Why read each night?

 Why can’t I skip my 20 minutes of reading tonight?

 

 Let’s figure it out mathematically!

Student A reads 20  minutes/five nights/every week.

Student B reads only 4 minutes a night (or not at all).

 

Step 1:  Multiply minutes per night times 5 nights each week

Student A reads 20 x 5 = 100 minutes

        Student B reads 4 x 5 = 20 minutes

 

Step 2:  Multiply minutes per week times 4 weeks per month.

        Student A reads 400 minutes/month.

        Student B reads 80 minutes /month.

 

Step 3:  Multiply minutes per month times 9 school months/year.

        Student A reads 3600 minutes/school year.

        Student B reads 720 minutes/ school year.

  Student A practices reading the equivalent

of 10 whole school days per year.

 

Student B practices reading the equivalent of only

2 school days of reading practice.

 

 By the end of sixth 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.