Please see that your child is reading at least 20 minutes each night. This
can be reading out loud, with you, or silently. This is a very important
part of your child's education. Reading takes practice and practice makes
perfect!
Check your child's homework folder daily to be sure you stay informed.
Any papers on the left side of the folder are intended to be "left at home"
and papers on the right side should come "right back" to school. Please
help your child to keep this folder organized. Being organized is an
important skill that will help them for many years to come.
Together we can make a difference.
Thanks!!
Mrs. Bradham
Something to think about...
Why Can't I Skip
My Twenty Minutes of Reading Tonight?
(shared on 4Blocks mailring by Emmy Ellis; source unknown)
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!
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 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?
