Why Read?
Do I Have to Read Tonight?

REMEMBER THIS~The next time you don't feel like reading with your child or your child doesn't want to read.

Student A reads 20 minutes five nights of every week;

Student B reads only 4 minutes a night...or not at all!

In one week(Monday through Friday):

Student A reads 100 minutes.

Student B read 20 minutes.

In one month:

Student A reads 400 minutes.

Student B reads 80 minutes.

In one school year:

Student A reads 3600 minutes.

Student B reads 720 minutes.

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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[Source: U.S. Dept. 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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