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Why Your Child Should Read for 20 Mins Each Day
"Why can't I skip my 20 minutes of reading tonight?"
Let's figure it out ---MATHEMATICALLY!
Student A
reads 20 minutes five nights of every week;
Student B reads only 4 minutes a night...or not at all!
Step 1: Multiply
minutes a night x 5 times each week.
Student A reads 20 min. x 5 times a
week = 100 mins./week
Student B reads 4 minutes x 5 times a week = 20 minutes
Step 2: Multiply minutes a week x
4 weeks each month.
Student A reads 400 minutes a month.
Student B reads
80 minutes a month.
Step 3: Multiply
minutes a month x 9 months/school year
Student A reads 3600 min. in a school
year.
Student B reads 720 min. in a school
year.
Student A practices reading the
equivalent of ten whole school days a year.
Student B gets the equivalent of
only two school days of reading practice.
By the end of 6th grade if Student A and Student B maintain these same reading
habits,
Student A will have read the equivalent of 60
whole school days
Student B will have read the equivalent of only 12 school
days.
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?
Some 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?
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