Reading is such a vital part of our children's education. Everything else is 
based on this one skill. There are five parts to this process: phonics, 
phonemic awareness, comprehension, vocabulary and fluency.  Fluency is the 
ability to put expression and feelings into one's oral reading. It is also 
the smoothness with which one reads. Even reading punctuation correctly is 
included in this skill. Children that have this skill perfected are better 
readers.
"Twenty minutes of daily reading significantly increases a student's 
reading achievement." 


One of our goals each month is to inspire you to read --- and to keep reading.