| "Why Can't I Skip My Twenty Minutes of Reading Tonight?"
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 each week.
Student A reads 20 minutes X 5 times a week = 100 minutes per 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 per month.
Student B reads 80 minutes per month.
Step 3: Multiply minutes a month X 9 months a school year.
Student A reads 3600 minutes a school year.
Student B reads 720 minutes a school year.
Student A practices reading the equivalent of ten whole school days per
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 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 think about:
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 s better vocabulary?
Which student would you expect to be more successful in school...and in life?
Which student are you?
Article borrowed from Mrs. Barth,
2nd grade teacher, Resurrection School, KY
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