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 5th 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?
Turn off the TV for 20 minutes a night and read
....it's worth it!
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