Why I Can't Skip My Twenty Minutes of Reading Tonight?
Student A reads 20 minutes every night.
Student B reads only 4 minutes a night. . . or not at all!
Student B reads only 4 minutes a night. . . or not at all!
Multiply minutes a night X 5 times a week.
Student A 20 minutes X 5 = 100 minutes.
Student B 4 minutes X 5 = 20 minutes.
Student B 4 minutes X 5 = 20 minutes.
Multiply minutes a week X 4 weeks a month.
Student A reads 400 minutes a month.
Student B reads 80 minutes a month.
Multiply minutes a month X 9 months.
Student A reads 3600 minutes in a school year.
Student B reads 728 minutes in a school year.
Student A reads the equivalent of ten whole school days a year.
Student B reads the equivalent of only two whole school days a year.
If by the end of 6th grade Student A and Student B maintain these same reading habits . . . .
Student A will have read the equivalent of 60 whole school days and Student B will have read the equivalent of only 12 school days.
Which student read better?
Which student would know more?
Which student would write better?
Which student would have a better vocabulary?
Which student would be more successful in school and life?
