Consider this...
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 minutes x 5 times a week = 100
minutes/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!
