at all.
Step 1: Multiply minutes per night times 5 nights a week.
Student A reads 100 minutes / week
Student B reads 20 minutes / week
Step 2: Multiply minutes per week times 4 weeks per month.
Student A reads 400 minutes / month
Student B reads 80 minutes / month
Step 3: Multiply minutes per month times 9 "school" months / year
Student A reads 3600 minutes / school year
Student B reads 720 minutes / school year
Student A practices reading the equivalent of 10 whole school days each year.
Student B gets the equivalent of only 2 school days of reading practice.
Over the course of each student's school career, one would expect the gap of information retained will have widened considerably and so, undoubtedly, will school performance.
How do you think Student B will feel about him/herself as a student?
Questions to ponder:
Which student would you expect to read better?
Which student would you expect to know more?
Which student would you expect to write better?
Which student would you expect to have a better vocabulary?
Which student would you expect to be more successful in school
and in life?
Parents, please help insure your student's success by making sure he/she practices reading daily! Sign his/her READING LOG - Make time, ask questions!
Source: US Department of Education, America Reads Challenge (1999) "Start Early, Finish Strong: How to Help Every Child Become a Reader."
Washington, D.C.
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