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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!
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Step 1: Multiply minutes a night x 5 times each week.
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Student A
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Student B
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Student A reads 20 min. x
5 times a week = 100 min. /week.
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Student B reads 4 minutes
x 5 times a week = 20 minutes.
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Step 2: Multiply minutes a
week x 4 weeks each month.
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Student A reads 400
minutes a month.
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Student B reads 80
minutes a month.
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Step 3: Multiply minutes a month x 9 months/school year.
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Student
A reads 3600 min. in a school year. Student A practices reading the
equivalent of ten whole school days a year.
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Student B reads 720 min.
in a school year. Student B gets the equivalent of only two
school days of reading practice.
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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 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 a better vocabulary?
- Which student would
you expect to be more successful in school....and in life?
PLEASE READ TO YOUR CHILD –
practicing skills learned at school will help encourage reading habits for a
lifetime!
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